Graphs: Date label format
When the graph axes contain dates you have many options on how to format the dates. The list below summarizes the format codes.
| Code | Result | Description |
| Years | ||
| %Y | 2008 | Four-digit year |
| %y | 08 | Two-digit year |
| Months | ||
| %m | 09 | Two-digit month |
| %#m | 9 | One or two-digit month |
| %B | September | Full month name |
| %b | Sep | Abbreviated month name |
| Days | ||
| %d | 05 | Two-digit day of month |
| %#d | 5 | One or two-digit day of month |
| %e | 5 | One or two-digit day of month |
| %A | Sunday | Full name of the day of the week |
| %a | Sun | Abbreviated name of the day of the week |
| %w | 0 | Number of the day of the week (0 = Sunday, 6 = Saturday) |
| %o | th | The ordinal suffix string following the day of the month |
| Hours | ||
| %H | 23 | Hours in 24-hour format (two digits) |
| %#H | 3 | Hours in 24-hour integer format (one or two digits) |
| %I | 11 | Hours in 12-hour format (two digits) |
| %#I | 3 | Hours in 12-hour integer format (one or two digits) |
| %p | PM | AM or PM |
| Minutes | ||
| %M | 09 | Minutes (two digits) |
| %#M | 9 | Minutes (one or two digits) |
| Seconds | ||
| %S | 02 | Seconds (two digits) |
| %#S | 2 | Seconds (one or two digits) |
| %s | 1206567625723 | Unix timestamp (Seconds past 1970-01-01 00:00:00) |
| Milliseconds | ||
| %N | 008 | Milliseconds (three digits) |
| %#N | 8 | Milliseconds (one to three digits) |
| Timezone | ||
| %O | 360 | difference in minutes between local time and GMT |
| %Z | Mountain Standard Time Name of timezone as reported by browser | |
| %G | -06:00 | Hours and minutes between GMT |
| Shortcuts | ||
| %F | 2008-03-26 | %Y-%m-%d |
| %T | 05:06:30 | %H:%M:%S |
| %X | 05:06:30 | %H:%M:%S |
| %x | 03/26/08 | %m/%d/%y |
| %D | 03/26/08 | %m/%d/%y |
| %#c | Wed Mar 26 15:31:00 2008 | %a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y |
| %v | 3-Sep-2008 | %e-%b-%Y |
| %R | 15:31 | %H:%M |
| %r | 3:31:00 PM | %I:%M:%S %p |
| Characters | ||
| %n | \n | Newline |
| %t | \t | Tab |
| %% | % | Percent Symbol |