Time values in Looker charts can be formatted using the following syntax. Note that these elements can be strung together to create specific formats of your choosing.
| Format Type | Description | Use This Expression |
|---|---|---|
| Time | ||
| Time | Milliseconds as a decimal number, i.e. 000 to 999 | %L |
| Time | Second as a two-digit number, i.e. 00 to 59 | %S |
| Time | Minute as a two-digit number, i.e. 00 to 59 | %M |
| Time | Hour as a decimal number (24-hour clock), i.e. 00 to 23 | %H |
| Time | Hour as a decimal number (12-hour clock), i.e. 01 to 12 | %I |
| Time | Either AM or PM | %p |
| Date | ||
| Date | Day of the year as a decimal number, i.e. 001 to 366 | %j |
| Date | Zero-padded day of the month, i.e. 01 to 31 | %d |
| Date | Space-padded day of the month (equivalent to %_d), i.e. 1 to 31 |
%e |
| Date | Full weekday name, i.e. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday | %A |
| Date | Abbreviated weekday name (3-letter), i.e. Mon, Tue, Wed | %a |
| Date | Weekday as a decimal number (Sunday as the first day of the week), i.e. 0 to 6 | %a |
| Week | ||
| Week | Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week) as a two-digit number, i.e. 00 to 53 | %U |
| Week | Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week) as a two-digit number, i.e. 00 to 53 | %W |
| Month | ||
| Month | Two-digit month, i.e. 01 through 12 (1-12 format not currently available) | %m |
| Month | Abbreviated month name, i.e. Jan, Feb, Mar | %b |
| Month | Full month name, i.e. January, February, March | %B |
| Year | ||
| Year | Two-digit year, i.e. 00 to 99 | %y |
| Year | Four-digit year, i.e. 2000, 2001, 2002 | %Y |
| Combination | ||
| Combination | Full time, of the form “%H:%M:%S”, i.e. 23:56:12 | %X |
| Combination | Full date, of the form “%m/%d/%Y”, i.e. 01/27/2014 | %x |
| Combination | Datetime format with the following: “%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y”, i.e. Mon Jan 1 23:56:04 2014 | %c |
| Other | ||
| Other | Timezone offset, i.e. “-0700” for PST from GMT | %Z |
Notes: For %U, all days in a new year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0. For %W, all days in a new year preceding the first Monday are considered to be in week 0.
Padding: The % sign in the examples above may be followed by one of these padding modifiers:
0zero-padding_space-padding-disable padding
If no padding modifier is used, the default is 0 for all formats (except for %e which defaults to _).