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The string values may be connected together to form a compound string such as
“%d%m%Y”. This would provide the day, month, and year format with digits only (e.g.
26052011). Note that some values in the table are “short hand” version of a compound
format string (for example %c). The format string may have additional text as well. For
example: FORMAT “TIME: %d%m%Y”.

%b

Abbreviated month name (Jan, Feb, etc.)

%B

Full month name (January, February, etc.)

%c

Full date and time (Thu May 26 16:03:27 2011)

%d

Day of the month as two-digit decimal integer (01 – 31)

%D

Date as %m/%d/%y

%e

Day of the month (1 – 31), single digits are preceded by a space

%h

Same as %b (An extension to the ANSI standard)

%H

Hour as a two-digit 24 hour clock (00 – 23)

%I

Hour as a two-digit 12 hour clock (01 – 12)

%j

Julian day as a three-digit decimal integer (001-366)

%m

Month as a two-digit decimal integer (01 – 12)

%M

Minute as a two-digit decimal integer (00 – 59)

%n

New-line character (like \n). Use with care within a barcode.

%p

Provides the “AM” or “PM” designator

%r

Time expressed as %I:%M:%S %p (this is an extension to the ANSI standard)

%R

Time expressed as %H:%M (this is an extension to the ANSI standard)

%S

Second as a two digit integer (00 – 59)

%t

Horizontal tab (\t) (this is an extension to the ANSI standard)

%T

Time expressed as %H:%M:%S (an extension to the ANSI standard)

%U

Number of week in the year as a two-digit decimal integer (00 – 52) with Sunday
as the first day of the week

%w

Weekday as one-digit decimal integer (0 – 6) with Sunday as 0

%W

Number of week in the year as two-digit decimal integer (00 – 52) with Monday
considered as the first day of the week.

%x

Full date string (no time); in the locale’s appropriate date representation.

%X

Full time string (no date); in the locale’s appropriate date representation.

%y

Year without the century as a decimal number [00-99].

%Y

Year with century as four-digit decimal number

%Z

Time zone name (e.g. PST). No string will be provided if it cannot be obtained.

%%

Prints the percent sign.

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