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.
If your Looker admin has enabled the Enhanced Visualizations Labs feature, then padding modifiers won’t be supported in the time format syntax. However, if Enhanced Visualizations is disabled, you can include these modifier characters after the % sign in the syntax to specify padding:
- The zero character
0indicates zero-padding. For example:%0M - The underscore character
_indicates space-padding. For example:%_M - The hyphen
-character indicates disable padding. For example:%-M
If no padding modifier is used, the default is 0 for all formats (except for %e, which defaults to _).
| 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 | %w |
| 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
Note: If your Looker admin has enabled the Enhanced Visualizations Labs feature, |
%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
Note: If your Looker admin has enabled the Enhanced Visualizations Labs feature, |
%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 | Time zone offset, i.e. “-0700” for PST from GMT (This option is not available if your Looker admin has enabled the Enhanced Visualizations Labs feature.) | %Z |