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Symbol Meaning
M Month in year
d Day in month
h Hour in am/pm (1-12)
H Hour in day (0-23)
m Minute in hour
s Second in minute
E Day in week
w Week in year
a am/pm marker
' Escape for text
' Single quote
The following table shows some common short date formats.
Example Short Date Formats
Table 2-4
Example
dd.M.yyyy
dd.MM.yy
M/dd/yyyy
M-dd-yy
Long Date Format
Use the Long date setting to specify how the date appears in its long format (typically, with numbers
representing the day and year, and the month spelled out) with whatever separators you like. The
following table shows the symbols available for formatting the long date.
Long Date Format Symbols
Table 2-5
Symbol Meaning
y Year
M Month in year
d Day in month
h Hour in am/pm (1-12)
H Hour in day (0-23)
m Minute in hour
Presentation
Number or Text
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
Text
Number
Text
Delimiter
Literal
Result
24.7.2008
24.07.08
7/24/2008
7-24-08
Presentation
Number
Number or Text
Number
Number
Number
Number
Example
08, Aug, or August
12
8
16
30
52
Tue
27
PM
(none)
'
Example
2008
08, Aug, or August
12
8
16
30
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