| Symbol | Meaning | Presentation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | era designator | Text | AD |
| y | year | Number | 2009 |
| M | month in year | Text & Number | July & 07 |
| d | day in month | Number | 10 |
| h | hour in am/pm (1-12) | Number | 12 |
| H | hour in day (0-23) | Number | 0 |
| m | minute in hour | Number | 30 |
| s | second in minute | Number | 55 |
| S | millisecond | Number | 978 |
| E | day in week | Text | Tuesday |
| D | day in year | Number | 189 |
| F | day of week in month | Number | 2 (2nd Wed in July) |
| w | week in year | Number | 27 |
| W | week in month | Number | 2 |
| a | am/pm marker | Text | PM |
| k | hour in day (1-24) | Number | 24 |
| K | hour in am/pm (0-11) | Number | 0 |
| z | General time zone | Text | Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00 |
| Z | RFC 822 time zone | Text | -0800 |
| ' | escape for text | Delimiter | (none) |
| ' | single quote | Literal | ' |
| Pattern | Output |
|---|---|
| dd.MM.yy | 30.06.09 |
| yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' hh:mm:ss z | 2009.06.30 AD at 08:29:36 PDT |
| EEE, MMM d, ''yy | Tue, Jun 30, '09 |
| h:mm a | 8:29 PM |
| H:mm | 8:29 |
| H:mm:ss:SSS | 8:28:36:249 |
| K:mm a,z | 8:29 AM,PDT |
| yyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa | 2009.June.30 AD 08:29 AM |