Integration Server 10.5 | Built-In Services Reference Guide | Date Folder | Pattern String Symbols
 
Pattern String Symbols
Many of the date services require you to specify pattern strings describing the data's current format and/or the format to which you want it converted. For services that require a pattern string, use the symbols in the following table to describe the format of your data. For example, to describe a date in the January 15, 1999 format, you would use the pattern string MMMM dd, yyyy. To describe the format 01/15/99, you would use the pattern string MM/dd/yy. For more information about these pattern string symbols, see the Oracle Java API documentation for the SimpleDateFormat class.
Overview on using the symbols to describe the format of your data.
Symbol
Meaning
Presentation
Example
G
era designator
Text
AD
y
year
Number
1996 or 96
M
month in year
Text or Number
July or Jul or 07
d
day in month
Number
10
h
hour in am/pm (1-12)
Number
12
H
hour in day (0-23)
Number
0
m
minute in hour
Number
30
s
second in minute
Number
55
S
millisecond
Number
978
E
day in week
Text
Tuesday or Tue
D
day in year
Number
189
F
day of week in month
Number
2 (2nd Wed in July)
w
week in year
Number
27
W
week in month
Number
2
a
am/pm marker
Text
PM
k
hour in day (1-24)
Number
24
K
hour in am/pm (0-11)
Number
0
z
time zone
Text
Pacific Standard Time or PST or GMT-08:00
Z
RFC 822 time zone (JVM 1.4 or later)
Number
-0800 (offset from GMT/UT)
'
escape for text
Delimiter
' '
single quote
Literal
'