Export options
Before starting an export, there are a few final options to customize your export.
Sort Order
Change the order of items in the export. Defaults to newest first (ID, descending).
File name
You can choose to customise the filename for the export. This is particularly helpful when exporting to a destination.
We provide placeholder support for dynamic content, e.g. date and time.
Supported placeholders
The following placeholders are supported in export filenames:
Placeholders are replaced at run time using the UTC timezone.
| Placeholder | Description | Example |
| Day | ||
%d |
Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros | 01 to 31 |
%D |
A textual representation of a day, three letters | Mon through Sun |
%j |
Day of the month without leading zeros | 1 to 31 |
%l |
A full textual representation of the day of the week | Sunday through Saturday |
%N |
ISO 8601 numeric representation of the day of the week | 1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday) |
%S |
English ordinal suffix for the day of the month, 2 characters | st , nd , rd or th . Works well with j |
%w |
Numeric representation of the day of the week | 0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday) |
%z |
The day of the year (starting from 0) | 0 through 365 |
| Week | ||
%W |
ISO 8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday | Example: 42 (the 42nd week in the year) |
| Month | ||
%F |
A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March | January through December |
%m |
Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros | 01 through 12 |
%M |
A short textual representation of a month, three letters | Jan through Dec |
%n |
Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros | 1 through 12 |
%t |
Number of days in the given month | 28 through 31 |
| Year | --- | --- |
%L |
Whether it's a leap year | 1 if it is a leap year, 0 otherwise. |
%o |
ISO 8601 week-numbering year. This has the same value as Y , except that if the ISO week number (W ) belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead. |
Examples: 1999 or 2003 |
%X |
An expanded full numeric representation of a year, at least 4 digits, with - for years BCE, and + for years CE. |
Examples: -0055 , +0787 , +1999 , +10191 |
%x |
An expanded full numeric representation if required, or a standard full numeral representation if possible (like Y ). At least four digits. Years BCE are prefixed with a - . Years beyond (and including) 10000 are prefixed by a + . |
Examples: -0055 , 0787 , 1999 , +10191 |
%Y |
A full numeric representation of a year, at least 4 digits, with - for years BCE. |
Examples: -0055 , 0787 , 1999 , 2003 , 10191 |
%y |
A two digit representation of a year | Examples: 99 or 03 |
| Time | ||
%a |
Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem | am or pm |
%A |
Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem | AM or PM |
%B |
Swatch Internet time | 000 through 999 |
%g |
12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros | 1 through 12 |
%G |
24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros | 0 through 23 |
%h |
12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros | 01 through 12 |
%H |
24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros | 00 through 23 |
%i |
Minutes with leading zeros | 00 to 59 |
%s |
Seconds with leading zeros | 00 through 59 |
%u |
Microseconds. | Example: 654321 |
%v |
Milliseconds. | Example: 654 |
| Timezone | ||
%e |
Timezone identifier | Examples: UTC , GMT , Atlantic/Azores |
%I |
Whether or not the date is in daylight saving time | 1 if Daylight Saving Time, 0 otherwise. |
%O |
Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) without colon between hours and minutes | Example: +0200 |
%P |
Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) with colon between hours and minutes | Example: +02:00 |
%p |
The same as P , but returns Z instead of +00:00 (available as of PHP 8.0.0) |
Examples: Z or +02:00 |
%T |
Timezone abbreviation, if known; otherwise the GMT offset. | Examples: EST , MDT , +05 |
%Z |
Timezone offset in seconds. The offset for timezones west of UTC is always negative, and for those east of UTC is always positive. | -43200 through 50400 |
| Full Date/Time | ||
c |
ISO 8601 date | 2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00 |
r |
» RFC 2822/» RFC 5322 formatted date | Example: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:01:07 +0200 |
U |
Seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT) |
Include mode column
The mode column communicates what action to take upon import. Optionally you can add a mode column to your export file with a default value ready for your next import.
Email on completion
Instead of waiting for the export to run, we can let you know when it's complete. Provide your email address to receive an email upon completion. To notify multiple people, provide comma-separated email addresses.
Copy to destination
See Copy export to destination.
Scheduling
See Scheduling Exports.
Save as Preset
See Using export presets.