XHTML Character Codes

A simple to understand table of xhtml character codes.

Here is a table of the different values you can put in the date string

Char	Char Code	Alternate Code	Description
non-printable			horizontal tab
non-printable			line feed
non-printable			carriage return
"	"	"	quotation mark
&	&	&	ampersand
non-printable			space
!	!		exclamation mark
"	"	"	quotation mark
#	#		number sign
$	$		dollar sign
%	%		percent sign
&	&	&	ampersand
'	'		apostrophe
(	(		left parenthesis
)	)		right parenthesis
*	*		asterisk
+	+		plus sign
,	,		comma
-	-		hyphen
.	.		period (fullstop)
/	/		solidus (slash)
:	:		colon
;	;		semi-colon
<	<	<	less than
=	=		equals sign
>	>	>	greater than
?	?		question mark
@	@		commercial at
[	[		left square bracket
\	\		reverse solidus (backslash)
]	]		right square bracket
^	^		caret
_	_		horizontal bar (underscore)
`	`		acute accent
{	{		left curly brace
\|	\|		vertical bar
}	}		right curly brace
~	~		tilde
			no-break space
¡	¡	¡	inverted exclamation mark
¢	¢	¢	cent sign
¢	¢	¢	cent sign
£	£	£	pound sterling
¤	¤	¤	general currency sign
¥	¥	¥	yen sign
¦	¦	¦	pipe or broken bar
§	§	§	section sign
¨	¨	¨	diaeresis
©	©	©	copyright sign
ª	ª	ª	feminine ordinal indicator
«	«	«	left-pointing double angle quotation mark
¬	¬	¬	not sign
			soft hyphen
®	®	®	registered sign
¯	¯	¯	macron
°	°	°	degree sign
±	±	±	plus-minus sign
²	²	²	superscript two
³	³	³	superscript three
´	´	´	acute accent
µ	µ	µ	micro sign
¶	¶	¶	pilcrow sign
·	·	·	middle dot
¸	¸	¸	cedilla
¹	¹	¹	superscript one
º	º	º	masculine ordinal indicator
»	»	»	right-pointing double angle quotation mark
¼	¼	¼	vulgar fraction one quarter
½	½	½	vulgar fraction one half
¾	¾	¾	vulgar fraction three quarters
¿	¿	¿	inverted question mark
À	À	À	latin capital letter a with grave
Á	Á	Á	latin capital letter a with acute
Â	Â	Â	latin capital letter a with circumflex
Ã	Ã	Ã	latin capital letter a with tilde
Ä	Ä	Ä	latin capital letter a with diaeresis
Å	Å	Å	latin capital letter a with ring above
Æ	Æ	Æ	latin capital letter ae
Ç	Ç	Ç	latin capital letter c with cedilla
È	È	È	latin capital letter e with grave
É	É	É	latin capital letter e with acute
Ê	Ê	Ê	latin capital letter e with circumflex
Ë	Ë	Ë	latin capital letter e with diaeresis
Ì	Ì	Ì	latin capital letter i with grave
Í	Í	Í	latin capital letter i with acute
Î	Î	Î	latin capital letter i with circumflex
Ï	Ï	Ï	latin capital letter i with diaeresis
Ð	Ð	Ð	latin capital letter eth
Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	latin capital letter n with tilde
Ò	Ò	Ò	latin capital letter o with grave
Ó	Ó	Ó	latin capital letter o with acute
Ô	Ô	Ô	latin capital letter o with circumflex
Õ	Õ	Õ	latin capital letter o with tilde
Ö	Ö	Ö	latin capital letter o with diaeresis
×	×	×	multiplication sign
Ø	Ø	Ø	latin capital letter o with stroke
Ù	Ù	Ù	latin capital letter u with grave
Ú	Ú	Ú	latin capital letter u with acute
Û	Û	Û	latin capital letter u with circumflex
