| letter | Date or Time Component | Presentation | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | Era designator | Text | AD |
| y | Year | Year | 1996; 96 |
| Y | Week year | Yea | r 2009; 09 |
| M | Month in year | Month | July; Jul; 07 |
| w | Week in year | Number | 27 |
| W | Week in month | Number | 2 |
| D | Day in year | Number | 189 |
| d | Day in month | Number | 10 |
| F | Day of week in month | Number | 2 |
| E | Day name in week | Text | Tuesday; Tue |
| u | Day number of week (1 = Monday, ..., 7 = Sunday) | Number | 1 |
| a | Am/pm marker | Text | PM |
| H | Hour in day (0-23) | Number | 0 |
| k | Hour in day (1-24) | Number | 24 |
| K | Hour in am/pm (0-11) | Number | 0 |
| h | Hour in am/pm (1-12) | Number | 12 |
| m | Minute in hour | Number | 30 |
| s | Second in minute | Number | 55 |
| S | Millisecond | Number | 978 |
| z | Time zone | General time zone | Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00 |
| Z | Time zone | RFC 822 time zone | -0800 |
| X | Time zone | ISO 8601 time zone | -08; -0800; -08:00 |
中文版
| 字母 | 日期或时间元素 | 表示 | 示例 |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | Era 标志符 | Text | AD |
| y | 年 | Year | 1996; 96 |
| M | 年中的月份 | Month July; | Jul; 07 |
| w | 年中的周数 | Number | 27 |
| W | 月份中的周数 | Number | 2 |
| D | 年中的天数 | Number | 189 |
| d | 月份中的天数 | Number | 10 |
| F | 月份中的星期 | Number | 2 |
| E | 星期中的天数 | Text | Tuesday; Tue |
| a | Am/pm 标记 | Text | PM |
| H | 一天中的小时数（0-23） | Number | 0 |
| k | 一天中的小时数（1-24） | Number | 24 |
| K | am/pm中的小时数（0-11） | Number | 0 |
| h | am/pm 中的小时数（1-12） | Number | 12 |
| m | 小时中的分钟数 | Number | 30 |
| s | 分钟中的秒数 | Number | 55 |
| S | 毫秒数 | Number | 978 |
| z | 时区 | General time zone | Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00 |
| Z | 时区 | RFC 822 time zone | -0800 |