timefmt Commands

The following is a table listing the various commands that can be used to develop a timefmt command string. This chart is in Functional Groupings. Another one is available in alphabetical order. For a full description of how to use the timefmt commands, see the timefmt Commands Introduction page.

Commands in Functional Groupings

Date

Command	Example	Description
%a	Mon	Server's abbreviated weekday name
%A	Monday	Server's full weekday name
%w	1	Weekday number ( 0 - 6 ), Sunday = 0
%d	21	Day of month ( 01 - 31 )
%e	21	Day of month ( 1-31; single digits are preceded by a blank )
%b	Apr	Server's abbreviated month name
%B	April	Server's full month name
%m	04	Month number ( 01 - 12 )
%y	97	Year within century ( 00 - 99 )
%C	19	Server's century number (the year divided by 100 and truncated to an integer) as a decimal number [00-99]
%Y	1997	Year as ccyy ( e.g. 1986 )
%j	111	Day number of year ( 001 - 366 )
%U	16	Week number of year ( 00 - 53 ), Sunday is the first day of week 1 The difference between %U and %W lies in which day is counted as the first of the week. Week number 01 is the first week in January starting with a Sunday for %U or a Monday for %W. Week number 00 contains those days before the first Sunday or Monday in January for %U and %W, respectively.
%W	16	Week number of year ( 00 - 53 ), Monday is the first day of week 1

Time

Command	Example	Description
%S	15	Seconds ( 00 - 61 ), allows for leap seconds
%M	27	Minute ( 00 - 59 )
%I	05	Hour ( 01 - 12 )
%H	05	Hour ( 00 - 23 )
%p	AM	Server's equivalent of either AM or PM
%Z	PDT, EST, etc.	Time zone name or no characters if no time zone exists

"Macro" commands

Command	Example	Description
%KC	KC	Server's appropriate date and time representation
%c	Mon Apr 21 05:27:15 1997	Server's appropriate date and time representation
%R	05:27	Time as %H:%M
%T	05:27:15	Time as %H:%M:%S
%r	05:27:15 AM	Time as %I:%M:%S [AM|PM]
%X	05:27:15	Server's appropriate time representation
%D	04/21/97	Date as %m/%d/%y
%x	04/21/97	Server's appropriate date representation

Special Characters

Command	Example	Description
%n	<new line>	Same as pressing <Return>
%t	<tab>	Same as a tab
%%	%	Same as %

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