I find myself referring to the Movable Type user manual a lot, especially the page on date formats.

However — much like the rest of the user manual — this page is not very user-friendly.

So, I thought I'd create my own quick reference guide to date formats in order to present this information in a more accessible way.

Output	Code	Description
2006	%Y	The four-digit year
06	%y	The two-digit year padded with a leading zero if applicable
September	%B	The full month name
Sep	%b	The abbreviated month name
09	%m	The two-digit month padded with a leading zero if applicable
Thursday	%A	The full weekday name
Thu	%a	The abbreviated weekday name
09	%d	The two-digit day of the month padded with leading zeroes if applicable
9	%e	The day of the month space padded if applicable
September 06, 2006	%x	The language-aware standard date representation. For most languages, this is just the same as %B %d, %Y
04	%I	The two-digit hour on a 12-hour clock padded with a zero if applicable
4	%l	The hour on a 12-hour clock padded with a space if applicable
16	%H	The two-digit military time hour padded with a zero if applicable
8	%k	The two-digit military time hour padded with a space if applicable
02	%M	The two-digits minute padded with a leading zero if applicable
04	%S	The two-digit second padded with a zero if applicable
AM	%p	Either AM or PM. Language dependent
04:31 PM	%X	The language-aware time representation. For most languages, this is just the same as %I:%M %p
2	%w	The numeric day of the week ranging from 0 to 6 where 0 is Sunday
040	%j	The three-digit day of the year padded with leading zeroes if applicable

Example Usage

Output	Code
July 4, 2006	<$MTEntryDate format="%B %e, %Y"$>
4 Jul '06	<$MTEntryDate format="%e %b '%y"$>
07/04/06	<$MTEntryDate format="%m/%e/%y"$>
Monday, July 4	<$MTEntryDate format="%A, %b %e"$>
Posted at 9:15 AM on July 4, 2006	Posted at <$MTEntryDate format="%I:%M %p"$> on <$MTEntryDate format="%B %e, %Y"$>

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