STRFTIME()
Purpose
Return a character string including a formatted date or datetime string
Syntax
STRFTIME(<expC1> [, <expC2> ])
See Also
AMPM(), CDOW(), CMONTH(), CTOD(), CTOT(), DATE(), DATETIME(), DAY(), DAYS(), DOW(), DTOC(), DTOM(), DTOS(), DTOV(), ELAPTIME(), EMPTY(), EPOCH(), GOMONTH(), HOUR(), HOURS(), LTOS(), MDY(), MINUTE(), MINUTES(), MONTH(), MTOD(), MTOS(), QUARTER(), SEC(), SECONDS(), SECS(), SET CENTURY, SET DATE, SET EPOCH, SET HOURS, SET MARK, SET SECONDS, SET VAXTIME, STOD(), STR(), TIME(), TIMESTAMP(), TSTRING(), TTOC(), TTOD(), TYPE(), VAL(), VALIDTIME(), VTOD(), WEEK(), YEAR()
Description
The STRFTIME() function returns a character string including a date or datetime string formatted according to <expC1>. The <expC1> string may include any of the format elements from the table below. The optional <expC2> is a date or datetime in string format. If <expC2> is not specified, the current system date and time are assumed.
| Format Element | Description | Example value |
|---|---|---|
| Day | ||
| %a | Abbreviated character day of the week | Sun - Sat |
| %A | Character day of the week | Sunday - Saturday |
| %d | Day of the month (two digits with leading zero) | 01 to 31 |
| %e | Day of the month (space precedes single digits) | 1 - 31 |
| %j | Day of the year (three digits with leading zeros) | 001 - 366 |
| %u | ISO-8601 numeric day of the week | 1 (Monday) - 7 (Sunday) |
| %w | Numeric day of the week | 0 (Sunday) - 6 (Saturday) |
| Week | ||
| %U | Week of the year: week 01 starts from the first Sunday | 00 - 53 |
| %V | ISO-8601 week of the year: week 01 is the first week with at least 4 weekdays, Monday start | 01 to 53 |
| %W | Week of the year: week 01 starts from the first Monday | 00 - 53 |
| Month | ||
| %b | Abbreviated month | Jan - Dec |
| %B | Month | January - December |
| %h | Abbreviated month | Jan - Dec |
| %m | Month (two digits with leading zero) | 01 to 12 |
| Year | ||
| %C | Century | 19 (1900 - 1999) - 20 (2000 - 2037) |
| %g | ISO-8601 two digit year: week 01 is the first week with at least 4 weekdays, Monday start | 00 - 99 |
| %G | ISO-8601 four digit year: week 01 is the first week with at least 4 weekdays, Monday start | 1902 - 2037 |
| %y | Two digit year | 00 - 99 |
| %Y | Four digit year | 1902 - 2037 |
| Time | ||
| %H | Two digit hour in 24 hour format | 00 - 23 |
| %I | Two digit hour in 12 hour format | 01 - 12 |
| %l | Two digit hour in 12 hour format (space precedes single digits) | 1 - 12 |
| %M | Two digit minutes | 00 - 59 |
| %p | Upper-case AM or PM | AM or PM |
| %P | Lower-case AM or PM | am or pm |
| %r | Equivalent of "%I:%M:%S %p" | e.g. 01:26:04 PM |
| %R | Equivalent of "%H:%M" | e.g. 13:26 |
| %S | Two digit seconds | 00 - 59 |
| %T | Equivalent of "%H:%M:S%" | e.g. 13:26:04 |
| %X | Time based on locale preference | e.g. 01:26:04 or 13:26:04 |
| %z | Time-zone | e.g. GMT or +0000 |
| %Z | Time-zone alternative format | e.g. +0000 or GMT |
| Time and Date Stamps | ||
| %c | Date and time based on locale preference | e.g. Mon Nov 30 01:26:04 2009 |
| %D | Equivalent of "%m/%d/%y" | e.g. 11/30/09 |
| %F | Equivalent of "%Y-%m-%d" | e.g. 2009-11-30 |
| %s | UNIX Epoch Time timestamp | e.g. 1259587564 for 11/30/2009 01:26:04 PM |
| %x | Date based on locale preference | e.g. 11/30/09 |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| %n | New line character | |
| %t | Tab character | |
| %% | % character |
Example
echo strftime("%c",ttoc(datetime())) echo strftime("%U",dtoc(date()))
Products
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