| Format type | Description |
|---|---|
| M | Month as digits without leading zeros for single-digit months. |
| MM | Month as digits with leading zeros for single-digit months. |
| MMM | Abbreviated month, for example, "Nov" in English (United States). |
| MMMM | Month, for example, "November" for English (United States), and "Noviembre" for Spanish (Spain). |
The following table defines the format types used to represent years.
| Format type | Description |
|---|---|
| y | Year represented only by the last digit. |
| yy | Year represented only by the last two digits. A leading zero is added for single-digit years. |
| yyyy | Year represented by a full four or five digits, depending on the calendar used. Thai Buddhist and Korean calendars have five-digit years. The "yyyy" pattern shows five digits for these two calendars, and four digits for all other supported calendars. Calendars that have single-digit or two-digit years, such as for the Japanese Emperor era, are represented differently. A single-digit year is represented with a leading zero, for example, "03". A two-digit year is represented with two digits, for example, "13". No additional leading zeros are displayed. |
| yyyyy | Behaves identically to "yyyy". |
The following table defines the format types used to represent a period or era.
| Format type | Description |
|---|---|
| g, gg | Period/era string. The "g" and "gg" format pictures in a date string are ignored if there is no associated era or period string. |