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# FormatStyleCapitalizationContext

The capitalization formatting context used when formatting dates and times.

```
struct FormatStyleCapitalizationContext
```

## Topics

### Customizing Style Behavior

[`static var unknown: FormatStyleCapitalizationContext`](/documentation/Foundation/FormatStyleCapitalizationContext/unknown)

[`static var standalone: FormatStyleCapitalizationContext`](/documentation/Foundation/FormatStyleCapitalizationContext/standalone)

For stand-alone usage, such as an isolated name on a calendar page.

[`static var listItem: FormatStyleCapitalizationContext`](/documentation/Foundation/FormatStyleCapitalizationContext/listItem)

For use in a UI list or menu item.

[`static var beginningOfSentence: FormatStyleCapitalizationContext`](/documentation/Foundation/FormatStyleCapitalizationContext/beginningOfSentence)

[`static var middleOfSentence: FormatStyleCapitalizationContext`](/documentation/Foundation/FormatStyleCapitalizationContext/middleOfSentence)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Encodable`](/documentation/Swift/Encodable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`Decodable`](/documentation/Swift/Decodable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

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