| %a | Sun | Weekday as locale’s abbreviated name. |
| %A | Sunday | Weekday as locale’s full name. |
| %w | 0 | Weekday as a decimal number, where 0 is Sunday and 6 is Saturday. |
| %d | 08 | Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal number. |
| %-d | 8 | Day of the month as a decimal number. (Platform specific) |
| %b | Sep | Month as locale’s abbreviated name. |
| %B | September | Month as locale’s full name. |
| %m | 09 | Month as a zero-padded decimal number. |
| %-m | 9 | Month as a decimal number. (Platform specific) |
| %y | 13 | Year without century as a zero-padded decimal number. |
| %Y | 2013 | Year with century as a decimal number. |
| %H | 07 | Hour (24-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number. |
| %-H | 7 | Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number. (Platform specific) |
| %I | 07 | Hour (12-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number. |
| %-I | 7 | Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number. (Platform specific) |
| %p | AM | Locale’s equivalent of either AM or PM. |
| %M | 06 | Minute as a zero-padded decimal number. |
| %-M | 6 | Minute as a decimal number. (Platform specific) |
| %S | 05 | Second as a zero-padded decimal number. |
| %-S | 5 | Second as a decimal number. (Platform specific) |
| %f | 000000 | Microsecond as a decimal number, zero-padded on the left. |
| %z | +0000 | UTC offset in the form ±HHMM[SS[.ffffff]] (empty string if the object is naive). |
| %Z | UTC | Time zone name (empty string if the object is naive). |
| %j | 251 | Day of the year as a zero-padded decimal number. |
| %-j | 251 | Day of the year as a decimal number. (Platform specific) |
| %U | 36 | Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week) as a zero padded decimal number. All days in a new year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0. |
| %W | 35 | Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number. All days in a new year preceding the first Monday are considered to be in week 0. |
| %c | Sun Sep 8 07:06:05 2013 | Locale’s appropriate date and time representation. |
| %x | 09/08/13 | Locale’s appropriate date representation. |
| %X | 07:06:05 | Locale’s appropriate time representation. |
| %% | % | A literal '%' character. |