Ü	Ü	Ü	latin capital letter u with diaeresis
Ý	Ý	Ý	latin capital letter y with acute
Þ	Þ	Þ	latin capital letter thorn
ß	ß	ß	latin small letter sharp s
ß	ß	ß	latin small letter sharp s
à	à	à	latin small letter a with grave
á	á	á	latin small letter a with acute
â	â	â	latin small letter a with circumflex
ã	ã	ã	latin small letter a with tilde
ä	ä	ä	latin small letter a with diaeresis
å	å	å	latin small letter a with ring above
æ	æ	æ	latin small letter ae
ç	ç	ç	latin small letter c with cedilla
è	è	è	latin small letter e with grave
é	é	é	latin small letter e with acute
ê	ê	ê	latin small letter e with circumflex
ë	ë	ë	latin small letter e with diaeresis
ì	ì	ì	latin small letter i with grave
í	í	í	latin small letter i with acute
î	î	î	latin small letter i with circumflex
ï	ï	ï	latin small letter i with diaeresis
ð	ð	ð	latin small letter eth
ñ	ñ	ñ	latin small letter n with tilde
ò	ò	ò	latin small letter o with grave
ó	ó	ó	latin small letter o with acute
ô	ô	ô	latin small letter o with circumflex
õ	õ	õ	latin small letter o with tilde
ö	ö	ö	latin small letter o with diaeresis
÷	÷	÷	division sign
ø	ø	ø	latin small letter o with stroke,
ù	ù	ù	latin small letter u with grave
ú	ú	ú	latin small letter u with acute
û	û	û	latin small letter u with circumflex
ü	ü	ü	latin small letter u with diaeresis
ý	ý	ý	latin small letter y with acute
þ	þ	þ	latin small letter thorn
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	small y, dieresis or umlaut mark
Œ	Œ	&OElig;	latin capital ligature oe
œ	œ	&oelig;	latin small ligature oe
Š	Š	&Scaron;	latin capital letter s with caron
š	š	&scaron;	latin small letter s with caron
Ÿ	Ÿ	&Yuml;	latin capital letter y with diaeresis
ƒ	ƒ	&fnof;	latin small f with hook
ˆ	ˆ	&circ;	modifier letter circumflex accent
˜	˜	&tilde;	small tilde
Α	Α	Α	greek capital letter alpha
Β	Β	Β	greek capital letter beta
Γ	Γ	Γ	greek capital letter gamma
Δ	Δ	Δ	greek capital letter delta
Ε	Ε	Ε	greek capital letter epsilon
Ζ	Ζ	Ζ	greek capital letter zeta
Η	Η	Η	greek capital letter eta
Θ	Θ	Θ	greek capital letter theta
Ι	Ι	Ι	greek capital letter iota
Κ	Κ	Κ	greek capital letter kappa
Λ	Λ	Λ	greek capital letter lambda
Μ	Μ	Μ	greek capital letter mu
Ν	Ν	Ν	greek capital letter nu
Ξ	Ξ	Ξ	greek capital letter xi
Ο	Ο	Ο	greek capital letter omicron
Π	Π	Π	greek capital letter pi
Ρ	Ρ	Ρ	greek capital letter rho
Σ	Σ	Σ	greek capital letter sigma
Τ	Τ	Τ	greek capital letter tau
Υ	Υ	Υ	greek capital letter upsilon
Φ	Φ	Φ	greek capital letter phi
Χ	Χ	Χ	greek capital letter chi
Ψ	Ψ	Ψ	greek capital letter psi
Ω	Ω	Ω	greek capital letter omega
α	α	α	greek small letter alpha
β	β	β	greek small letter beta
γ	γ	γ	greek small letter gamma
δ	δ	δ	greek small letter delta
ε	ε	ε	greek small letter epsilon
ζ	ζ	ζ	greek small letter zeta
η	η	η	greek small letter eta
θ	θ	θ	greek small letter theta
ι	ι	ι	greek small letter iota
κ	κ	κ	greek small letter kappa
λ	λ	λ	greek small letter lambda
μ	μ	μ	greek small letter mu
