| d | Day of the month as digits; no leading zero for single-digit days. |
| dd | Day of the month as digits; leading zero for single-digit days. |
| EEE | Day of the week as a three-letter abbreviation. |
| EEEE | Day of the week as its full name. |
| m | Month as digits; no leading zero for single-digit months. CAUTION: In timeFormat() "m" means "minutes" |
| mm | Month as digits; leading zero for single-digit months. |
| mmm | Month as a three-letter abbreviation. |
| mmmm | Month as its full name. |
| M | Month in year. |
| D | Day in year. (Depends on -Dcoldfusion.datemask.useDasdayofmonth after CF2021U1) |
| yy | Year as last two digits; leading zero for years less than 10. |
| yyyy | Year represented by four digits. |
| Y | Week year |
| YY | Week year as last two digits; leading zero for years less than 10. |
| YYYY | Week year represented by four digits. |
| G | Period/era string. (e.g. BC, AD) |
| h | hours; no leading zero for single-digit hours (12-hour clock) |
| hh | hours; leading zero for single-digit hours (12-hour clock) |
| H | hours; no leading zero for single-digit hours (24-hour clock) |
| HH | hours; leading zero for single-digit hours (24-hour clock) |
| n | minutes; no leading zero for single-digit minutes |
| nn | minutes; a leading zero for single-digit minutes |
| s | seconds; no leading zero for single-digit seconds |
| ss | seconds; leading zero for single-digit seconds |
| l or L | milliseconds, with no leading zeros |
| t | one-character time marker string, such as A or P |
| tt | multiple-character time marker string, such as AM or PM |
| w | Week of the year as digit. (JDK7+) |
| ww | Week of the year as digits. Leading zero for single-digit week. (JDK7+) |
| W | Week of the month as digit. (JDK7+) |
| WW | Week of the month as digits. Leading zero for single-digit week. (JDK7+) |