Date and time format reference - strftime

HCL Workload Automation uses the strftime standard method for defining the presentation of the date and time in log files generated by CCLog. There is a parameter in the properties file of CCLog, where you define the format (see HCL Workload Automation logging and tracing using CCLog).

This parameter uses one or more of the following variables, each of which is introduced by a "%" sign, separated, if required, by spaces or other character separators.

For example, to define a date and time stamp that would produce the following (12-hour time, followed by the date) "7:30:49 a.m. - November 7, 2008", you would use the following definition:
%l:%M:%S %P - %B %e, %G
The full details of the parameters you can use are as follows:
Table 1. strftime date and time format parameters
Parameter DescriptionExample
%aThe abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale.Wed
%AThe full weekday name according to the current locale.Wednesday
%bThe abbreviated month name according to the current locale.Jan
%BThe full month name according to the current locale.January
%cThe preferred date and time representation for the current locale.
%CThe century number (year/100) as a 2-digit integer.19
%dThe day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31).07
%DEquivalent to %m/%d/%y. (This is the USA date format. In many countries %d/%m/%y is the standard date format. Thus, in an international context, both of these formats are ambiguous and must be avoided.)12/25/04
%eLike %d, the day of the month as a decimal number, but a leading zero is replaced by a space. 7
%GThe ISO 8601 year with century as a decimal number. The 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number (see %V). This has the same format and value as %y, except that if the ISO week number belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead.2008
%gLike %G, but without century, i.e., with a 2-digit year (00-99).04
%hEquivalent to %b. Jan
%H The hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23).22
%IThe hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to 12).07
%jThe day of the year as a decimal number (range 001 to 366).008
%kThe hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 0 to 23); single digits are preceded by a blank. (See also %H.) 7
%lThe hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 1 to 12); single digits are preceded by a blank. (See also %I.) 7
%mThe month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12).04
%MThe minute as a decimal number (range 00 to 59).58
%nA newline character.
%p Either `AM' or `PM' according to the given time value, or the corresponding strings for the current locale. Noon is treated as `pm' and midnight as `am'.AM
%PLike %p but in lowercase: `am' or `pm' or a corresponding string for the current locale.am
%rThe time in a.m. or p.m. notation. In the POSIX locale this is equivalent to `%I:%M:%S %p'.07:58:40 am
%RThe time in 24-hour notation (%H:%M). For a version including the seconds, see %T below.07:58
%sThe number of seconds since the Epoch, i.e., since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC.1099928130
%SThe second as a decimal number (range 00 to 61). the upper level of the range 61 rather than 59 to allow for the occasional leap second and even more occasional double leap second. 07
%t A tab character.
%TThe time in 24-hour notation (%H:%M:%S).17:58:40
%uThe day of the week as a decimal, range 1 to 7, Monday being 1. See also %w.3
%UThe week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 00 to 53, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of week 01. See also %V and %W.26
%VThe ISO 8601:1988 week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 01 to 53, where week 1 is the first week that has at least 4 days in the current year, and with Monday as the first day of the week. See also %U and %W.26
%w The day of the week as a decimal, range 0 to 6, Sunday being 0. See also %u.5
%WThe week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 00 to 53, starting with the first Monday as the first day of week 01.34
%xThe preferred date representation for the current locale without the time.
%XThe preferred time representation for the current locale without the date.
%yThe year as a decimal number without a century (range 00 to 99).04
%YThe year as a decimal number including the century.2008
%zThe time-zone as hour offset from GMT. Required to emit RFC822-conformant dates (using "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z"). -2
%Z The time zone or name or abbreviation. GMT
%% A literal `%' character.%