---
title: Date.FormatStyle.Symbol
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Structure
path: foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol
---

# Date.FormatStyle.Symbol

Types that customize formatting templates either by using the date format style’s modifier functions or by constructing fixed-pattern date format strings.

## Declaration

```swift
struct Symbol
```

## Topics

### Modifying Date Style Format Symbols

- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.CyclicYear](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/cyclicyear.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.Day](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/day.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.DayOfYear](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/dayofyear.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.DayPeriod](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/dayperiod.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.Era](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/era.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.Hour](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/hour.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.Minute](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/minute.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.Month](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/month.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.Quarter](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/quarter.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.Second](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/second.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.SecondFraction](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/secondfraction.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.StandaloneMonth](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/standalonemonth.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.StandaloneQuarter](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/standalonequarter.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.StandaloneWeekday](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/standaloneweekday.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.TimeZone](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/timezone.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.VerbatimHour](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/verbatimhour.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.Week](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/week.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.Weekday](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/weekday.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.Year](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/year.md)
- [Date.FormatStyle.Symbol.YearForWeekOfYear](foundation/date/formatstyle/symbol/yearforweekofyear.md)

### Comparing Date Style Format Symbols

- [==(_:_:)](foundation/date/==(_:_:).md)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)