String Formats "American" formats: 9/11 4:08 pm 12/22/78 8:51:00 am "Combined" formats: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 21:48:40 +0200 2001-11-29T13:20:01.123-05:00 Descriptive formats: tomorrow last saturday four months ago +40 days 2 hours Textual formats: December 22. 1978 22-december-78 All ISO 8601 formats: 1978/12/22 1978-12-22 70-4-25 13:03:12.45678 15:57:41.0 pdt 13:03 CEST 13:03:12.45678 +0100 13:03:12.45678 CEST 04:05 -0930 15:57-8 231431 CEST 23:41F Database specific formats: 1999-Jan-08 1999.238