XSLT, 2nd Edition

Parts of Dates and Times

Table F-3 describes the codes defined for the different parts of xs:date, xs:dateTime, and xs:time values.

Table F-3. Parts of dates and times

Specifier	Meaning	Default presentation modifier
Y	Year (absolute value)	1
M	Month in year	1
D	Day in month	1
d	Day in year	1
F	Day of week	n
W	Week in year	1
w	Week in month	1
H	Hour in day (24 hours)	1
h	Hour in half-day (12 hours)	1
P	a.m./p.m. marker	n
m	Minute in hour	01
s	Second in minute	01
f	Fractional seconds	1
Z	Timezone as a time offset from UTC—or if an alphabetic modifier is present, the conventional name of a timezone (such as PST)	1
z	Timezone as a time offset using GMT—for example, GMT+1	1
C	Calendar: the name or abbreviation of a calendar name	n
E	Era: the name of a baseline for the numbering of years—for example, the reign of a monarch	n