The following placeholders for the date and time can be used in the
backup options and the general options for the
time and date format.
| Characters |
Description |
| : |
Time delimiter |
| / |
Date delimiter |
| d, dd |
Day (1 – 31, 01 – 31) |
| Ddd |
Abbreviated day of the week (Sun - Sat) |
| dddd |
Day of the week (Sunday - Saturday) |
| ddddd |
Short date format |
| dddddd |
Long date format |
| w |
Calendar week day (1 for Sunday to 7 for Saturday) |
| ww |
Calendar week (1 — 54) |
| m, mm |
Month (1 - 12, 01 – 12) |
| mmm |
Abbreviated names of the months (Jan - Dec) |
| mmmm |
Names of the months (January - December) |
| q |
Quarter (1 – 4) |
| y |
Calendar day (1 – 366) |
| yy, yyyy |
Year (00 – 99, 100 - 9999) |
| h, hh |
Time/hour (0 - 23, 00 - 23) |
| m, mm, n, nn |
Time/minute (0 - 59, 00 - 59) |
| s, ss |
Time/second (0 - 59, 00 - 59) |
| AM/PM, A/P, AMPM |
12-hour format |
