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Date Format Pattern
Updated over 6 months ago
The table below displays a list of the standard format characters supported by Telerik RadCalendar. The format characters are case-sensitive; for example, 'f' and 'F' represent different patterns.
| Format Character | Associated Property/ Description |
|---|---|
| d | ShortDatePattern |
| D | LongDatePattern |
| f | Full date and time (long date and short time) |
| F | FullDateTimePattern (long date and long time) |
| g | General (short date and short time) |
| G | General (short date and long time) |
| m, M | MonthDayPattern |
| r, R | RFC1123Pattern |
| s | SortableDateTimePattern (based on ISO 8601) using local time |
| t | ShortTimePattern |
| T | LongTimePattern |
| u | UniversalSortableDateTimePattern using the format for universal time display |
| U | Full date and time (long date and long time) using universal time |
The table below shows a list of patterns that can be combined to create custom patterns. The patterns are case-sensitive; for example, "MM" is recognized, but "mm" is not. If the custom pattern contains white-space characters or characters enclosed in single quotation marks, the output string will also contain those characters. Characters not defined as part of a format pattern or as format characters are reproduced literally.
| Format Pattern | Description |
|---|---|
| dd | The day of the month. Single-digit days will have a leading zero. |
| ddd | The abbreviated name of the day of the week, as defined in AbbreviatedDayNames. |
| M | The full name of the day of the week, as defined in DayNames. |
| MM | The numeric month. Single-digit months will have a leading zero. |
| MMM | The abbreviated name of the month, as defined in AbbreviatedMonthNames. |
| MMMM | The full name of the month, as defined in MonthNames. |
| y | The year without the century. If the year without the century is less than 10, the year is displayed with no leading zero. |
| yy | The year without the century. If the year without the century is less than 10, the year is displayed with a leading zero. |
| yyy | The year in four digits, including the century. |
| gg | The period or era. This pattern is ignored if the date to be formatted does not have an associated period or era string. |
| h | The hour in a 12-hour clock. Single-digit hours will not have a leading zero. |
| hh | The hour in a 12-hour clock. Single-digit hours will have a leading zero. |
| H | The hour in a 24-hour clock. Single-digit hours will not have a leading zero. |
| HH | The hour in a 24-hour clock. Single-digit hours will have a leading zero. |
| m | The minute. Single-digit minutes will not have a leading zero. |
| mm | The minute. Single-digit minutes will have a leading zero. |
| s | The second. Single-digit seconds will not have a leading zero. |
| ss | The second. Single-digit seconds will have a leading zero. |
| t | The first character in the AM/PM designator defined in AMDesignator or PMDesignator, if any. |
| tt | The AM/PM designator defined in AMDesignator or PMDesignator, if any. |
RadCalendar uses the DayNameFormat enumeration to represents the formats for the days of the week.