Date units
- Symbol
- Description
- CCYY
- Full year including century (2001)
- YY
- Last two digits of the year (00-99)
- MM
- Month of the year in two numeric digits (01-12)
- M
- Month of the year in one or two numeric digits as needed (1 to 12)
- MON
- First three letters of the month (Jan to Dec)
- MONTH
- Full name of the month (January to December)
- DDD
- Day of the year in three numeric digits (001 to 366)
- DD
- Day of the month in two numeric digits (01 to 31)
- D
- Day of the month in one or two numeric digits as needed (1 to 31)
- DY
- First three letters of the weekday (Sun to Sat)
- DAY
- Full name of the weekday (Sunday to Saturday)
- WW
- Week of year (1-52)
- Qn
- Quarter of the year (Q1-Q4)
- EEYY
- Emperor's year, long form
- EY
- Emperor's year, short form