Custom Date and Time Formats
All my watchfaces support Custom Date and Time formats. This allows you to set up dates and time in a format you want.
Custom Date Fields
These characters can be used to create a custom Date string.
| Format | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
%z | Day of year from 01/01 | 65 |
%W | Week of year Number | 10 |
%w | Day of Week Number | 6 |
%j | Day of Month with leading Zero | 07 |
%d | Day of Month | 7 |
%D | 3 Letter Day of week | Sat |
%l | Day of week | Saturday |
%m | Month with leading Zero | 03 |
%n | Month | 3 |
%M | 3 letter Month | Mar |
%F | Full Month | March |
%y | Short Year | 26 |
%Y | Full Year | 2026 |
%C | Capitalize everything in the date string | %l%C = SATURDAY |
Custom Time Format
The following characters can be used to create a time string.
Example: %h:%i%a will display: 05:59pm
| Format | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
%h | Hour 12h | 08 |
%H | Hour 24h | 20 |
%g | Hour 12h No leading Zero | 8 |
%G | Hour 24h No leading Zero | 20 |
%a | Lowercase Ante or Post meridian | pm |
%A | Uppercase Ante or Post meridian | PM |
%i | Minutes | 12 |
%s | Seconds | 01 |
Note: You are able to use Time strings inside the custom date fields, but not the other way around.
Examples
| Code | Output |
|---|---|
%h:%i%a | 08:12pm |
%D %j %M | Sat 7 Mar |
%l %d, %M %Y | Saturday 07, Mar 2026 |
%l %d, %M %Y%C | SATURDAY 07, MAR 2026 |
%D %j | Sat 7 |
%H:%i | 20:12 |
%F %d, %Y | March 07, 2026 |
%W/%z | 10/65 |
%h:%i:%s %A | 08:12:01 PM |
%D, %m/%d/%y | Sat, 03/07/26 |
%G:%i | 20:12 |
%w - %l | 6 - Saturday |
%n/%j/%Y | 3/7/2026 |
%M %d%C | MAR 07 |
%h:%i:%s.%a | 08:12:01.pm |
