Template:cpp/locale/time get/time get format

The format string consists of zero or more conversion specifiers, whitespace characters, and ordinary characters (except ). Each ordinary character is expected to match one character in the input stream in case-insensitive comparison. Each whitespace character matches arbitrary whitespace in the input string. Each conversion specification begins with character, optionally followed by  or  modifier (ignored if unsupported by the locale), followed by the character that determines the behavior of the specifier. The format specifiers match the POSIX function :

Note: is not written to, and needs to be set explicitly for use with functions such as