Time/date specifiers

In time/date mode, the acceptable formats are:

Date Specifiers
Format Explanation
%a abbreviated name of day of the week
%A full name of day of the week
%b or %h abbreviated name of the month
%B full name of the month
%d day of the month, 01-31
%D shorthand for "%m/%d/%y" (only output)
%F shorthand for "%Y-%m-%d" (only output)
%k hour, 0-23 (one or two digits)
%H hour, 00-23 (always two digits)
%l hour, 1-12 (one or two digits)
%I hour, 01-12 (always two digits)
%j day of the year, 001-366
%m month, 01-12
%M minute, 00-60
%p "am" or "pm"
%r shorthand for "%I:%M:%S %p" (only output)
%R shorthand for %H:%M" (only output)
%S second, integer 00-60 on output, (double) on input
%s number of seconds since start of year 1970
%T shorthand for "%H:%M:%S" (only output)
%U week of the year (week starts on Sunday)
%w day of the week, 0-6 (Sunday = 0)
%W week of the year (week starts on Monday)
%y year, 0-99 in range 1969-2068
%Y year, 4-digit

Numerical formats may be preceded by a "0" ("zero") to pad the field with leading zeroes, and preceded by a positive digit to define the minimum field width. The %S, and %t formats also accept a precision specifier so that fractional hours/minutes/seconds can be written.

Time Specifiers
Format Explanation
%tH +/- hours relative to time=0 (does not wrap at 24)
%tM +/- minutes relative to time=0
%tS +/- seconds associated with previous tH or tM field



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