Application Suite: Alarm

Time and date display formats

This describes the parameters used to create a date and time format string in the Choices window.

Variable  Meaning   Example

• %se seconds 59
  
• %mi minutes 05
  
• %12 hours in 12 hour format 07
  
• %24 hours in 24 hour format 23
  
• %am or %pm 'AM' or 'PM' pm
  
• %we weekday, in full Thursday
  
• %w3 weekday, in three characters Thu
  
• %wn weekday, as a number 5
  
• %dy day of the month 01
  
• %st 'st', 'nd', 'rd' or 'th' st
  
• %mo month name in full September
  
• %m3 month name as three characters Sep
  
• %mn month as a number 09
  
• %ce century 19
  
• %yr year within century 87
  
• %wk week of the year, Mon to Sun 52
  
• %dn day of the year 364
  
• %tz Timezone BST
  
• %% insert a %
  

Numbers appear as fixed-width with leading zeros, so, for example, %mi would give a result such as 06. To remove leading zeros, prefix the code with a z, so, for example, %zmi would give a result such as 6.

Plain text can also be included in the variable string, for example:

%we the %dy%st %m3 %yr

would display in the form:

Wednesday the 21st Jan 95

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