Template:Date/doc

• Documentation for this template can be found on Wikipedia:Template:Date/doc

based on Module:Date, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module:Date/doc

Usage

Date and time or both together.

Parameters:

1. Date - leave blank for today, which moits the year
2. Formatting

Examples

• {{date||mdy}}
  

→ April 20

• {{date|2002-12-31|mdy}}
  

→ December 31, 2002

• {{date|{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}|mdy}} using magic word CURRENTTIMESTAMP
  

→ 20 April 2024

• {{date|2002-12-31|mdy}}
  

→ December 31, 2002

• not working! {{date|2002-12|mdy}} Year and month only yyyy-mm add in some automatically generated references
  

→ December 1, 2002

With errors

• {{date||mdy-all}} INVALID values default to dmy
  

→ 20 April

• {{date||iso}}
  

→ April 20

This template replies on modules.

See also

• {{DateI18n}} - newer date conversions using Module:DateI18n