Date and time formats reference

This is a reference for the date and time contexts and formats you can use with ThoughtSpot. You define data formats in specific contexts and, depending on the context, your choices in data formatting differ. You must understand date and time when you load data in CSV format.

CSV upload is exclusive to ThoughtSpot Free Trial. Use Connections to access your data in ThoughtSpot Cloud.

Data loading formats do not change how data is displayed in tables and charts.

The context where you can control date and time formats is data modeling. Data modeling controls how data is displayed in search and their resulting Answers.

Data modeling formats for browser data upload

These date and time formats are supported in a CSV file when uploading through the browser. You cannot specify the date format; ThoughtSpot will pick the format that fits your data best:

  • 1/30/2014

  • 2014-01-30

  • 2014-1-30

  • 30-Jan-2014

  • 2014-Jan-30

  • 2014-01-30 10:32 AM

  • 2014-01-30 14:52

  • 2014-01-30 10:32:22

  • 2014-01-30 10:32:22 AM

  • 2014-01-30 10:32:22.0

  • 2014-01-30 10:32:22.0 AM

  • 2014-01-30 10:32:22.000

  • 2014-01-30 10:32:22.000 AM

  • 1/30/2014

  • 30-Jan-14

  • 01-Mar-02 (assumes 2002)

  • 30/1/2014 10:32 AM

  • 30/1/2014 14:52

  • 30/1/2014 10:32:22

  • 30/1/2014 10:32:22 AM

  • 30/1/2014 10:32:22.0

  • 30/1/2014 10:32:22.0 AM

  • 30/1/2014 10:32:22.000

  • 30/1/2014 10:32:22.000 AM

  • 30-Jan-14 10:32 AM

  • 30-Jan-14 14:52

  • 30-Jan-14 10:32:22

  • 30-Jan-14 10:32:22 AM

  • 30-Jan-14 10:32:22.0

  • 30-Jan-14 10:32:22.0 AM

  • 30-Jan-14 10:32:22.000

  • 30-Jan-14 10:32:22.000 AM

  • Fri Jan 30 2014 3:26 PM

  • Fri Jan 30 2014 13:46

  • Fri Jan 30 2014 10:32:22

  • Fri Jan 30 2014 10:32:22 AM

  • Fri Jan 30 2014 10:32:22.0

  • Fri Jan 30 2014 10:32:22.0 AM

  • Fri Jan 30 2014 10:32:22.000

  • Fri Jan 30 2014 10:32:22.000 AM

  • 14:52

  • 10:32 AM

  • 10:32:22

  • 10:32:22 AM

  • 10:32:22.0

  • 10:32:22.000

  • 10:32:22.0 AM

  • 10:32:22.000 AM

Data modeling formats

A user with administrative rights can configure data modeling for data on one or all files. You can set number, date, and currency display formats. These formats define how these value types display in tables and charts. See the Admin Guide for more information about data modeling settings. The following format strings are available for use:

Format mask Description

YYYY or yyyy

four digit year such as 2017

YY or yy

last two digits of year such as 17

M

month with no leading zero 1-12

MM

Two-digit month 01-12

MMM

Three-letter month such as Jan

D

Day of year without a leading zero 0-365

DD

Day of year with up to one leading zero 01-365

DDD

Day of year with up to two leading zeroes 001-365

d

Day of month with no leading zero 1-31

dd

Two digit day of month 01-31

HH

Two digit 24 hour representation of hour 00-23

hh

Two digit 12 hour representation of hour 01-12

H

24 hour representation of hour with no leading zero 0-23

h

12 hour representation of hour with no leading zero 1-12

mm

Minutes 00-59

m

Minutes with no leading zero 0-59

ss

Seconds 00-59

s

Seconds with no leading zero 0-59

a

AM/PM indicator

Valid delimiters include most non-alphabet characters. This includes but is not limited to:

  • / (forward slash)

  • \ (backward slash)

  • | (pipe symbol)

  • : (colon)

  • - (dash)

  • _ (underscore)

  • = (equal sign)

Examples of valid format masks you can produce for display are as follows:

  • MM/dd/yyyy

  • MMM

  • DD/MM/yyyy

  • MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm

  • DD/MM/yyyy HH:mm

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