There are 3 types of formats for dates and times in Session Buddy, each of which is detailed in this article.
You can specify your preference of format in the Appearance tab of the Session Buddy settings dialog.
Standard Format
This is a shortened date/time format based on your locale as determined by the default language selection in Chrome settings.
When this format is selected, dates and times display accordingly on session tiles in the navigation pane. Session detail (the area below the session header) displays a relative date and time format in this case.
Relative Format
Relative format displays a description of how much time has passed since a date’s occurence. This description is displayed in the language consistent with the default language selection in Chrome settings.
When this format is selected, dates and times display accordingly on session tiles in the navigation pane. Session detail (the area below the session header) displays the date and time according to the last-specified custom format in this case.
Custom Format
The date and time format can be customized textually as per the syntax outlined below.
When this format is selected, dates and times display accordingly on session tiles in the navigation pane. Session detail (the area below the session header) displays a relative date and time format in this case.
As an example, the following custom format specification:
dddd, MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a
displays the date and time as follows when the default language is set to English (US) in Chrome:
Sunday, February 14th 2010, 3:25:50 pm
The table below summarizes the text elements that can be used to compose a custom format specification.
| Text | Sample (en-US) | |
|---|---|---|
| Month | M | 1 2 … 11 12 |
| Mo | 1st 2nd … 11th 12th | |
| MM | 01 02 … 11 12 | |
| MMM | Jan Feb … Nov Dec | |
| MMMM | January February … November December | |
| Quarter | Q | 1 2 3 4 |
| Day of Month | D | 1 2 … 30 31 |
| Do | 1st 2nd … 30th 31st | |
| DD | 01 02 … 30 31 | |
| Day of Year | DDD | 1 2 … 364 365 |
| DDDo | 1st 2nd … 364th 365th | |
| DDDD | 001 002 … 364 365 | |
| Day of Week | d | 0 1 … 5 6 |
| do | 0th 1st … 5th 6th | |
| dd | Su Mo … Fr Sa | |
| ddd | Sun Mon … Fri Sat | |
| dddd | Sunday Monday … Friday Saturday | |
| Day of Week (Locale) | e | 0 1 … 5 6 |
| Day of Week (ISO) | E | 1 2 … 6 7 |
| Week of Year | w | 1 2 … 52 53 |
| wo | 1st 2nd … 52nd 53rd | |
| ww | 01 02 … 52 53 | |
| Week of Year (ISO) | W | 1 2 … 52 53 |
| Wo | 1st 2nd … 52nd 53rd | |
| WW | 01 02 … 52 53 | |
| Year | YY | 70 71 … 29 30 |
| YYYY | 1970 1971 … 2029 2030 | |
| Week Year | gg | 70 71 … 29 30 |
| gggg | 1970 1971 … 2029 2030 | |
| Week Year (ISO) | GG | 70 71 … 29 30 |
| GGGG | 1970 1971 … 2029 2030 | |
| AM/PM | A | AM PM |
| a | am pm | |
| Hour | H | 0 1 … 22 23 |
| HH | 00 01 … 22 23 | |
| h | 1 2 … 11 12 | |
| hh | 01 02 … 11 12 | |
| Minute | m | 0 1 … 58 59 |
| mm | 00 01 … 58 59 | |
| Second | s | 0 1 … 58 59 |
| ss | 00 01 … 58 59 | |
| Fractional Second | S | 0 1 … 8 9 |
| SS | 0 1 … 98 99 | |
| SSS | 0 1 … 998 999 | |
| Timezone | Z | -07:00 -06:00 … +06:00 +07:00 |
| ZZ | -0700 -0600 … +0600 +0700 | |
| Localized time | LT | 8:30 PM |
| Localized month numeral, day of month, year | L | 09/04/1986 |
| l | 9/4/1986 | |
| Localized month name, day of month, year | LL | September 4 1986 |
| ll | Sep 4 1986 | |
| Localized month name, day of month, year, time | LLL | September 4 1986 8:30 PM |
| lll | Sep 4 1986 8:30 PM | |
| Localized month name, day of month, day of week, year, time | LLLL | Thursday, September 4 1986 8:30 PM |
| llll | Thu, Sep 4 1986 8:30 PM | |
| Literal | [happy hour] | happy hour |