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%a The abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Mon, Tue).
%A The full weekday name (e.g, Monday, Tuesday).
%b The abbreviated month name (e.g., Jan, Sep).
%B The full month name (e.g., January, September)
%c The preferred date and time representation for the current locale.
%C The century number (year/100) as a 2-digit integer.
%d The day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31).
%D Shortcut for %m/%d/%y (American date format).
%e Like %d, the day of the month as a decimal number, but a leading zero is replaced by a space.
%F Equivalent to %Y-%m-%d (the ISO 8601 date format).
%G The ISO 8601 year with century as a decimal number. The 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number (see %V). This has the same format and value as %y, except that if the ISO week number belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead.
%g Like %G, but without century, i.e., with a 2-digit year (00-99).
%h Equivalent to %b.
%H The hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23).
%I The hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to 12).
%j The day of the year as a decimal number (range 001 to 366).
%k The hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 0 to 23); single digits are preceded by a blank. (See also %H.)
%l The hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 1 to 12); single digits are preceded by a blank. (See also %I.)
%m The month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12).
%M The minute as a decimal number (range 00 to 59).
%n A newline character.
%p Either `AM' or `PM' for the given time. Noon is treated as `pm' and midnight as `am'.
%P Like %p but in lowercase: `am' or `pm'.
%r The time in a.m. or p.m. notation. This is equivalent to `%I:%M:%S %p'.
%R The time in 24-hour notation (%H:%M). For a version including the seconds, see %T below.
%S The second as a decimal number (range 00 to 61).
%t A tab character.
%T The time in 24-hour notation (%H:%M:%S).
%u The day of the week as a decimal, range 1 to 7, Monday being 1. See also %w.
%U The week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 00 to 53, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of week 01. See also %V and %W.
%V The ISO 8601:1988 week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 01 to 53, where week 1 is the first week that has at least 4 days in the current year, and with Monday as the first day of the week. See also %U and %W.
%w The day of the week as a decimal, range 0 to 6, Sunday being 0. See also %u.
%W The week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 00 to 53, starting with the first Monday as the first day of week 01.
%y The year as a decimal number without a century (range 00 to 99).
%Y The year as a decimal number including the century.
%% A literal `%' character.
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