| d | The day of the month, from 1 through 31. |
| dd | The day of the month, from 01 through 31. |
| ddd | The abbreviated name of the day of the week. |
| dddd | The full name of the day of the week. |
| h | The hour, using a 12-hour clock from 1 to 12. |
| hh | The hour, using a 12-hour clock from 01 to 12. |
| H | The hour, using a 24-hour clock from 0 to 23. |
| HH | The hour, using a 24-hour clock from 00 to 23. |
| K | Time zone information. |
| mm | The minute, from 00 through 59. |
| M | The month, from 1 through 12. |
| MM | The month, from 01 through 12. |
| MMM | The abbreviated name of the month. |
| MMMM | The full name of the month. |
| ss | The second, from 00 through 59. |
| t | The first character of the AM/PM designator. |
| tt | The AM/PM designator. |
| yy | The year, from 00 to 99. |
| yyyy | The year as a four-digit number. |
| z | Hours offset from UTC, with no leading zeros. |
| zz | Hours offset from UTC, with a leading zero for a single-digit value. |
| zzz | Hours and minutes offset from UTC. |
| : | The time separator. |
| / | The date separator. |
| \ | Escape character. Use this to include one of the above special characters literally. For example, "\h" will output "h" instead of the hour. |