Characters	Example	Description
Year
y	2008	Year, no padding
yy	08	Year, two digits (padding with a zero if necessary)
yyyy	2008	Year, minimum of four digits (padding with zeros if necessary)
Quarter
Q	4	The quarter of the year. Use QQ if you want zero padding.
QQQ	Q4	Quarter including "Q"
QQQQ	4th quarter	Quarter spelled out
Month
M	12	The numeric month of the year. A single M will use '1' for January.
MM	12	The numeric month of the year. A double M will use '01' for January.
MMM	Dec	The shorthand name of the month
MMMM	December	Full name of the month
MMMMM	D	Narrow name of the month
Day
d	14	The day of the month. A single d will use 1 for January 1st.
dd	14	The day of the month. A double d will use 01 for January 1st.
F	3rd Tuesday in December	The day of week in the month
E	Tues	The day of week in the month
EEEE	Tuesday	The full name of the day
EEEEE	T	The narrow day of week
Hour
h	4	The 12-hour hour.
hh	04	The 12-hour hour padding with a zero if there is only 1 digit
H	16	The 24-hour hour.
HH	16	The 24-hour hour padding with a zero if there is only 1 digit.
a	PM	AM / PM for 12-hour time formats
Minute
m	35	The minute, with no padding for zeroes.
mm	35	The minute with zero padding.
Second
s	8	The seconds, with no padding for zeroes.
ss	08	The seconds with zero padding.
Time Zone
zzz	CST	The 3 letter name of the time zone. Falls back to GMT-08:00 (hour offset) if the name is not known.
zzzz	Central Standard Time	The expanded time zone name, falls back to GMT-08:00 (hour offset) if name is not known.
Z	-0600	RFC 822 GMT format. Can also match a literal Z for Zulu (UTC) time.
ZZZZZ	-06:00	ISO 8601 time zone format