I.2 Table of Obsolete Date Format Elements

This table opposes all obsolete date format elements as they may be used in the date format text of the --date-format option (see Calendar option --date-format=de|us|gb|text), and their new representation, as used by Gcal 3.6 now:

Symbolic name	Old-style		New-style
%day number	%d	==	%>02*D
%day number +LS	%D	==	%>2*D
%day number +LZ ONS	%u	==	%02&*D
%day number +LS ONS	%U	==	%>2&*D
%complete month name	%B	==	%U
%3-letter month name	%b	==	%<3#U
%month number +LZ	%m	==	%>02*M
%month number +LS	%M	==	%>2*M
%complete year number +LZ	%y	==	%>04*Y
%complete year number +LZ	%Y	==	%>4*Y
%last-2-digits year number +LZ	%z	==	%>02#Y
%last-2-digits year number +LS	%Z	==	%>2#Y
%complete weekday name	%A	==	%K
%3-letter weekday name	%W	==	%<3#K
%2-letter weekday name	%w	==	%<2#K

Legend:

+LZ	==	With leading zero(es)
+LS	==	With leading space(s)
ONS	==	With Ordinal Number suffix