Content Comparison

yy

Two digit year

4/6/2020 → “20”

yyyy

Four digit year

4/6/2020 → “2020”

M

Month as a number, no padding

4/6/2020 → “4”

MM

Month as number, padded

4/6/2020 → “04”

MMM

Month as an abbreviated string

4/6/2020 → “Apr”

MMMM

Month as unabbreviated string

4/6/2020 → “April”

d

Day of the month, no padding

4/6/2020 → “6”

dd

Day of the month, padded

4/6/2020 → “06”

/

Literal “/” character, to be used as a separator

“4/6/2020”

Literal whitespace character, to be used as a separator

“June 2020”

-

Literal “-” character, to be used as a separator

“4-6-2020”

,

Literal “,” character, to be used as a separator

“January, 2020”