Here you can find a complete list of all the date and time macros that are supported in Accutics Standardize. 



Date format

The below-listed macros can be used when setting date formats in Date field types in both the Project configuration and when setting up a Data schema for Connectors.


Macro

Description

Example

Year



{Y}

4-digit representation of a year

2024

{y}

2-digit representation of a year

24

Month



{F}

Full textual representation of a month

January through December

{M}

Short textual representation of a month

Jan through Dec

{m}

Numeric representation of a month (with leading zeros)

01 through 12

{n}

Numeric representation of a month (without leading zeros)

1 through 12

Week



{W}

ISO 8601 week number of year (week starting on Monday)

14 (the 14th week of the year)

Day



{I} (Lowercase L)

Full textual representation of a day

Monday through Sunday

{D}

Short textual representation of a day

Mon through Sun

{d}

Day of the month (with leading zeros)

01 through 31

{j}

Day of the month (without leading zeros)

1 through 31

Quarter



{q}

Numeric representation of quarter of year (without leading zeros)

1 (the 1st quarter of the year)




Time format

The below-listed macros can be used when setting a timestamp in Data schemas for Connectors. 


Macro

Description

Example

a


Lowercase ante meridiem and post meridiem

am or pm

A


Uppercase ante meridiem and post meridiem

AM or PM

Hour



g


12-hour format of an hour (without leading zeros)

1 through 12

G


24-hour format of an hour (without leading zeros)


0 through 23

h


12-hour format of an hour (with leading zeros)

01 through 12

H

24-hour format of an hour (with leading zeros)

00 though 23

Minutes



i

Minutes (with leading zeros)

00 through 59

Seconds



s

Seconds (with leading zeros)

00 through 59




Filename

The below-listed macros can be used when setting a custom filename for a file path in the connection settings of a Connector (FTP, email, and AWS) or when setting a custom name for the file being exported.


Macro

Description

Example

{UUID}

Universally Unique Identifier

e66d60ac-7b19-4da2-940a-3f336928d24d

{DATE}







ISO 8601 representation of calendar date: YYYYMMDD

Where:

  • YYYY - 4-digit year

  • MM - 2-digit month

  • DD - 2-digit day

20240103


Where:

  • 2024 - year

  • 01 - month

  • 03 - day

{DATETIME}







ISO 8601 representation of calendar date and time: YYYYMMDD-hhmmss

Where:

  • hh - zero-padded hour

  • mm - zero-padded minutes

  • ss - zero-padded seconds

20240103 -103055


Where:

  • 10 - hour

  • 30 - minutes

  • 55 - seconds


Year



{Y}

4-digit representation of a year

2024

Month



{M}

Short textual representation of a month

Jan through Dec

{m}

Numeric representation of a month (with leading zeros)

01 through 12

{n}

Numeric representation of a month (without leading zeros)

1 through 12

Day



{d}

Day of the month (with leading zeros)

01 through 31

{j}

Day of the month (without leading zeros)

1 through 31

Quarter



{q}

Numeric representation of quarter of year (without leading zeros)

1 (the 1st quarter of the year)