| Letter | Date or Time Component | Presentation | Examples | 
|---|---|---|---|
| G | Era designator | Text | AD | 
| y | Year | Year | 1996;96 | 
| M | Month in year | Month | July;Jul;07 | 
| w | Week in year | Number | 27 | 
| W | Week in month | Number | 2 | 
| D | Day in year | Number | 189 | 
| d | Day in month | Number | 10 | 
| F | Day of week in month | Number | 2 | 
| E | Day in week | Text | Tuesday;Tue;周二 | 
| a | Am/pm marker | Text | PM | 
| H | Hour in day (0-23) | Number | 0 | 
| k | Hour in day (1-24) | Number | 24 | 
| K | Hour in am/pm (0-11) | Number | 0 | 
| h | Hour in am/pm (1-12) | Number | 12 | 
| m | Minute in hour | Number | 30 | 
| s | Second in minute | Number | 55 | 
| S | Millisecond | Number | 978 | 
| z | Time zone | General time zone | Pacific Standard Time;PST;GMT-08:00 | 
| Z | Time zone | RFC 822 time zone | -0800 | 
