Gcal 4.1: Table of Obsolete Date Format Elements

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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 name Old-style New-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