ClockFormatCodes

Clock Format Codes

The following format codes are available for the Clock Format, for log file names, and the /time command:

• %% - A literal %
• %a - Abbreviated weekday (Mon, Tue, etc)
• %A - Full weekday (Monday, Tuesday, etc)
• %b - Abbreviated month name (Jan, Feb, etc)
• %B - Full month name (January, February, etc)
• %d - Day of the month, with leading 0 (01, 02, .., 31)
• %D - Short for %m/%d/%Y
• %e - Day of the month, with leading space (' 1', ' 2', .., '31')
• %H - Hours, in 2-digit 24-hour form (00-23)
• %I - Hours, in 2-digit 12-hour form (12-11)
• %j - Day of year, 3 digits (001-366)
• %k - Hours, in 1-digit 24-hour form (0-23)
• %l - Hours, in 1-digit 12-hour form (12-11)
• %m - Month number, 2 digits (01-12)
• %M - Minutes, 2 digits (00-59)
• %N - Month number, 1 digit (1-12)
• %p - AM or PM
• %P - am or pm
• %s - The time and date as a number of seconds past the epoch (Jan 1st 1970).
• %S - Seconds, 2 digits (00-59)
• %T - Short for %H:%M:%S
• %y - Year, two digits
• %Y - Year, four digits
• %Z - Time zone name
• %+ - Short for %a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y

(There are some other format codes available, but these are the most common ones. For the full list, see http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TclCmd/clock.htm#M26