Date Format Specification
While specifying the format for dates you can use any character from the following list:
- %y - the year as a two-digit number ( 00 to 99 );
- %Y - the year as a four-digit number ( 1900-9999 );
- %m - the month as a number with a leading zero ( 01 to 12 );
- %n - the month as a number without a leading zero ( 1 to 12 );
- %M - the month as an abbreviation ( Jan to Dec );
- %F - the month as a full name ( January to December );
- %W - the ISO-8601 week number of the year. Weeks start on Monday;
- %w - the week number, weeks start either on Monday or on Sunday depending on the value of the start_on_monday config property
- %d - the day as a number with a leading zero ( 01 to 31 );
- %j - the day as a number without a leading zero ( 1 to 31 );
- %D - the day as an abbreviation ( Sun to Sat );
- %l - the day as a full name ( Sunday to Saturday );
- %h - the hour based on the 12-hour clock ( 00 to 11 );
- %H - the hour based on the 24-hour clock ( 00 to 23 );
- %g - the hour based on the 12-hour clock without a leading zero ( 1 to 12 );
- %G - the hour based on the 24-hour clock without a leading zero ( 0 to 23 );
- %i - the minute as a number with a leading zero ( 00 to 59 );
- %s - the second as a number with a leading zero ( 00 to 59 );
- %a - displays am (for times from midnight until noon) and pm (for times from noon until midnight);
- %A - displays AM (for times from midnight until noon) and PM (for times from noon until midnight).
For example, if you want to present 1st June 2019 as 01/06/2019, you should specify "%d/%m/%Y".
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