Common date filter in Django Templates

Format character	Description	Example output
	Day
d	Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros.	01 to 31
j	Day of the month without leading zeros.	1 to 31
S	English ordinal suffix for day of the month, 2 characters.	st, nd, rd or th
	Month
m	Month, 2 digits with leading zeros.	01 to 12
n	Month without leading zeros.	1 to 12
b	Month, textual, 3 letters, lowercase.	jan
M	Month, textual, 3 letters.	Jan
F	Month, textual, long.	January
	Year
y	Year, 2 digits.	99
Y	Year, 4 digits.	1999
	Week
D	Day of the week, textual, 3 letters.	Fri
l	Day of the week, textual, long.	Friday
	Hours
G	Hour, 24-hour format without leading zeros.	0 to 23
H	Hour, 24-hour format.	00 to 23
g	Hour, 12-hour format without leading zeros.	1 to 12
h	Hour, 12-hour format.	01 to 12
a	a.m. or p.m.	a.m.
A	AM or PM.	AM
	Minutes
i	Minutes.	00 to 59
	Seconds
s	Seconds, 2 digits with leading zeros.	00 to 59

Example

    {{date_string|date:'M d, Y'}} # which gives the same date format as in this website