| name | format | variants | examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Date | DD-Mon\±Year | DD-Mon | 01-Jan\2026 25-May |
| Long Date | Weekday, DDth Month ±Year | DDth Month ±Year Weekday, DD Month ±Year DD Month ±Year |
Monday, 13th June 2026 10th September 2011 Monday, 01 January 2026 25 May 2019 |
| key | meaning | notes |
|---|---|---|
| DD | 2 digit day of the month | Single digit days must have a leading zero, e.g. 01, 02, etc |
| Mon | 2 digit month number | Single digit month numbers must have a leading zero, e.g. 01, 02, etc |
| ±Year | Full signed year |
Negative = BC/BCE; No sign (positive) = AD/CE AD/CE years must be ≥ 4 digits long, e.g. 0001, 2026, etc The year 0 is invalid, as this is not an actual year - -1 (1 BC) skips to 1 (1 AD) |
| Weekday | Full weekday name | |
| Month | Full month name | |
| th | Ordinal indicators | st / nd / rd / th |
| name | format | variants | examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time of Day | hh:mm;ss UTC±TZM | hh:mm UTC±TZM hh:mm;ss hh:mm |
10:30;45 UTC+04:00 19:20 UTC+02:00 02:00;05 22:15 |
| Time Elapsed (days) | dd/hh:mm;ss.σσσ | dd/hh:mm;ss dd/hh:mm |
01/00:10;30.755 02/10:20;05 12/20:00 |
| Time Elapsed (hours) | ↑/HH:mm;ss.σσσ | ↑/HH:mm;ss ↑/hh:mm |
↑/10:03;10.010 ↑/37:30;10 ↑/00:20 |
| Time (Countdown) | ↓/HH:mm;ss.σσσ | ↓/HH:mm;ss ↓/HH:mm |
↓/HH:mm;ss.σσσ ↓/23:59;59 ↓/05:10 |
| key | meaning | notes |
|---|---|---|
| dd | ≥2 digit days elapsed | ≥0 days passed since time=0 add another digit where required - add leading zeros so all uses have the same number of digits! |
| hh | 2 digit hours | 24 hour format! single digit values get leading zeros |
| HH | ≥2 digit hours elapsed | ≥0 hours passed since time=0 add another digit where required - add leading zeros so all uses have the same number of digits! |
| mm | 2 digit minutes | ranges from 0 to 59 single digit values get leading zeros |
| ss | 2 digit seconds | ranges from 0 to 59 single digit values get leading zeros |
| σσσ | 3 digit milliseconds | ranges from 0 to 999 single and double digit values get leading zeros |
| UTC±TZM | UTC offsets | (Timezones) |