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I.2 Table of Obsolete Date Format Elements

This table opposes all obsolete date format elements as they may be used in the date format text of the --date-format option (see Calendar option --date-format=de|us|gb|text), and their new representation, as used by Gcal 4.1 now:

Symbolic nameOld-styleNew-style
 
%day number%d≡%>02*D
%day number +LS%D≡%>2*D
%day number +LZ ONS%u≡%02&*D
%day number +LS ONS%U≡%>2&*D
%complete month name%B≡%U
%3-letter month name%b≡%<3#U
%month number +LZ%m≡%>02*M
%month number +LS%M≡%>2*M
%complete year number +LZ%y≡%>04*Y
%complete year number +LZ%Y≡%>4*Y
%last-2-digits year number +LZ%z≡%>02#Y
%last-2-digits year number +LS%Z≡%>2#Y
%complete weekday name%A≡%K
%3-letter weekday name%W≡%<3#K
%2-letter weekday name%w≡%<2#K

Legend:

+LZ≡With leading zero(es)
+LS≡With leading space(s)
ONS≡With Ordinal Number suffix