Introduction to PowerBuilder

Date and Time Formats

For date and time data types, there are an extra set of formats that can be used to display the data. The following table lists these extra formats:

Symbol	Date type	Time Type	Meaning
d	X		Day as a number.
dd	X		Day as a number with leading zero.
ddd	X		Day name abbreviation.
dddd	X		Full day name.
m	X		Month as a number.
mm	X		Month as a number with a leading zero.
mmm	X		Month name abbreviation.
mmmm	X		Full month name.
yy	X		Two digit year.
yyyy	X		Four digit year.
h		X	Hour.
hh		X	Hour with leading zero.
m		X	Minutes.
mm		X	Minutes with leading zero.
s		X	Seconds.
ss		X	Seconds with leading zero.
ffffff		X	Microseconds.
AM/PM		X	Displays AM or PM as applicable.
am/pm		X	Displays am or pm as applicable.
A/P		X	Displays A or P as applicable.
a/p		X	Displays a or p as applicable.

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