Date & Time Format Converters

Every date-format string in every language means something slightly different. Pick a conversion below to get an instant, tested translation — with explicit warnings when a token has no equivalent, instead of a guess.

PHP

• PHP date() Python strftime() Paste a PHP date() format string to get the equivalent Python strftime() format — with explicit warnings for anything PHP supports that strftime can't express.
• PHP date() JavaScript (date-fns) Paste a PHP date() format string to get the equivalent date-fns format() token string used by JavaScript and TypeScript projects.
• PHP date() Java DateTimeFormatter Paste a PHP date() format string to get the equivalent java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter pattern.

Python

• Python strftime() PHP date() Paste a Python strftime() format to get the equivalent PHP date() format string.
• Python strftime() Java DateTimeFormatter Paste a Python strftime() format to get the equivalent java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter pattern.
• strftime Go time.Format layout Paste an strftime() format to get the equivalent Go reference-time layout string ("Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 MST 2006"-style).

JavaScript

• JavaScript (date-fns) PHP date() Paste a date-fns format() token string to get the equivalent PHP date() format string.

Java

• Java DateTimeFormatter Python strftime() Paste a java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter pattern to get the equivalent Python strftime() format.
• Java DateTimeFormatter PHP date() Paste a java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter pattern to get the equivalent PHP date() format string.

Go

• Go time.Format layout strftime Paste a Go reference-time layout string to get the equivalent strftime() format code.

SQL

• MySQL DATE_FORMAT() PostgreSQL TO_CHAR() Paste a MySQL DATE_FORMAT() specifier string to get the equivalent PostgreSQL TO_CHAR() template.
• PostgreSQL TO_CHAR() MySQL DATE_FORMAT() Paste a PostgreSQL TO_CHAR() template to get the equivalent MySQL DATE_FORMAT() specifier string.