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Date Components
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   The following format directives print single components of the date.

`a'
     locale's abbreviated weekday name (Sun..Sat)

`A'
     locale's full weekday name, variable length (Sunday..Saturday)

`b'
`h'
     locale's abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec)

`B'
     locale's full month name, variable length (January..December)

`m'
     month (01..12)

`d'
     day of month (01..31)

`w'
     day of week (0..6)

`j'
     day of year (001..366)

`U'
     week number of year with Sunday as first day of week (00..53)

`W'
     week number of year with Monday as first day of week (00..53)

`Y'
     year (1970...)

`y'
     last two digits of year (00..99)