Date Formats

Date formats refer to the formatting of days, dates, and times.

Symbols

You can use the following symbols to specify a date format:

/	Placeholder for date separator.
:	Placeholder for time separator.
<	Characters following the symbol will be converted to lowercase.
>	Characters following the symbol will be converted to uppercase.
d	Placeholder for day of month (1-31).
dd	Placeholder for day of month (01-31).
ddd	Placeholder for day of week (Sun-Sat). Depends on the language that has been set for the application. See the IlvDisplay class.
dddd	Placeholder for day of week (Sunday-Saturday). Depends on the language that has been set for the application. See the IlvDisplay class.
ddddd	Placeholder for full date (ex: 8/3/96. Depends on the global settings of your application. See the IliFormat class.
dddddd	Placeholder for full date (ex: 03 August 1996). Depends on the language and the global settings that have been set for the application. See the IlvDisplay and IliFormat classes.
w	Placeholder for day of week (1-7).
ww	Placeholder for week of year (1-53).
m	Placeholder for month (1-12).
mm	Placeholder for month (01-12).
mmm	Placeholder for month (Jan-Dec). Depends on the language that has been set for the application. See the IlvDisplay class.
mmmm	Placeholder for month (January-December). Depends on the language that has been set for the application. See the IlvDisplay class.
q	Placeholder for quarter (1-4).
y	Placeholder for year day (1-366).
yy	Placeholder for year (00-99).
yyyy	Placeholder for year (1970-2099).
h	Placeholder for hour (0-23).
hh	Placeholder for hour (00-23).
H	Placeholder for hour (0-11).
HH	Placeholder for hour (00-11).
p	Placeholder for AM or PM.
n	Placeholder for minutes (0-59).
nn	Placeholder for minutes (00-59).
s	Placeholder for seconds (0-59).
ss	Placeholder for seconds (00-59).
ttttt	Placeholder for full time (ex: 05:32:12). Depends on the global settings of your application. See the IliFormat class.

Examples

Value	Format	Result
12 jan 96	d/m/yy	12/1/96
12 jan 96	d mmmm yyyy	12 January 1996
12 jan 96	q	1

The placeholders for the date and time separators are formatted according to application settings that can vary (typically, depending on the country).

Also, two of the format specifications depend on application settings that control if the date should be displayed before or after the month. For example:

Value	Format	Application Properties	Result
12 jan 96	dddddd	MDY, English language	January 12 1996
12 jan 96	dddddd	DMY, French language	12 janvier 1996