Pádraig Brady wrote: > FORMAT Example Description > > %% % a literal % > %a Sun locale's abbreviated weekday name > %A Sunday locale's full weekday name > %b Mar locale's abbreviated month name > %B March locale's full month name > %c '%a %x %X' locale's date and time > %C 20 century; like %Y, except omit last two digits > %d 01 day of month > %D 12/31/99 date (ambiguous); same as %m/%d/%y > %e 1 day of month, space padded; same as %_d > %F 1999-12-31 full date; like %+4Y-%m-%d > %g 99 year of ISO week number (last two digits; 00-99); see %G > %G 1999 year of ISO week number; normally useful only with %V > %h Mar same as %b > %H 23 hour (00..23) > %I 01 hour (01..12) > %j 365 day of year (001..366) > %k 8 hour, space padded ( 0..23); same as %_H > %l 9 hour, space padded ( 1..12); same as %_I > %m 12 month (01..12) > %M 59 minute (00..59) > %n \n a newline > %N 123456789 nanoseconds (000000000..999999999) > %p PM locale's equivalent of AM or PM; blank if not known > %P pm like %p, but lower case > %q 4 quarter of year (1..4) > %r 1:11:04 PM locale's 12-hour clock time > %R 23:59 24-hour hour and minute; same as %H:%M > %s 1778169005 seconds since the Epoch (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC) > %S 59 second (00..60) > %t \t a tab > %T 23:59:59 time; same as %H:%M:%S > %u 7 day of week (1..7); 1 is Monday > %U 52 week number of year; Sunday as first day of week (00..53) > %V 52 ISO week number; Monday as first day of week (01..53) > %W 52 week number of year; Monday as first day of week (00..53) > %w 6 day of week (0..6); 0 is Sunday > %x 12/31/99 locale's date (can be ambiguous) > %X 23:59:59 locale's time representation > %y 99 year (last two digits; 00..99) > %Y 1999 year > %z +0400 +hhmm numeric time zone > %:z +04:00 +hh:mm numeric time zone > %::z +04:00:00 +hh:mm:ss numeric time zone > %:::z +04 numeric time zone to necessary precision; with : > %Z EDT alphabetic time zone abbreviation
That's too many lines to search for. As a user, typically I ask: 1) I have a day to display; which directive can I use for it? 2) I have a time to display; which directive can I use for it? Accordingly, I suggest to split this table into several smaller ones, namely one for each of: - literal characters, - date - time - date and time - time zone - nanosecond (similar to what I did in gnulib/lib/strftime.h). Bruno
