Formatting Dates & Times

In various components you can customize how dates and times are displayed, like in the program guide or the character generator.

Token	Meaning	Example
y	Year	2026
yy	Two-digit year	26
yyyy	Four-digit year	2026
M	Numeric month	7
MM	Two-digit month	07
MMM	Abbreviated month	Jul
MMMM	Full month	July
d	Day of the month	21
dd	Two-digit day of the month	21
EEE	Abbreviated weekday	Tue
EEEE	Full weekday	Tuesday
H	Hour on a 24-hour clock	8
HH	Two-digit hour on a 24-hour clock	08
h	Hour on a 12-hour clock	8
hh	Two-digit hour on a 12-hour clock	08
m	Minute	5
mm	Two-digit minute	05
s	Second	4
ss	Two-digit second	04
a	AM/PM marker	PM
z	Short timezone name	EDT
zzzz	Long timezone name	Eastern Daylight Time
XXX	ISO timezone offset	-04:00

Text that is not a format token can be included inside single quotes. Use two single quotes to display a literal single quote.

guide:
  timezone: "America/New_York"
  dateFormat: "EEEE, MMMM d, yyyy 'on TVS'"
  currentTimeFormat: "'CURRENT TIME:' h:mm:ss a z"
  currentTimeslotTimeFormat: "h:mm a 'ET'"

This produces values such as Tuesday, July 21, 2026 on TVS, CURRENT TIME: 10:05:38 PM EDT, and 10:30 PM ET.