Time formatting inside file name
All date/time parameters support a formatting attribute. Formatting attribute is specified after hash (#) symbol.
For example:
- %{setup-time#%Y} will return year, like: 2011
- %{setup-time#%m} will return month, like: 02
- %{setup-time#%Y-%m} will return both year and month, like: 2011-02
Table 1. Formatting codes
Code
Description
%a
Abbreviated weekday name
%A
Full weekday name
%b
Abbreviated month name
%B
Full month name
%d
Day of month as decimal number (01 – 31)
%H
Hour in 24-hour format (00 – 23)
%I
Hour in 12-hour format (01 – 12)
%j
Day of year as decimal number (001 – 366)
%m
Month as decimal number (01 – 12)
%M
Minute as decimal number (00 – 59)
%p
A.M./P.M. indicator for 12-hour clock
%S
Second as decimal number (00 – 59)
%U
Week of year as decimal number, with Sunday as first day of week (00 – 53)
%w
Weekday as decimal number (0 – 6; Sunday is 0)
%W
Week of year as decimal number, with Monday as first day of week (00 – 53)
%y
Year without century, as decimal number (00 – 99)
%Y
Year with century, as decimal number
%%
Percent sign
%u
Microseconds as decimal number
Table 2. Examples of time formatting
Format string
Result
%Y-%m-%d
2004-11-10
%H%M%S
160201
%I%M%S
040201
%d %b %Y, %A
10 Nov 2004, Wednesday
Note, for all examples, we used the same date/time, which is “10th of November 2004 16:02:01”. This day is a Wednesday.
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