Parameters for DATETIME_FORMAT formula

DATETIME_FORMAT formula presents a datetime value in a specified manner. There are different parameters that can be used to present your DATETIME data field into a preferred format by modifying the highlighted part of the formula: datetime_format({arg},' specified output format'):

Output format specifier Output expected result description Output example
M Month of the year, cardinal nos. 1-12 1 2 ... 11 12
MM Month of the year, cardinal nos. 01-12 01 02 ... 11 12
MMM Month name, three-letter abbreviation Jan Feb ... Nov Dec
MMMM Month name January ... December
Q Quarter of the year, cardinal nos. 1-4 1 2 3 4
D Day of the month, cardinal nos. 1-31 1 2 ... 30 31
Do Day of the month, ordinal nos. 1st-31st 1st 2nd ... 30th 31st
DD Day of the month, cardinal nos. 01-31 01 02 ... 30 31
d Day of the week, cardinal nos. 0-6 0 1 ... 5 6
dd Day of the week, two-letter abbreviation Su Mo ... Fr Sa
ddd Day of the week, three-letter abbreviation Sun Mon ... Fri Sat
dddd Day of the week Sunday ... Saturday
w Week of the year, cardinal nos. 1-53 1 2 ... 52 53
ww Week of the year, cardinal nos. 01-53 01 02 ... 52 53
WW Week of the year (ISO), cardinal nos. 01-53 01 02 ... 52 53
YY Year, last two digits 00 01 ... 98 99
YYYY Year 2000 2001 ... 2098 2099
GGGG Week year (ISO) 2000 2001 ... 2098 2099
A Ante meridiem/post meridiem (majuscule) AM PM
a Ante meridiem/post meridiem (miniscule) am pm
H Hour, using a 24-hour clock from 0-23 0 1 ... 22 23
HH Hour, using a 24-hour clock from 00-23 00 01 ... 22 23
h Hour, using a 12-hour clock from 1-12 1 2 ... 11 12
hh Hour, using a 12-hour clock from 01-12 01 02 ... 11 12
m Minute 0 1 ... 58 59
mm Minute 00 01 ... 58 59
s Second 0 1 ... 58 59
ss Second 00 01 ... 58 59
SSS Fractional second 000 001 ... 998 999
Z Time zone relative to GMT, inc. colons -07:00 -06:00 ... +06:00 +07:00
ZZ Time zone relative to GMT, not inc. colons -0700 -0600 ... +0600 +0700
X Unix timestamp 1360013296

Notes: 

  • The formula supports various combinations of format specifiers:
    • For example, 1991-08-24T15:12:52.567Z value of Datetime-formatted cell can be used in a following formula DATETIME_FORMAT({date},'Do of MMMM, YYYY') to generate a result of "24th of August, 1991".
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