Custom date formats

When you choose “Custom Format” in the Date Picker, you can build your own date style using format tokens. Each token represents part of a date (like year, month, or day). Combine tokens with punctuation or text to create the exact format you want.

For example:

• MM/DD/YYYY → 12/02/2025
  
• MMMM D, YYYY → December 2, 2025

Available custom format tokens

Use the tokens below in any order, along with any separators (such as -, /, spaces, or commas).

Format	Output	Description
YY	25	Two-digit year
YYYY	2025	Four-digit year
M	1–12	Month number, beginning at 1
MM	01–12	Month number, 2 digits
MMM	Jan–Dec	Abbreviated month name
MMMM	January–December	Full month name
D	1–31	Day of the month
DD	01–31	Day of the month, 2 digits
d	0–6	Day of the week (Sunday = 0)
dd	Su–Sa	Min day-of-week name
ddd	Sun–Sat	Short day-of-week name
dddd	Sunday–Saturday	Full day-of-week name

Localized formats

Localized formats (L, LL, l, ll) are preset patterns that automatically adapt to your app locale preference or device locale. They’re a quick way to get common date styles for any language/region without manually combining tokens. For example:

Format	English	German	Japanese
L	MM/DD/YYYY 12/16/2025	DD.MM.YYYY 16.12.2025	YYYY/MM/DD 2025/12/16
LL	MMMM D, YYYY December 16, 2025	D. MMMM YYYY 16.Dezember 2025	YYYY年M月D日 2025年12月16日
l	M/D/YYYY 12/16/2025	D.M.YYYY 16.12.2025	YYYY/M/D 2025/12/16
ll	MMM D, YYYY Dec 16, 2025	D. MMM YYYY 16.Dez 2025	YYYY年M月D日 2025年12月16日

Advanced formats

Advanced formations provide additional format options beyond the standard ones, including quarter, ordinal days, and weeks of year. Advanced format tokens include:

Format	Output	Description
Q	1-4	Quarter
Do	1st 2nd … 31st	Day of Month with ordinal
w	1 2 … 52 53	Week of year
ww	01 02 … 52 53	Week of year, 2-digits
wo	1st 2nd … 52nd 53rd	Week of year with ordinal