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Represents the seconds as a number from 0 through 59. The second represents whole seconds passed since the last minute.

A single-digit second is formatted without a leading zero.

Represents the seconds as a number from 00 through 59. The second represents whole seconds passed since the last minute.

A single-digit second is formatted with a leading zero.

Represents the first character of the A.M./P.M. designator defined in the current System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo.AMDesignator or

System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo.PMDesignator property.

Represents the A.M./P.M. designator as defined in the current System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo.AMDesignator or

System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo.PMDesignator property.

Represents the year as at most a two-digit number. If the year has more than two digits, only the two low-order digits appear in the result.

If the year has fewer than two digits, the number is formatted without a leading zero.

Represents the year as a two-digit number. If the year has more than two digits, only the two low-order digits appear in the result.

If the year has fewer than two digits, the number is padded with leading zeroes to achieve two digits.

yyy

Represents the year as a three-digit number. If the year has more than three digits, only the three low-order digits appear in the result. If the year has fewer than three digits, the

number is padded with leading zeroes to achieve three digits. Note that for the Thai Buddhist calendar, which can have five-digit years, this format specifier displays all five digits.

yyyy

Represents the year as a four-digit number. If the year has more than four digits, only the four low-order digits appear in the result. If the year has fewer than four digits, the number

is padded with leading zeroes to achieve four digits. Note that for the Thai Buddhist calendar, which can have five-digit years, this format specifier renders all five digits.

yyyyy

Represents the year as a five-digit number. If the year has more than five digits, only the five low-order digits appear in the result. If the year has fewer than five digits, the number is

padded with leading zeroes to achieve five digits. If there are additional "y" specifiers, the number is padded with as many leading zeroes as necessary to achieve the number of "y"

specifiers.

Represents the signed time zone offset of your system from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) measured in hours. For example, the offset for a computer in the Pacific Standard Time zone

is "-8". The offset is always displayed with a leading sign. A plus sign (+) indicates hours ahead of GMT and a minus sign (-) indicates hours behind GMT. The offset ranges from –12

through +13. A single-digit offset is formatted without a leading zero. The offset is affected by daylight savings time.

Represents the signed time zone offset of your system from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) measured in hours. For example, the offset for a computer in the Pacific Standard Time zone

is "-08". The offset is always displayed with a leading sign. A plus sign (+) indicates hours ahead of GMT and a minus sign (-) indicates hours behind GMT. The offset ranges from –12

through +13. A single-digit offset is formatted with a leading zero. The offset is affected by daylight savings time.

zzz

Represents the signed time zone offset of your system from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) measured in hours and minutes. For example, the offset for a computer in the Pacific

Standard Time zone is "-08:00". The offset is always displayed with a leading sign. A plus sign (+) indicates hours ahead of GMT and a minus sign (-) indicates hours behind GMT. The

offset ranges from –12 through +13. A single-digit offset is formatted with a leading zero. The offset is affected by daylight savings time.

The time separator defined in the current System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo.TimeSeparator property that is used to differentiate hours, minutes, and seconds.

The date separator defined in the current System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo.DateSeparator property that is used to differentiate years, months, and days.

Quoted string (quotation mark). Displays the literal value of any string between two quotation marks ("). Precede each quotation mark with an escape character (\).

Quoted string (apostrophe). Displays the literal value of any string between two apostrophe (') characters.

Represents the result associated with a custom format specifier "c", when the custom DateTime format string consists solely of that custom format specifier. That is, to use the "d", "f",

"F", "h", "m", "s", "t", "y", "z", "H", or "M" custom format specifier by itself, specify "%d", "%f", "%F", "%h", "%m", "%s", "%t", "%y", "%z", "%H", or "%M".

The escape character. Displays the character "c" as a literal when that character is preceded by the escape character (\).

To insert the backslash character itself in the result string, use two escape characters ("\\").

Any other char.

Any other character is copied to the result string, and does not affect formatting.

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