Handlebar expressions for date and time format codes

Month

M

1 through 12 no padding (no leading "0")

{{{dateFormat "M" timeStamp}}}

7

Mo

1st through 12th no padding + ordinal (th, st, etc.)

{{{dateFormat "Mo" timeStamp}}}

7th

MM

01 through 12 two digit

{{{dateFormat "MM" timeStamp}}}

07

MMM

Jan through Dec Three letter abbreviation

{{{dateFormat "MMM" timeStamp}}}

Jul

MMMM

January through December Full month name

{{{dateFormat "MMMM" timeStamp}}}

July

Quarter

Q

1 through 4 Quarter Year: quarter

{{{dateFormat "Q" timeStamp}}}

3

Qo

1st through 4th Quarter + ordinal.

{{{dateFormat "Qo" timeStamp}}}

3rd

Day of month

D

1 through 31 no padding

{{{dateFormat "D" timeStamp}}}

9

Do

1st through 31st no padding + ordinal

{{{dateFormat "Do" timeStamp}}}

9th

DD

01 through 31 2 digit (will have a leading "0" for first nine days)

{{{dateFormat "DD" timeStamp}}}

09

Day of year

DDD

1 through 365 no padding (no leading "0")

{{{dateFormat "DDD" timeStamp}}}

191

DDDo

1st through 365th no padding + ordinal

{{{dateFormat "DDDo" timeStamp}}}

191st

DDDD

001 through 365 3 digit (will have leading "0s" for 1st-99th)

{{{dateFormat "DDDD" timeStamp}}}

191

Day of week

d

0 through 6 no padding

{{{dateFormat "d" timeStamp}}}

4

do

0th through 6th no padding + ordinal

{{{dateFormat "do" timeStamp}}}

4th

dd

Su through Sa 2 letter abbreviation

{{{dateFormat "dd" timeStamp}}}

Th

ddd

Sun through Sat 3 letter abbreviation

{{{dateFormat "ddd" timeStamp}}}

Thu

dddd

Sunday through Saturday full day name

{{{dateFormat "dddd" timeStamp}}}

Thursday

Day of week (locale)

e

0 through 6 This allows you to set the first day of the week if Sunday (default) is not preferred.

{{{dateFormat "e" timeStamp}}}

4

Day of week (ISO)

E

1 through 7 This is eliminates the zero-based default.

{{{dateFormat "E" timeStamp}}}

4

Week of year

w

1 through 53 no padding

{{{dateFormat "W" timeStamp}}}

28

wo

1st through 53rd no padding + ordinal

{{{dateFormat "Wo" timeStamp}}}

28th

ww

01 through 53 2 digit (leading "0" for weeks 1 through 9)

{{{dateFormat "WW" timeStamp}}}

28

Year

YY

2 digit

{{{dateFormat "YY" timeStamp}}}

20

YYYY

4 digit

{{{dateFormat "YYYY" timeStamp}}}

2020

Y

4 digit (complies with ISO 8601 standard for dates past the year 9999)

{{{dateFormat "Y" timeStamp}}}

2020

Week year

gg

2 digits

{{{dateFormat "gg" timeStamp}}}

20

gggg

4 digits

{{{dateFormat "gggg" timeStamp}}}

2020

Week year (ISO)

GG

2 digits

{{{dateFormat "GG" timeStamp}}}

20

GGGG

4 digits

{{{dateFormat "GGGG" timeStamp}}}

2020

AM/PM

A

AM PM (uppercase)

{{{dateFormat "A" timeStamp}}}

PM

a

am pm (lowercase)

{{{dateFormat "a" timeStamp}}}

pm

Hour

H

no padding 24 hour clock (0-23)

{{{dateFormat "H" timeStamp}}}

19

HH

2 digits 24 hour clock (00-23)

{{{dateFormat "HH" timeStamp}}}

19

h

no padding 12 hour clock (1-12)

{{{dateFormat "h" timeStamp}}}

7

hh

2 digits 12 hour clock (01-12)

{{{dateFormat "hh" timeStamp}}}

07

k

no padding 24 hour clock (1-24)

{{{dateFormat "k" timeStamp}}}

19

kk

2 digit 24 hour clock (01-24)

{{{dateFormat "kk" timeStamp}}}

29

Minute

m

no padding

{{{dateFormat "m" timeStamp}}}

59

mm

2 digits (leading "0" for 1-9).

{{{dateFormat "mm" timeStamp}}}

59

Second

s

no padding

{{{dateFormat "s" timeStamp}}}

39

ss

2 digits (leading "0" for 1-9)

{{{dateFormat "ss" timeStamp}}}

39

Fractional second

S

1 digit (no padding)

{{{dateFormat "S" timeStamp}}}

1

SS

2 digits (00-99)

{{{dateFormat "SS" timeStamp}}}

16

SSS

3 digits (000-999)

{{{dateFormat "SSS" timeStamp}}}

161

SSSS

through

SSSSSSSSS

Additional "S" will pad the fractional seconds with trailing zeroes.

{{{dateFormat "SSSS [...] SSSSSSSSS" timeStamp}}}

1610 ... 161000000

Time zone offset

Z

colon separated

{{{dateFormat "Z" timeStamp}}}

+00:00

ZZ

no colon

{{{dateFormat "ZZ" timeStamp}}}

+0000

Unix timestamp

X

standard

{{{dateFormat "X" timeStamp}}}

1594324779

Unix millisecond timestamp

x

Unix timestamp with milliseconds

{{{dateFormat "x" timeStamp}}}

1594324779162

Localized formats

LT

Time: 8:30 PM

{{{dateFormat "LT" timeStamp}}}

7:59 PM

LTS

Time with seconds: 8:30:33 PM

{{{dateFormat "LTS" timeStamp}}}

7:59:39 PM

L

09/04/2020

{{{dateFormat "L" timeStamp}}}

07/09/2020

l

9/4/2020

{{{dateFormat "l" timeStamp}}}

7/9/2020

LL

September 4, 1986

{{{dateFormat "LL" timeStamp}}}

July 9, 2020

ll

Sep 4, 1986

{{{dateFormat "ll" timeStamp}}}

Jul 9, 2020

LLL

September 4, 1986 8:30 PM

{{{dateFormat "LLL" timeStamp}}}

July 9, 2020 7:59 PM

lll

Sep 4, 1986 8:30 PM

{{{dateFormat "lll" timeStamp}}}

Jul 9, 2020 7:59 PM

LLLL

Thursday, September 4, 1986 8:30 PM

{{{dateFormat "LLLL" timeStamp}}}

Thursday, July 9, 2020 7:59 PM

llll

Thu, Sep 4, 1986 8:30 PM

{{{dateFormat "llll" timeStamp}}}

Thu, Jul 9, 2020 7:59 PM

Square brackets

[some text]

add characters

{{{dateFormat "YYYY-MM-DD [Have Fun!]" timeStamp}}}

2020-07-09 Have Fun!