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Time formats

A time format is a shorthand specification to format a time. It consists of punctuations, literals, and pattern symbols. The following table lists examples of time formats.

 

Time format	Example
h:MM A	7:15 PM
HH:MM:SS	21:35:26
HH:MM:SS ‘o”clock’ A Z	14:20:10 o’clock PM EDT

Time formats are governed by an ISO standard. Each nation specifies the form of its default, short, medium, long, and full-time formats. The locale identifies the format of times that conform to the standards of that nation.

The following table contains some examples of different date formats from different locales for each of the categories.

 

Locale identifier and description	Time format (Category)	Example
en_GB English (United Kingdom)	HH:MM (Short)	14:13
fr_CA French (Canada)	HH:MM:SS (Medium)	12:15:50
de_DE German (Germany)	HH:MM:SS z (Long)	14:13:13 -0400
fr_FR French (France)	HH ‘ h ‘ MM Z (Full)	14 h 13 GMT-04:00

See also   

Locales

Epoch

Date formats

Date and time patterns

Time formats