| yyyy | four digit year |
| yy | two digit year |
| MMMM | full month name |
| MMM | abbreviated month name |
| MM | always two digit month number |
| M | one or two digit month number |
| dddd | full day of week name |
| ddd | abbreviated day of week name |
| dd | always two digit day number |
| d | one or two digit day number |
| kw | German "Kalender Woche" (week number) |
| mjd | modified Julian day number |
| HH | always two digit 24 hour |
| H | one or two digit 24 hour |
| hh | always two digit 12 hour |
| h | one or two digit 12 hour |
| mm | always two digit minute |
| m | one or two digit minute |
| ss | always two digit second |
| s | one or two digit second |
| tt | morning or afternoon marker (AM or PM in English) |
| xxxxxxx | seven decimal fractional seconds |
| xxxxxx | six decimal fractional seconds |
| xxxxx | five decimal fractional seconds |
| xxxx | four decimal fractional seconds |
| xxx | three decimal fractional seconds |
| xx | two decimal fractional seconds |
| x | one decimal fractional seconds |
| zzzz | full time zone name |
| zzz | abbreviated time zone name |
| +zzzz | always four digit time zone offset from UTC with plus or minus sign |
| +zz | always two digit time zone offset from UTC with plus or minus sign |
| +z | one or two digit time zone offset from UTC with plus or minus sign |
