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| + | ====== Formatting the date display on the history page ====== | ||
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| + | This is a list of the format specifiers provided by the Date:: | ||
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| + | Each conversion specification is replaced by appropriate characters as described in the following list. The appropriate characters are determined by the LC_TIME category of the program' | ||
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| + | ===== Time ===== | ||
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| + | %S seconds, leading 0's | ||
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| + | %M minute, leading 0's | ||
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| + | %k hour | ||
| + | %l hour, 12 hour clock | ||
| + | %H hour, 24 hour clock, leading 0's) | ||
| + | %I hour, 12 hour clock, leading 0's) | ||
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| + | %p AM or PM | ||
| + | %P am or pm (Yes %p and %P are backwards :) | ||
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| + | %Z timezone in ascii. eg: PST | ||
| + | %z timezone in format -/ | ||
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| + | ===== Date ===== | ||
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| + | %w day of the week, numerically, | ||
| + | %A day of the week | ||
| + | %j day of the year | ||
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| + | %d numeric day of the month, with leading zeros (eg 01..31) | ||
| + | %e numeric day of the month, without leading zeros (eg 1..31) | ||
| + | %o ornate day of month -- " | ||
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| + | %G GPS week number (weeks since January 6, 1980) | ||
| + | %U week number, Sunday as first day of week | ||
| + | %W week number, Monday as first day of week | ||
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| + | %L month number, starting with 1 | ||
| + | %m month number, starting with 01 | ||
| + | %b month abbr | ||
| + | %B month | ||
| + | %h month abbr | ||
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| + | %q Quarter number, starting with 1 | ||
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| + | %y year (2 digits) | ||
| + | %Y year (4 digits)</ | ||
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| + | ===== Ready-made combinations ===== | ||
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| + | %C ctime format: Sat Nov 19 21:05:57 1994 | ||
| + | %D MM/DD/YY | ||
| + | %x date format: 11/19/94 | ||
| + | %r time format: 09:05:57 PM | ||
| + | %R time format: 21:05 | ||
| + | %T time format: 21:05:57 | ||
| + | %X time format: 21: | ||
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| + | ===== Special Characters ===== | ||
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| + | %n NEWLINE | ||
| + | %t TAB</ | ||
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| + | %d, %e, %H, %I, %j, %k, %l, %m, %M, %q, %y and %Y can be output in Roman numerals by prefixing the letter with " | ||
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