locale's 12-hour clock time (e.g., @samp{11:11:04 PM})
@item %R
24-hour hour and minute. Same as @samp{%H:%M}.
-This is a @acronym{GNU} extension.
@item %s
@cindex epoch, seconds since
@cindex seconds since the epoch
by the @env{TZ} environment variable.
The time (and optionally, the time zone rules) can be overridden
by the @option{--date} option.
-This is a @acronym{GNU} extension.
@item %:z
@w{@acronym{RFC} 3339/@acronym{ISO} 8601} style numeric time zone with
@samp{:} (e.g., @samp{-06:00} or @samp{+05:30}), or nothing if no time
This is a good choice for a date format, as it is standard and
is easy to sort in the usual case where years are in the range
0000@dots{}9999.
-This is a @acronym{GNU} extension.
@item %g
year corresponding to the @acronym{ISO} week number, but without the century
(range @samp{00} through @samp{99}). This has the same format and value
as @samp{%y}, except that if the @acronym{ISO} week number (see
@samp{%V}) belongs
to the previous or next year, that year is used instead.
-This is a @acronym{GNU} extension.
@item %G
year corresponding to the @acronym{ISO} week number. This has the
same format and value as @samp{%Y}, except that if the @acronym{ISO}
It is normally useful only if @samp{%V} is also used;
for example, the format @samp{%G-%m-%d} is probably a mistake,
since it combines the ISO week number year with the conventional month and day.
-This is a @acronym{GNU} extension.
@item %h
same as @samp{%b}
@item %j