LIVE FORMAT WORKBENCH
Make dates say exactly what you mean.
A small, fast reference for experimenting with date-fns format tokens against the current time.
YOUR REFERENCE TIME
10:17:43 PM
Sunday, October 4, 2026
01 / TRY A FORMAT
Test any token string.
Use quotes for literal text. Need a token refresher? Read the official docs.
OUTPUT
2026-10-04 22:17:43
02 / STARTING POINTS
Useful formats, live and ready to copy.
FORMATEXAMPLE
Pp 10/04/2026, 10:17 PM
PPpp Oct 4, 2026, 10:17:43 PM
PP Oct 4, 2026
PPP October 4th, 2026
PP 'at' p Oct 4, 2026 at 10:17 PM
MM/dd/y hh:mm a 10/04/2026 10:17 PM
iii M/d 'at' p Sun 10/4 at 10:17 PM
yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss 2026-10-04 22:17:43
MM/dd/yyyy 10/04/2026
yyyy-MM-dd 2026-10-04
yyyy/MM/dd 2026/10/04
MMMM yyyy October 2026
MMM d Oct 4
MMMM d October 4
eeee MM/dd/yyyy Sunday 10/04/2026
E MMM do Sun Oct 4th
MMMM d 'at' p October 4 at 10:17 PM
MMMM d, yyyy October 4, 2026
eee Sun
eeee Sunday
h:mm a 10:17 PM