Date, Time and Period Formats in Scripts
Some script statements and functions let you specify formats for date, time and periods.
This page includes the following:
Tip: You can use script functions to convert date, time and period formats. For more information, see Script Date and Time Functions.
Note: Some predefined variables have specific requirements for supported date and time formats. For more information, see Date and Time Formats Variable.
Use the following abbreviations in date formats:
- Y or J for the year
- M for the month
- D or T for the day
The following date formats are permitted:
- YYMMDD or JJMMTT
- YY.MM.DD or JJ.MM.TT
- YY-MM-DD or JJ-MM-TT
- YYYYMMDD or JJJJMMTT
- YYYY.MM.DD or JJJJ.MM.TT
- YYYY-MM-DD or JJJJ-MM-TT
- DDMMYY or TTMMJJ
- DD.MM.YY or TT.MM.JJ
- DD-MM-YY or TT-MM-JJ
- DDMMYYYY or TTMMJJJJ
- DD.MM.YYYY or TT.MM.JJJJ
- DD-MM-YYYY or TT-MM-JJJJ
- MMDDYY
- MMDDYYYY
- MM/DD/YY
- MM/DD/YYYY
You can specify the following special terms for date formats:
- YY or JJ
- YYYY or JJJJ
- MM
- DD or TT
- WW
Day of the week based on the two-character German abbreviations for weekdays:- MO for Monday
- DI for Tuesday
- MI for Wednesday
- DO for Thursday
- FR for Friday
- SA for Saturday
- SO for Sunday
- LLL
Day number of the year
Note: You cannot use special terms for date formats in script functions that calculate based on dates, except for output formats of a calculated date.
Use the following abbreviations for time formats:
- H for hours
- M for minutes
- S for seconds
The following time formats are permitted:
- HHMMSS
- HH:MM:SS
- HHMM
- HH:MM
- MMSS
- MM:SS
You can specify the following special terms for time formats:
- HH
- MM
- SS
Use the following abbreviations for period formats:
- J or Y for the year
- Q for the quarter
- M for the month
- W for the calendar week
- The following abbreviations are used for period formats: "J" or "Y" for the year, "Q" for the quarter, "M" for the month and "W" for the calendar week.
The following period formats are permitted:
- YY or JJ
- YYYY or JJJJ
- Q
- MM
- WW
Note: Monday is considered the first day of the week. See date formats above. - WS
Note: Use this format in script functions that determine the first or last day of a period only. Sunday is considered the first day of the week.
You can use period formats in the following script elements:
See also: