Time conversion specifiers (GNU Coreutils 9.0)
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21.1.1 Time conversion specifiers
date conversion specifiers related to times.
- ‘
%H’ hour (‘
00’…‘23’)- ‘
%I’ hour (‘
01’…‘12’)- ‘
%k’ hour, space padded (‘
0’…‘23’); equivalent to ‘%_H’. This is a GNU extension.- ‘
%l’ hour, space padded (‘
1’…‘12’); equivalent to ‘%_I’. This is a GNU extension.- ‘
%M’ minute (‘
00’…‘59’)- ‘
%N’ nanoseconds (‘
000000000’…‘999999999’). This is a GNU extension.- ‘
%p’ locale’s equivalent of either ‘
AM’ or ‘PM’; blank in many locales. Noon is treated as ‘PM’ and midnight as ‘AM’.- ‘
%P’ like ‘
%p’, except lower case. This is a GNU extension.- ‘
%r’ locale’s 12-hour clock time (e.g., ‘
11:11:04 PM’)- ‘
%R’ 24-hour hour and minute. Same as ‘
%H:%M’.- ‘
%s’ seconds since the Epoch, i.e., since 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC. Leap seconds are not counted unless leap second support is available. See %s-examples, for examples. This is a GNU extension.
- ‘
%S’ second (‘
00’…‘60’). This may be ‘60’ if leap seconds are supported.- ‘
%T’ 24-hour hour, minute, and second. Same as ‘
%H:%M:%S’.- ‘
%X’ locale’s time representation (e.g., ‘
23:13:48’)- ‘
%z’ Four-digit numeric time zone, e.g., ‘
-0600’ or ‘+0530’, or ‘-0000’ if no time zone is determinable. This value reflects the numeric time zone appropriate for the current time, using the time zone rules specified by theTZenvironment variable. A time zone is not determinable if its numeric offset is zero and its abbreviation begins with ‘-’. The time (and optionally, the time zone rules) can be overridden by the--dateoption.- ‘
%:z’ Numeric time zone with ‘
:’, e.g., ‘-06:00’ or ‘+05:30’), or ‘-00:00’ if no time zone is determinable. This is a GNU extension.- ‘
%::z’ Numeric time zone to the nearest second with ‘
:’ (e.g., ‘-06:00:00’ or ‘+05:30:00’), or ‘-00:00:00’ if no time zone is determinable. This is a GNU extension.- ‘
%:::z’ Numeric time zone with ‘
:’ using the minimum necessary precision (e.g., ‘-06’, ‘+05:30’, or ‘-04:56:02’), or ‘-00’ if no time zone is determinable. This is a GNU extension.- ‘
%Z’ alphabetic time zone abbreviation (e.g., ‘
EDT’), or nothing if no time zone is determinable. See ‘%z’ for how it is determined.
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