Date Template Filter

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List of the most used Django date template filters to format date according to a given format, semantically ordered.

Format character	Description	Example output
Day
d	Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros.	`01` to `31`
j	Day of the month without leading zeros.	`1` to `31`
S	English ordinal suffix for day of the month, 2 characters.	`st`, `nd`, `rd` or `th`
Month
m	Month, 2 digits with leading zeros.	`01` to `12`
n	Month without leading zeros.	`1` to `12`
b	Month, textual, 3 letters, lowercase.	`jan`
M	Month, textual, 3 letters.	`Jan`
F	Month, textual, long.	`January`
Year
y	Year, 2 digits.	`99`
Y	Year, 4 digits.	`1999`
Week
D	Day of the week, textual, 3 letters.	`Fri`
l	Day of the week, textual, long.	`Friday`
Hours
G	Hour, 24-hour format without leading zeros.	`0` to `23`
H	Hour, 24-hour format.	`00` to `23`
g	Hour, 12-hour format without leading zeros.	`1` to `12`
h	Hour, 12-hour format.	`01` to `12`
a	`a.m.` or `p.m.`	`a.m.`
A	`AM` or `PM`.	`AM`
Minutes
i	Minutes.	`00` to `59`
Seconds
s	Seconds, 2 digits with leading zeros.	`00` to `59`