Date and Time Variable Formatting Codes

Code Description

%m Month, numeric (01…12)

%c Month, numeric (1…12)

%M Month name (January…December)

%b Abbreviated month name (Jan…Dec)

%d Day of the month, numeric (00…31)

%e Day of the month, numeric (0…31)

%D Day of the month w/suffix (1st)

%y Year, numeric, 2 digits

%Y Year, numeric, 4 digits

%W Weekday name (Sunday…Saturday)

%a Abbreviated weekday name (Sun…Sat)

There are enough of these to break them into 2 parts

Date Format Codes