strftime - Datetime Formatting on Linux¶
Table of Contents¶
Formatting Dates and Times¶
Formatting datetime on Linux uses mostly the same format as
Python's strftime function.
This uses format specifiers starting with a percent sign %.
Each one represents a specific way to output a part of the date
or time.
Format Specifiers¶
Some of these specifiers are zero-padded.
If they don't have non-zero-padded alts, try %-X where X is the original
specifier.
E.g.:
strftime(format='%-m')
# 03
strftime(format='%-m')
# 3
Seconds¶
%S: Second of the minute (00..60)%L: Millisecond of the second (000..999)%s: Number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC.
Minutes¶
%M: Minute of the hour (00..59 zero-padded)%-M: Minute as a decimal number. (0, 1..59 non zero-padded)
Hours¶
%H: Hour of the day, 24-hour clock (00..23)%I: Hour of the day, 12-hour clock (01..12)%k: Hour of the day, 24-hour clock, blank-padded ( 0..23)%l: Hour of the day, 12-hour clock, blank-padded ( 0..12)
Days¶
%a: Abbreviated weekday name (“Sun”)%A: Full weekday name (Sunday)%w: Day of the week (Sunday is 0, 0..6)%u: Day of the week (Monday is 1, 1..7)%d: Day of the month (01..31)%e: Day of the month (1..31)%j: Day of the year (001..366)
Weeks¶
%w: Day of the week (Sunday is 0, 0..6)%U: Week number of the current year, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of the first week (00..53)%V: Week number of year according to ISO 8601 (01..53)
Months¶
%b: Abbreviated month name (Jan)%B: Full month name (January)%m: Month of the year (01..12)
Years¶
%y: Year without a century (00..99)%Y: Year with century
Others¶
%p: Meridian indicator (AM or PM)%P: Meridian indicator (“am” or “pm”)%c: Preferred local date and time representation%Z: Time zone name%%: Literal % character%C: Century (20 in 2009)%D: U.S. Date (%m/%d/%y)%n: Newline (n)%t: Tab character (t)