strftime Format Specifiers (Continued): POSIX Extensions, Day, Year, Hour, Minute, and More

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 <literal>%E*</literal> <literal>%O*</literal> -  POSIX locale
           extensions. The sequences
           <literal>%Ec</literal>
           <literal>%EC</literal>
           <literal>%Ex</literal>
           <literal>%EX</literal>
           <literal>%Ey</literal>
           <literal>%EY</literal>
           <literal>%Od</literal>
           <literal>%Oe</literal>
           <literal>%OH</literal>
           <literal>%OI</literal>
           <literal>%Om</literal>
           <literal>%OM</literal>
           <literal>%OS</literal>
           <literal>%Ou</literal>
           <literal>%OU</literal>
           <literal>%OV</literal>
           <literal>%Ow</literal>
           <literal>%OW</literal>
           <literal>%Oy</literal>
           are supposed to provide alternative representations.
          </para>
          <para>
           Additionally <literal>%OB</literal> implemented to represent
           alternative months names (used standalone, without day mentioned).
          </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
          <para>
           <literal>%e</literal> - is replaced by the day of month as a decimal
           number (1&ndash;31); single digits are preceded by a blank.
          </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
          <para>
           <literal>%F</literal> - is equivalent to <literal>%Y-%m-%d</literal>.
          </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
          <para>
           <literal>%G</literal> - is replaced by a year as a decimal number
           with century. This year is the one that contains the greater part of
           the week (Monday as the first day of the week).
          </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
          <para>
           <literal>%g</literal> - is replaced by the same year as in
           <literal>%G</literal>, but as a decimal number without century
           (00&ndash;99).
          </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
          <para>
           <literal>%H</literal> - is replaced by the hour (24-hour clock) as a
           decimal number (00&ndash;23).
          </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
          <para>
           <literal>%h</literal> - the same as <literal>%b</literal>.
          </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
          <para>
           <literal>%I</literal> - is replaced by the hour (12-hour clock) as a
           decimal number (01&ndash;12).
          </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
          <para>
           <literal>%j</literal> - is replaced by the day of the year as a
           decimal number (001&ndash;366).
          </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
          <para>
           <literal>%k</literal> - is replaced by the hour (24-hour clock) as a
           decimal number (0&ndash;23); single digits are preceded by a blank.
          </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
          <para>
           <literal>%l</literal> - is replaced by the hour (12-hour clock) as a
           decimal number (1&ndash;12); single digits are preceded by a blank.
          </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
          <para>
           <literal>%M</literal> - is replaced by the minute as a decimal
           number (00&ndash;59).
          </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
          <para>
           <literal>%m</literal> - is replaced by the month as a decimal number
           (01&ndash;12).
          </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
          <para>
          <literal>%n</literal> - is replaced by a newline.
          </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
          <para>
           <literal>%O*</literal> - the same as <literal>%E*</literal>.
          </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
          <para>
           <literal>%p</literal> - is replaced by national representation of
           either <quote>ante meridiem</quote> or <quote>post meridiem</quote>

Title: strftime Format Specifiers (Continued): POSIX Extensions, Day, Year, Hour, Minute, and More

Summary

This section continues the list of format specifiers usable with the `strftime` function, covering POSIX locale extensions (`%E*`, `%O*`) for alternative representations. It details specifiers for the day of the month (with and without leading zeros), full date format (`%F`), year with century and without (`%G`, `%g`), hour in 24-hour and 12-hour formats (with and without leading spaces), day of the year, minute, month, newline character, and the ante/post meridiem representation.