Format Date and Time Text

Description

Define how the date and time are displayed when text is created using a text style.

Format

When you define the format for the date and time in a text style use the following notation:

Notation	Description
%Y	Created text includes the year as a 4 digit number.
%y	Created text includes the last 2 digits of the year.
%m	Created text includes the month as a two digit number.
%d	Created text includes the day as a two digit number.
%j	Created text includes the day of the year as a 3 digit number.
%A	Created text includes the full weekday name.
%a	Created text includes the abbreviated weekday name.
%B	Created text includes the full month name.
%U	Created text includes the week of the year as a 2 digit number. Sunday is considered the start of the week.
%H	Created text includes the hour of the day as a 2 digit number, in 24 hour notation.
%I	Created text includes the hour of the day as a 2 digit number, in 12 hour notation.
%M	Created text includes the minute as a 2 digit number.
%S	Created text includes the second as a 2 digit number.
%p	Created text includes a.m or p.m.

Notes

You can insert additional text to be displayed with the date and time.
Values are displayed in the order they appear in the Format box.
Some date and time notation is locale dependent.

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