This value configures a custom date/time display. It consists in a pattern that lets you precisely configure which value to display and how. This pattern needs to conform to the description available here (Android reference documentation).
Examples:
| Format | Displayed |
EEEE d | Thuesday 2 |
hh:mm a | 05:40 PM |
'Today: 'MMMM dd | Today: September 2 |
A summary of known symbols can be found below (case matters):
| Symbol | Meaning | Kind | Example |
D | day in year | (Number) | 189 |
E | day of week | (Text) | E/EE/EEE:Tue, EEEE:Tuesday, EEEEE:T |
F | day of week in month | (Number) | 2 (2nd Wed in July) |
G | era designator | (Text) | AD |
H | hour in day (0-23) | (Number) | 0 |
K | hour in am/pm (0-11) | (Number) | 0 |
L | stand-alone month | (Text) | L:1 LL:01 LLL:Jan LLLL:January LLLLL:J |
M | month in year | (Text) | M:1 MM:01 MMM:Jan MMMM:January MMMMM:J |
S | fractional seconds | (Number) | 978 |
W | week in month | (Number) | 2 |
Z | time zone (RFC 822) | (Time Zone) | Z/ZZ/ZZZ:-0800 ZZZZ:GMT-08:00 ZZZZZ:-08:00 |
a | am/pm marker | (Text) | PM |
c | stand-alone day of week | (Text) | c/cc/ccc:Tue, cccc:Tuesday, ccccc:T |
d | day in month | (Number) | 10 |
h | hour in am/pm (1-12) | (Number) | 12 |
k | hour in day (1-24) | (Number) | 24 |
m | minute in hour | (Number) | 30 |
s | second in minute | (Number) | 55 |
w | week in year | (Number) | 27 |
y | year | (Number) | yy:10 y/yyy/yyyy:2010 |
z | time zone | (Timezone) | z/zz/zzz:PST zzzz:Pacific Standard Time |
' | escape for text | (Delimiter) | 'Date=':Date= |
'' | single quote | (Literal) | 'o''clock':o'clock |