This is a POSIXct method for the date_format() generic.
date_format() formats a date-time (POSIXct) using a format string.
If format is NULL, a default format of "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Ez[%Z]" is
used. This matches the default format that date_time_parse_complete()
parses. Additionally, this format matches the de-facto standard extension to
RFC 3339 for creating completely unambiguous date-times.
# S3 method for POSIXt
date_format(
x,
...,
format = NULL,
locale = clock_locale(),
abbreviate_zone = FALSE
)A character vector of the formatted input.
[POSIXct / POSIXlt]
A date-time vector.
These dots are for future extensions and must be empty.
[character(1) / NULL]
If NULL, a default format is used, which depends on the type of the
input.
Otherwise, a format string which is a combination of:
Year
%C: The year divided by 100 using floored division. If the result
is a single decimal digit, it is prefixed with 0.
%y: The last two decimal digits of the year. If the result is a single
digit it is prefixed by 0.
%Y: The year as a decimal number. If the result is less than four
digits it is left-padded with 0 to four digits.
Month
%b, %h: The locale's abbreviated month name.
%B: The locale's full month name.
%m: The month as a decimal number. January is 01. If the result is a
single digit, it is prefixed with 0.
Day
%d: The day of month as a decimal number. If the result is a single
decimal digit, it is prefixed with 0.
Day of the week
%a: The locale's abbreviated weekday name.
%A: The locale's full weekday name.
%w: The weekday as a decimal number (0-6), where Sunday is 0.
ISO 8601 week-based year
%g: The last two decimal digits of the ISO week-based year. If the
result is a single digit it is prefixed by 0.
%G: The ISO week-based year as a decimal number. If the result is less
than four digits it is left-padded with 0 to four digits.
%V: The ISO week-based week number as a decimal number. If the result
is a single digit, it is prefixed with 0.
%u: The ISO weekday as a decimal number (1-7), where Monday is 1.
Week of the year
%U: The week number of the year as a decimal number. The first Sunday
of the year is the first day of week 01. Days of the same year prior to
that are in week 00. If the result is a single digit, it is prefixed with
0.
%W: The week number of the year as a decimal number. The first Monday
of the year is the first day of week 01. Days of the same year prior to
that are in week 00. If the result is a single digit, it is prefixed with
0.
Day of the year
%j: The day of the year as a decimal number. January 1 is 001. If the
result is less than three digits, it is left-padded with 0 to three
digits.
Date
%D, %x: Equivalent to %m/%d/%y.
%F: Equivalent to %Y-%m-%d.
Time of day
%H: The hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number. If the result is a
single digit, it is prefixed with 0.
%I: The hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number. If the result is a
single digit, it is prefixed with 0.
%M: The minute as a decimal number. If the result is a single digit, it
is prefixed with 0.
%S: Seconds as a decimal number. Fractional seconds are printed at the
precision of the input. The character for the decimal point is localized
according to locale.
%p: The locale's equivalent of the AM/PM designations associated with
a 12-hour clock.
%R: Equivalent to %H:%M.
%T, %X: Equivalent to %H:%M:%S.
%r: Nearly equivalent to %I:%M:%S %p, but seconds are always printed
at second precision.
Time zone
%z: The offset from UTC in the ISO 8601 format. For example -0430
refers to 4 hours 30 minutes behind UTC. If the offset is zero, +0000 is
used. The modified command %Ez inserts a : between the hour and
minutes, like -04:30.
%Z: The full time zone name. If abbreviate_zone is TRUE, the time
zone abbreviation.
Miscellaneous
%c: A date and time representation. Similar to, but not exactly the
same as, %a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y.
%%: A % character.
%n: A newline character.
%t: A horizontal-tab character.
[clock_locale]
A locale object created from clock_locale().
[logical(1)]
If TRUE, %Z returns an abbreviated time zone name.
If FALSE, %Z returns the full time zone name.
x <- date_time_parse(
c("1970-04-26 01:30:00", "1970-04-26 03:30:00"),
zone = "America/New_York"
)
# Default
date_format(x)
# Which is parseable by `date_time_parse_complete()`
date_time_parse_complete(date_format(x))
date_format(x, format = "%B %d, %Y %H:%M:%S")
# By default, `%Z` uses the full zone name, but you can switch to the
# abbreviated name
date_format(x, format = "%z %Z")
date_format(x, format = "%z %Z", abbreviate_zone = TRUE)
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