Pie Calendar Tags for Bricks – Cheat Sheet

Here are some common placeholders you can use in your custom patterns:

1. Year:
   • y: Year (2 digits)
   • yy: Year (4 digits)
   • yyyy: Year (4 digits, zero-padded)
2. Month:
   • M: Month (1 or 2 digits)
   • MM: Month (2 digits, zero-padded)
   • MMM: Abbreviated month name (e.g., “Jan”)
   • MMMM: Full month name (e.g., “January”)
3. Day:
   • d: Day of the month (1 or 2 digits)
   • dd: Day of the month (2 digits, zero-padded)
4. Hour:
   • h: Hour (1 or 2 digits, 12-hour clock)
   • hh: Hour (2 digits, zero-padded, 12-hour clock)
   • H: Hour (1 or 2 digits, 24-hour clock)
   • HH: Hour (2 digits, zero-padded, 24-hour clock)
5. Minute:
   • m: Minute (1 or 2 digits)
   • mm: Minute (2 digits, zero-padded)
6. Second:
   • s: Second (1 or 2 digits)
   • ss: Second (2 digits, zero-padded)
7. Timezone:
   • z: Timezone abbreviation (e.g., “PST”)
   • zzzz: Full timezone name (e.g., “Pacific Standard Time”)
8. Other:
   • a: AM/PM marker
   • E: Day of the week (abbreviated)
   • EEEE: Full day of the week

For example, if you want to format a date as “YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z” (e.g., “2024-04-01 14:30:45 PDT”), you can set the pattern like this:

This is the link to the information on Formatting Dates and Times.