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Description

%a

day of week, using locale's abbreviated weekday names

%A

day of week, using locale's full weekday names

%b

month, using locale's abbreviated month names

%B

month, using locale's full month names

%c

date and time as %x %X

%d

day of month (01-31)

%H

hour (00-23)

%I

hour (00-12)

%j

number of day in year (001-366)

%m

month number (01-12)

%M

minute (00-59)

%p

locale's equivalent of AM or PM, whichever is appropriate

%S

seconds (00-59)

%U

week number of year (01-52), Sunday is the first day of the week. Week number 01 is the first week with four or more January days in it.

%w

day of week; Sunday is day 0

%W

week number of year (01-52), Monday is the first day of the week. Week number 01 is the first week with four or more January days in it.

%x

date, using locale's date format

%X

time, using locale's time format

%y

year within century (00-99)

%Y

year, including century (for example, 1988)

%Z

time zone abbreviation

%%

to include the "%" character in your output string