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Date Pattern Format

Date Pattern Format

When you specify a date pattern to select files, you can specify the values in different formats.
The following table displays formats that you can use to specify Date Pattern:
Date or Time Component
Value Representation
Date Pattern Terminology
ERA Designator
Text
G
For example, If you want to specify the era as 20 AD, you can specify the value in GG:AD format, such as 20:AD.
Year
Number
y
For example, if you want to mention year as 2001, you can specify the value in yyyy:2001 or yy:01 format.
Month in year
Number
M
For example, if you want to mention year as June, you can specify the value in MMMM:JUNE or MM:06 or MMM:JUN format.
Week in year
Number
w
For example, if you want to specify the value as 45, you can specify the value in ww:45 format.
Week in month
Number
W
For example, if you want to specify the value as 2, you can specify the value in W:2 format.
Day in year
Number
D
For example, if you want to specify the value as 227, you can specify the value in DDD:227 format.
Day in a month
Number
d
For example, if you want to specify the value as 9, you can specify the value in dd:09 format.
Day of week in month
Number
F
For example, if you want to specify the value as 3, you can specify the value in F:3 format.
Day in week
Text
E
For example, if you want to specify the value as wednesday, you can specify the value in E:Wednesday format.
AM/PM marker
Text
a
For example, you can specify the value in aa:AM/PM format.
Hour in day (0-23)
Number
H
For example, if you want to specify the value as 15, you can specify the value in HH:15 format.
Hour in day (1-24)
Number
k
For example, if you want to specify the value as 24, you can specify the value in kk:24 format.
Hour in am/pm (0-11)
Number
K
For example, if you want to specify the value as 8, you can specify the value in K:8 format.
Hour in am/pm (1-12)
Number
h
For example, if you want to specify the value as 12, you can specify the value in hh:12 format.
Minute in hour
Number
m
For example, if you want to specify the value as 45, you can specify the value in mm:45 format.
Second in Minute
Number
s
For example, if you want to specify the value as 58, you can specify the value in ss:58 format.
Millisecond
Number
S
For example, if you want to specify the value as 450, you can specify the value in sss:450 format.
Time Zone
General Time Zone
z
For example, if you want to specify the value as 450, you can specify the value in sss:450 format.
Time Zone
RFC 822 Time
Z
For example, if you want to specify the value as 800, you can specify the value in zzz:800 format.
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