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description: How to use time and date macros in Storage Analyzer KM.
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# Time/Date Format Symbols for Macros

This table lists all of the time formats available for the `%{TIME:…}` macros.

| Format | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `%%` | This symbol allows you to use a percent sign (%) in the format of a date string. |
| `%a` | Locale's abbreviated name of the day of week. |
| `%A` | Locale's full name of the day of week. |
| `%b` | Locale's abbreviated name of the month. |
| `%B` | Locale's full name of the month. |
| `%c` | Locale's appropriate date and time representation. |
| `%C` | Data and time as `%c`. |
| `%d` | Day of month `[1,31]`; single digits are preceded by 0. |
| `%D` | Date as `%m/%d/%y`. |
| `%e` | Day of month `[1,31]`; single digits are preceded by a space. |
| `%h` | Locale's abbreviated name of the month. |
| `%H` | Hour (24-hour clock) `[0,23]`; single digits are preceded by 0. |
| `%I` | Hour (12-hour clock) `[1,12]`; single digits are preceded by 0. |
| `%j` | Day of year `[1,366]`; single digits are preceded by 0. |
| `%k` | Hour (24-hour clock) `[0,23]`; single digits are preceded by a space. |
| `%l` | Hour (12-hour clock) `[1,12]`; single digits are preceded by a space. |
| `%m` | Month as a decimal number `[1,12]`; single digits are preceded by 0. |
| `%M` | Minute `[0,59]`; leading zero is permitted but not required. |
| `%n` | Insert a new line. |
| `%p` | Locale's equivalent of either a.m. or p.m. |
| `%r` | Appropriate time representation in 12-hour clock format with `%p`. |
| `%R` | Time as `%H:%M`. |
| `%S` | Seconds `[0,61]`. |
| `%t` | Insert a tab. |
| `%T` | Time as `%H:%M:%S`. |
| `%u` | Day of week as a decimal number `[1,7]`, with 1 representing Monday. |
| `%U` | Week of the year as a decimal number `[0,53]`, with Sunday as the first day of week 1. |
| `%V` | Week of the year as a decimal number `[01,53]`, with Monday as the first day of the week. If the week containing 1 January has four or more days in the new year, then it is considered week 1; otherwise, it is week 53 of the previous year, and the next week, is, week 1. |  |
| `%w` | Day of week as a decimal number `[0,6]`, with 0 representing Sunday. |
| `%W` | Week of the year as a decimal number `[0,53]`, with Monday as the first day of week 1. |
| `%x` | Locale's appropriate date representation. |
| `%X` | Locale's appropriate time representation. |
| `%y` | Year within century `[0,99]`. |
| `%Y` | Year, including the century. |
| `%Z` | Abbreviated or full name of time zone, or no bytes if no information of the time zone exists. |
| `%EC` | Locale's alternative appropriate date and time representation. |
| `%EC` | Name of the base year (period) in the locale's alternative representation. |
| `%Ex` | Locale's alternative date representation. |
| `%EX` | Locale's alternative time representation. |
| `%EC` | Offset from `%EC` (year only) in the locale's alternative representation. |
| `%EC` | Alternative representation of the year in full. |
| `%OD` | Day of the month using the locale's alternative numeric symbols. |
| `%OE` | Same as `%OD`. |
| `%OH` | Hour (24-hour clock) using the locale's alternative numeric symbols. |
| `%OI` | Hour (12-hour clock) using the locale's alternative numeric symbols. |
| `%Om` | Month using the locale's alternative numeric symbols. |
| `%OM` | Minutes using the locale's alternative numeric symbols. |
| `%OS` | Seconds using the locale's alternative numeric symbols. |
| `%OD` | Week of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week) using the locale's alternative numeric symbols. |
| `%Ow` | Day of week (Sunday=0) using the locale's alternative numeric symbols. |
| `%OW` | Week of the year (Monday as the first day of the week) using the locale's alternative numeric symbols. |
| `%OD` | Year (offset from `%C`) in the locale's alternative representation and using the locale's alternative numeric symbols. |