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format dates and times in Ruby, Python, C & PHP with strftime

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June 05, 2023

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2023-06-05 June 5, 2023 Mon, Jun 5 5 Jun 2023 Monday, June 5, 2023 03:11:53

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strftime quick reference

Dates
%a The abbreviated weekday name ("Sun")

%A The full weekday name ("Sunday")

%b The abbreviated month name ("Jan")

%B The full month name ("January")

%d Day of the month (01..31)

%e Day of the month without a leading zero (1..31)

%j Day of the year (001..366)

%m Month of the year (01..12)

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 %U Week number of the current year, starting with the first Sunday as the first
day of the first week (00..53)

%W Week number of the current year, starting with the first Monday as the first
day of the first week (00..53)

%w Day of the week (Sunday is 0, 0..6)

%x Preferred representation for the date alone, no time

%y Year without a century (00..99)

%Y Year with century

Times

%H Hour of the day, 24-hour clock (00..23)

%I Hour of the day, 12-hour clock (01..12)

%l Hour of the day, 12-hour clock without a leading zero (1..12)

%M Minute of the hour (00..59)

%N Fractional seconds digits, default is 9 digits (nanosecond)

%P Meridian indicator ("am" or "pm")

%p Meridian indicator ("AM" or "PM")

%S Second of the minute (00..60)

%X Preferred representation for the time alone, no date

%Z Time zone name

Misc.
%c The preferred local date and time representation

%% Literal "%" character

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