Display Options
This section is used to configure how different aspects of Simple Calendar are displayed for this calendar.
Date/Time Formatting
A date time format is text containing special tokens. These tokens are replaced with the corresponding date/time information to create a finalized display of that date and time. Below is a list of the different tokens available to use in Simple Calendar and what they do.
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Date Format | This format text is used when displaying a date anywhere in Simple Calendar. | MMMM DD, YYYY |
| Time Format | This format text is used when displaying a time anywhere in Simple Calendar. | HH:mm:ss |
| Month/Year Format | This format text is used when displaying just the month and year that appears at the top of a calendar view, above the list of days. | MMMM YAYYYYYZ |
Below are the tokens used in the above settings fields to configure the date and time to display how you want it to.
| Token | Description | Example Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | YY | Year shorthand | 90 91 ... 19 20 |
| YYYY | Full year | 1990 1991 ... 2019 2020 | |
| YN | Year name, as determined by the year name settings. | Ral's Fury | |
| YA | Year prefix as defined in the Year Prefix setting. | Pre | |
| YZ | Year postfix as defined in the Year Postfix setting. | AD | |
| Month | M | Months number. | 1 2 ... 11 12 |
| MM | Months number padded with a zero. | 01 02 ... 11 12 | |
| MMM | The months abbreviated name as defined in the months settings. | Jan Feb ... Nov Dec | |
| MMMM | The months full name as defined in the months settings. | January February ... November December | |
| Day | D | Day number. | 1 2 ... 30 31 |
| DD | Day number padded with a zero. | 01 02 ... 30 31 | |
| DO | Day number appended with its suffix. | 1st 2nd ... 30th 31st | |
| Weekday | d | The number for the day of the week. | 1 2 ... 6 7 |
| dd | The number for the day of the week padded with a zero. | 01 02 ... 06 07 | |
| ddd | The abbreviated name for the day of the week as defined in the weekday settings. | Sun Mon ... Fri Sat | |
| dddd | The full name for the day of the week as defined in the weekday settings. | Sunday Monday ... Friday Saturday | |
| Hour | h | The hours number in the 12 hour format. | 1 2 ... 11 12 |
| H | The hours number in the 24 hour format | 0 1 ... 22 23 | |
| hh | The hours number padded with a zero in the 12 hour format. | 01 02 ... 11 12 | |
| HH | The hours number padded with a zero in the 24 hour format. | 00 01 ... 22 23 | |
| a | The am/pm indicator for the 12 hour time format in lowercase. | am pm | |
| A | The AM/PM indicator for the 12 hour time format in uppercase. | AM PM | |
| Minute | m | The minutes number. | 0 1 ... 58 59 |
| mm | The minutes number padded with a zero. | 00 01 ... 58 59 | |
| Second | s | The seconds number. | 0 1 ... 58 59 |
| ss | The seconds number padded with a zero. | 00 01 ... 58 59 | |
| Text | [*] | For any text that should be in the format but not processed place square brackets around it. | [Don't process this text] |