Example 1: php format date
<?php
$today = date("F j, Y, g:i a");
$today = date("m.d.y");
$today = date("j, n, Y");
$today = date("Ymd");
$today = date('h-i-s, j-m-y, it is w Day');
$today = date('\i\t \i\s \t\h\e jS \d\a\y.');
$today = date("D M j G:i:s T Y");
$today = date('H:m:s \m \i\s\ \m\o\n\t\h');
$today = date("H:i:s");
$today = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
?>
/*d Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros 01 to 31
D A textual representation of a day, three letters Mon through Sun
j Day of the month without leading zeros 1 to 31
l (lowercase 'L') A full textual representation of the day of the week Sunday through Saturday
N ISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week (added in PHP 5.1.0) 1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday)
S English ordinal suffix for the day of the month, 2 characters st, nd, rd or th. Works well with j
w Numeric representation of the day of the week 0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday)
z The day of the year (starting from 0) 0 through 365
Week --- ---
W ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday Example: 42 (the 42nd week in the year)
Month --- ---
F A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March January through December
m Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros 01 through 12
M A short textual representation of a month, three letters Jan through Dec
n Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros 1 through 12
t Number of days in the given month 28 through 31
Year --- ---
L Whether it's a leap year 1 if it is a leap year, 0 otherwise.
o ISO-8601 week-numbering year. This has the same value as Y, except that if the ISO week number (W) belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead. (added in PHP 5.1.0) Examples: 1999 or 2003
Y A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits Examples: 1999 or 2003
y A two digit representation of a year Examples: 99 or 03
Time --- ---
a Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem am or pm
A Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem AM or PM
B Swatch Internet time 000 through 999
g 12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros 1 through 12
G 24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros 0 through 23
h 12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros 01 through 12
H 24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros 00 through 23
i Minutes with leading zeros 00 to 59
s Seconds with leading zeros 00 through 59
u Microseconds (added in PHP 5.2.2). Note that date() will always generate 000000 since it takes an integer parameter, whereas DateTime::format() does support microseconds if DateTime was created with microseconds. Example: 654321
v Milliseconds (added in PHP 7.0.0). Same note applies as for u. Example: 654
Timezone --- ---
e Timezone identifier (added in PHP 5.1.0) Examples: UTC, GMT, Atlantic/Azores
I (capital i) Whether or not the date is in daylight saving time 1 if Daylight Saving Time, 0 otherwise.
O Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) without colon between hours and minutes Example: +0200
P Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) with colon between hours and minutes (added in PHP 5.1.3) Example: +02:00
T Timezone abbreviation Examples: EST, MDT ...
Z Timezone offset in seconds. The offset for timezones west of UTC is always negative, and for those east of UTC is always positive. -43200 through 50400
Full Date/Time --- ---
c ISO 8601 date (added in PHP 5) 2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00
r » RFC 2822 formatted date Example: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:01:07 +0200
U Seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT) See also time()
*/
Example 2: csharp datetime string format
DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss")
Example 3: c# date formats custom
DateTime dt = new DateTime(2008, 3, 9, 16, 5, 7, 123);
String.Format("{0:y yy yyy yyyy}", dt);
String.Format("{0:M MM MMM MMMM}", dt);
String.Format("{0:d dd ddd dddd}", dt);
String.Format("{0:h hh H HH}", dt);
String.Format("{0:m mm}", dt);
String.Format("{0:s ss}", dt);
String.Format("{0:f ff fff ffff}", dt);
String.Format("{0:F FF FFF FFFF}", dt);
String.Format("{0:t tt}", dt);
String.Format("{0:z zz zzz}", dt);
String.Format("{0:M/d/yyyy}", dt);
String.Format("{0:MM/dd/yyyy}", dt);
String.Format("{0:ddd, MMM d, yyyy}", dt);
String.Format("{0:dddd, MMMM d, yyyy}", dt);
String.Format("{0:MM/dd/yy}", dt);
String.Format("{0:MM/dd/yyyy}", dt);
Example 4: python date format
%a - Abbreviated weekday name. (Sun, Mon, ...)
%A - Full weekday name. (Sunday, Monday, ...)
%w - Weekday as a decimal number. (0, 1, ..., 6)
%d - Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal. (01, 02, ..., 31)
%-d - Day of the month as a decimal number. (1, 2, ..., 30)
%b - Abbreviated month name. (Jan, Feb, ..., Dec)
%B - Full month name. (January, February, ...)
%m - Month as a zero-padded decimal number. (01, 02, ..., 12)
%-m - Month as a decimal number. (1, 2, ..., 12)
%y - Year without century as a zero-padded decimal number. (00, 01, ..., 99)
%-y - Year without century as a decimal number. (0, 1, ..., 99)
%Y - Year with century as a decimal number. (2013, 2019 etc.)
%H - Hour (24-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number. (00, 01, ..., 23)
%-H - Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number. (0, 1, ..., 23)
%I - Hour (12-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number. (01, 02, ..., 12)
%-I - Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number. (1, 2, ... 12)
%p - Locale’s AM or PM. (AM, PM)
%M - Minute as a zero-padded decimal number. (00, 01, ..., 59)
%-M - Minute as a decimal number. (0, 1, ..., 59)
%S - Second as a zero-padded decimal number. (00, 01, ..., 59)
%-S - Second as a decimal number. (0, 1, ..., 59)
%f - Microsecond as a decimal number, zero-padded on the left. (000000 - 999999)
%z - UTC offset in the form +HHMM or -HHMM.
%Z - Time zone name.
%j - Day of the year as a zero-padded decimal number. (001, 002, ..., 366)
%-j - Day of the year as a decimal number. (1, 2, ..., 366)
%U - Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week). All days in a new year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0. (00, 01, ..., 53)
%W - Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week). All days in a new year preceding the first Monday are considered to be in week 0. (00, 01, ..., 53)
%c - Locale’s appropriate date and time representation. (Mon Sep 30 07:06:05 2013)
%x - Locale’s appropriate date representation. (09/30/13)
%X - Locale’s appropriate time representation. (07:06:05)
%% - A literal '%' character. (%)
Example 5: c# tostring mmm dd yyyy
DateTime.Today.ToString("MMM dd, yyyy");
Example 6: c# datetime nice format
DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy") 05/29/2015
DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy") Friday, 29 May 2015
DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy") Friday, 29 May 2015 05:50
DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy") Friday, 29 May 2015 05:50 AM
DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy") Friday, 29 May 2015 5:50
DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy") Friday, 29 May 2015 5:50 AM
DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss") Friday, 29 May 2015 05:50:06
DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm") 05/29/2015 05:50
DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm tt") 05/29/2015 05:50 AM
DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy H:mm") 05/29/2015 5:50
DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt") 05/29/2015 5:50 AM
DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss") 05/29/2015 05:50:06
DateTime.Now.ToString("MMMM dd") May 29
DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy’-‘MM’-‘dd’T’HH’:’mm’:’ss.fffffffK") 2015-05-16T05:50:06.7199222-04:00
DateTime.Now.ToString("ddd, dd MMM yyy HH’:’mm’:’ss ‘GMT’") Fri, 16 May 2015 05:50:06 GMT
DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy’-‘MM’-‘dd’T’HH’:’mm’:’ss") 2015-05-16T05:50:06
DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm") 05:50
DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm tt") 05:50 AM
DateTime.Now.ToString("H:mm") 5:50
DateTime.Now.ToString("h:mm tt") 5:50 AM
DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss") 05:50:06
DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy MMMM") 2015 May