You can use the reference below to create your own custom date format. Below are a few examples and a reference for what each letter represents.
F jS, g:i a = July 25th, 5:30 pm
F jS = July 25th
D F jS = Thu July 25th
l F jS = Thursday July 25th
D M jS, Y = Thu Jul 25th, 2013
l F jS, Y = Thursday July 25th, 2013
l F jS, Y – g:i a = Thursday July 25th, 2013 – 5:30 pm
l M jS, y = Thursday Jul 25th, 13
m.d.y = 07.25.13
m/d/y = 07/25/13
Time:
- a: am or pm depending on the time
- A: AM or PM depending on the time
- g: Hour without leading zeroes. Values are 1 through 12.
- G: Hour in 24-hour format without leading zeroes. Values are 0 through 23.
- h: Hour with leading zeroes. Values 01 through 12.
- H: Hour in 24-hour format with leading zeroes. Values 00 through 23.
- i: Minute with leading zeroes. Values 00 through 59.
- s: Seconds with leading zeroes. Values 00 through 59.
Day:
- d: Day of the month with leading zeroes. Values are 01 through 31.
- j: Day of the month without leading zeroes. Values 1 through 31
- D: Day of the week abbreviations. Sun through Sat
- l: Day of the week. Values Sunday through Saturday
- w: Day of the week without leading zeroes. Values 0 through 6.
- z: Day of the year without leading zeroes. Values 0 through 365.
Month:
- m: Month number with leading zeroes. Values 01 through 12
- n: Month number without leading zeroes. Values 1 through 12
- M: Abbreviation for the month. Values Jan through Dec
- F: Normal month representation. Values January through December.
- t: The number of days in the month. Values 28 through 31.
Year:
- L: 1 if it’s a leap year and 0 if it isn’t.
- Y: A four digit year format
- y: A two digit year format. Values 00 through 99.