Time formatting for charts

You can format time values in Looker charts using the following syntax. You can also string these elements together to create 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 %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: %U uses the ISO week date standard offset by one day.

%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: %W uses the ISO week date standard.

%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