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Capture Time Format Options

The following expressions may be used when specifying your custom Capture Time format.

Expression

Meaning

d The day as a number without a leading zero (1 to 31)
dd The day as a number with a leading zero (01 to 31)
ddd Abbreviated day name (e.g., "Sun", "Mon", etc.)
dddd Full day name (e.g., "Sunday", "Monday", etc.)
M The month as a number without a leading zero (1 to 12)
MM The month as a number with a leading zero (01 to 12)
MMM Abbreviated month name (e.g., "Jan", "Feb", etc.)
MMMM Full month name (e.g., "January, February", etc.)
yy The year as a two digit number
yyyy The year as a four digit number
h The hour without a leading zero (0 to 23 or 1 to 12 if AM/PM)
hh The hour with a leading zero (00 to 23 or 01 to 12 if AM/PM)
H The hour without a leading zero (0 to 23)
HH The hour with a leading zero (00 to 23)
m The minute without a leading zero (0 to 59)
mm The minute with a leading zero (00 to 59)
s The second without a leading zero (0 to 59)
AP or A AM or "PM"
ap or a am or "pm"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All other characters will appear as-is.  For example, specify "yyyy-MM" to get a dash, as in "2016-09". 

In order to produce cross-platform file names, some invalid characters will be replaced with "-". 

The following characters are invalid:

   \ / : * ? " < > |

Characters enclosed in single quotes will not be interpreted as expressions.  Use two single quotes in a row to produce an actual single quote.


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