Description
/javadoc SimpleDateFormat 5
The following pattern letters are defined (all other characters from 'A' to 'Z' and from 'a' to 'z' are reserved):
Letter Date or Time Component Presentation Examples G Era designator Text AD y Year Year 1996; 96 Y Week year Year 2009; 09 M Month in year (context sensitive) Month July; Jul; 07 L Month in year (standalone form) Month July; Jul; 07 w Week in year Number 27 W Week in month Number 2 D Day in year Number 189 d ...
Day in month Number 10 F Day of week in month Number 2 E Day name in week Text Tuesday; Tue u Day number of week (1 = Monday, ..., 7 = Sunday) Number 1 a Am/pm marker Text PM H Hour in day (0-23) Number 0 k Hour in day (1-24) Number 24 K Hour in am/pm (0-11) Number 0 h Hour in am/pm (1-12) Number 12 m Minute in hour Number 30 s Second in minute Number 55 S Millisecond Number 978 z Time zone General time zone Pacific Standard Time; PST; ...
GMT-08:00 Z Time zone RFC 822 time zone -0800 X Time zone ISO 8601 time zone -08; -0800; -08:00 Pattern letters are usually repeated, as their number determines the exact presentation: Text: For formatting, if the number of pattern letters is 4 or more, the full form is used; otherwise a short or abbreviated form is used if available. For parsing, both forms are accepted, independent of the number of pattern letters. (5/27)