title: Date Formats
modifier: matt
created: 20110216113958
modified: 20110221141513
creator: colmbritton

Several [[Macros|MacrosContent]] including the [[Today Macro|today macro]] take a [[Date Format String|Date Formats]] as an optional argument. This string can be a combination of ordinary text, with some special characters that get substituted by parts of the date:
* {{{DDD}}} - day of week in full (eg, "Monday")
* {{{ddd}}} - short day of week (eg, "Mon")
* {{{DD}}} - day of month
* {{{0DD}}} - adds a leading zero
* {{{DDth}}} - adds a suffix
* {{{WW}}} - ~ISO-8601 week number of year
* {{{0WW}}} - adds a leading zero
* {{{MMM}}} - month in full (eg, "July")
* {{{mmm}}} - short month (eg, "Jul")
* {{{MM}}} - month number
* {{{0MM}}} - adds leading zero
* {{{YYYY}}} - full year
* {{{YY}}} - two digit year
* {{{wYYYY}}} - full year with respect to week number
* {{{wYY}}} two digit year with respect to week number
* {{{hh}}} - hours
* {{{0hh}}} - adds a leading zero
* {{{hh12}}} - hours in 12 hour clock
* {{{0hh12}}} - hours in 12 hour clock with leading zero
* {{{mm}}} - minutes
* {{{0mm}}} - minutes with leading zero
* {{{ss}}} - seconds
* {{{0ss}}} - seconds with leading zero
* {{{am}}} or {{{pm}}} - lower case AM/PM indicator
* {{{AM}}} or {{{PM}}} - upper case AM/PM indicator

!!!!Examples
{{{DDth MMM YYYY}}} - 16th February 2011
{{{DDth mmm hh:mm:ss}}} - 16th Feb 2011 11:38:42