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 | 20 |
%W | Week of year Number | 04 |
%w | Day of Week Number | 3 |
%j | Day of Month with leading Zero | 21 |
%d | Day of Month | 21 |
%D | 3 Letter Day of week | Wed |
%l | Day of week | Wednesday |
%m | Month with leading Zero | 01 |
%n | Month | 1 |
%M | 3 letter Month | Jan |
%F | Full Month | January |
%y | Short Year | 26 |
%Y | Full Year | 2026 |
%C | Capitalize everything in the date string | %l%C = WEDNESDAY |
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 | 12 |
%H | Hour 24h | 12 |
%g | Hour 12h No leading Zero | 12 |
%G | Hour 24h No leading Zero | 12 |
%a | Lowercase Ante or Post meridian | pm |
%A | Uppercase Ante or Post meridian | PM |
%i | Minutes | 34 |
%s | Seconds | 40 |
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 | 12:34pm |
%D %j %M | Wed 21 Jan |
%l %d, %M %Y | Wednesday 21, Jan 2026 |
%l %d, %M %Y%C | WEDNESDAY 21, JAN 2026 |
%D %j | Wed 21 |
%H:%i | 12:34 |
%F %d, %Y | January 21, 2026 |
%W/%z | 04/20 |
%h:%i:%s %A | 12:34:40 PM |
%D, %m/%d/%y | Wed, 01/21/26 |
%G:%i | 12:34 |
%w - %l | 3 - Wednesday |
%n/%j/%Y | 1/21/2026 |
%M %d%C | JAN 21 |
%h:%i:%s.%a | 12:34:40.pm |
