% | 
           Literal % | 
           % | 
          
Y | 
           Years, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 | 
           01, 03 | 
          
y | 
           Years, numeric | 
           1, 3 | 
          
M | 
           Months, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 | 
           01, 03, 12 | 
          
m | 
           Months, numeric | 
           1, 3, 12 | 
          
D | 
           Days, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 | 
           01, 03, 31 | 
          
d | 
           Days, numeric | 
           1, 3, 31 | 
          
a | 
           Total number of days as a result of a DateTime::diff() or (unknown) otherwise | 
           4, 18, 8123 | 
          
H | 
           Hours, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 | 
           01, 03, 23 | 
          
h | 
           Hours, numeric | 
           1, 3, 23 | 
          
I | 
           Minutes, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 | 
           01, 03, 59 | 
          
i | 
           Minutes, numeric | 
           1, 3, 59 | 
          
S | 
           Seconds, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 | 
           01, 03, 57 | 
          
s | 
           Seconds, numeric | 
           1, 3, 57 | 
          
F | 
           Microseconds, numeric, at least 6 digits with leading
           0 | 
           007701, 052738, 428291 | 
          
f | 
           Microseconds, numeric | 
           7701, 52738, 428291 | 
          
R | 
           Sign "-" when negative, "+" when positive | 
           -, + | 
          
r | 
           Sign "-" when negative, empty when positive | 
           -,  |