ν	ν	ν	greek small letter nu
ξ	ξ	ξ	greek small letter xi
ο	ο	ο	greek small letter omicron
π	π	π	greek small letter pi
ρ	ρ	ρ	greek small letter rho
ς	ς	&sigmaf;	greek small letter final sigma
σ	σ	σ	greek small letter sigma
τ	τ	τ	greek small letter tau
υ	υ	υ	greek small letter upsilon
φ	φ	φ	greek small letter phi
χ	χ	χ	greek small letter chi
ψ	ψ	ψ	greek small letter psi
ω	ω	ω	greek small letter omega
ϑ	ϑ	&thetasym;	greek small letter theta symbol
ϒ	ϒ	&upsih;	greek upsilon with hook symbol
ϖ	ϖ	ϖ	greek pi symbol
		&ensp;	en space
		&emsp;	em space
			thin space
‌	‌	&zwnj;	zero width non-joiner
‍	‍	&zwj;	zero width joiner
‎	‎	&lrm;	left-to-right mark
‏	‏	&rlm;	right-to-left mark
–	–	–	en dash
—	—	—	em dash
‘	‘	‘	left single quotation mark
’	’	’	right single quotation mark
‚	‚	&sbquo;	single low-9 quotation mark
“	“	“	left double quotation mark
”	”	”	right double quotation mark
„	„	&bdquo;	double low-9 quotation mark
†	†	&dagger;	dagger
‡	‡	&Dagger;	double dagger
•	•	•	bullet
…	…	…	horizontal ellipsis
‰	‰	&permil;	per mille sign
′	′	′	prime
″	″	″	double prime
‹	‹	&lsaquo;	single left-pointing angle quotation mark
›	›	&rsaquo;	single right-pointing angle quotation mark
‾	‾	&oline;	overline
⁄	⁄	&frasl;	fraction slash
€	€	€	euro sign
ℑ	ℑ	&image;	blackletter capital i
℘	℘	&weierp;	script capital p
ℜ	ℜ	&real;	blackletter capital r
™	™	™	trade mark sign
ℵ	ℵ	&alefsym;	alef symbol
←	←	←	leftwards arrow
↑	↑	↑	upwards arrow
→	→	→	rightwards arrow
↓	↓	↓	downwards arrow
↔	↔	↔	left right arrow
↵	↵	&crarr;	downwards arrow with corner leftwards
⇐	⇐	⇐	leftwards double arrow
⇑	⇑	&uArr;	upwards double arrow
⇒	⇒	⇒	rightwards double arrow
⇓	⇓	&dArr;	downwards double arrow
⇔	⇔	⇔	left right double arrow
∀	∀	∀	for all
∂	∂	∂	partial differential
∃	∃	∃	there exists
∅	∅	∅	empty set
∇	∇	∇	nabla
∈	∈	∈	element of
∉	∉	∉	not an element of
∋	∋	&ni;	contains as member
∏	∏	∏	n-ary product
∑	∑	∑	n-ary sumation
−	−	−	minus sign
∗	∗	&lowast;	asterisk operator
√	√	√	square root
∝	∝	&prop;	proportional to
∞	∞	∞	infinity
∠	∠	&ang;	angle
∧	∧	&and;	logical and
∨	∨	&or;	logical or
∩	∩	∩	intersection
∪	∪	∪	union
∫	∫	∫	integral
∴	∴	&there4;	therefore
∼	∼	&sim;	tilde operator
≅	≅	&cong;	approximately equal to
≈	≈	≈	almost equal to
≠	≠	≠	not equal to
≡	≡	&equiv;	identical to
≤	≤	≤	less-than or equal to
≥	≥	≥	greater-than or equal to
⊂	⊂	⊂	subset of
⊃	⊃	⊃	superset of
⊄	⊄	&nsub;	not a subset of
⊆	⊆	&sube;	subset of or equal to
⊇	⊇	&supe;	superset of or equal to
⊕	⊕	&oplus;	circled plus
⊗	⊗	&otimes;	circled times
⊥	⊥	&perp;	up tack
⋅	⋅	⋅	dot operator
⌈	⌈	&lceil;	left ceiling
⌉	⌉	&rceil;	right ceiling
⌊	⌊	&lfloor;	left floor
⌋	⌋	&rfloor;	right floor
〈	〈	&lang;	left-pointing angle bracket
〉	〉	&rang;	right-pointing angle bracket
◊	◊	&loz;	lozenge
♠	♠	&spades;	black spade suit
♣	♣	&clubs;	black club suit
♥	♥	&hearts;	black heart suit
♦	♦	&diams;	black diamond suit

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