Template:DATE

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This template is about the template which automatically fills the date= parameter in cleanup templates. For the template which shows the day, month, and year, see Template:Date.

Usage

This template will create the date= parameter in the proper format needed by most maintenance and clean-up templates that auto-include maintenance categories with the tags.

Example use:

{{unreferenced|{{subst:DATE}}}}

See also

Multiple units of time

Type	Adjustable	Current	Last	Next
Date and time	{{time}}	{{Currentdate}} (MDY) {{Plain now}} (DMY) {{Now}} (DMY in a complete sentence) {{Simple now}}
Date only	{{Dateonly}} {{Datedow}} (Has the day of the week)	{{Date}} (Chose format) {{TODAY}} (DMY)	{{Yesterday}} {{Day-1}}	{{Tomorrow}} {{Day+1}}
Month and year only		{{Monthyear}} {{DATE}} (prefixed by date=)	{{Monthyear-1}}	{{Monthyear+1}}
Time only	{{Timeonly}}	{{CURRENTTIME}} (12 h format) {{CURRENTTIME24}} (24 h format)
Banners		{{Right now}} (Blue with time and number of articles)
Timestamp		{{Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss)

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Single units of time

Unit of time	Adjustable	Current	Last	Next
Second		{{CURRENTSECOND}}
Minute		{{CURRENTMINUTE}}
Hour		Template:Magic word link
Week		Template:Magic word link {{CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}}
Day of Week	{{DAYOFWEEK}}	Template:Magic word link {{CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAY}}
Month	{{MONTHNAME}} {{MONTHABBREV}} {{MONTHNUMBER}} {{MONTH}} (zero padded)	Template:Magic word link Template:Magic word link Template:Magic word link {{CURRENTMONTHDAYS}}	{{LASTMONTHNAME}}	{{NEXTMONTHNAME}}
Day of Month		Template:Magic word link Template:Magic word link (zero padded)
Year		{{CURRENTYEARCC}} {{CURRENTYEARYY}} {{CURRENTISOYEAR}} Template:Magic word link	{{LASTYEAR}}	{{NEXTYEAR}}
Day of Year		{{CURRENTDAYOFYEAR}}
Decade	{{DECADE}}	{{CURRENTDECADE}}
Century	{{Century}}	{{CURRENTCENTURY}}
MILLENNIUM	{{MILLENNIUM}}

Date and time templates made for substitution:

Month:
{{Lmonth}} produces Template:Lmonth
{{Nmonth}} produces Template:Nmonth
{{Last month}} produces Template:Last month
{{Next month}} produces Template:Next month

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Parser functions

• mw:Special:MyLanguage/time permits a custom time specifier string, similar to the C date and time functions

Individual templates

• {{Calendar}}
• {{Calendar clock with project stats}}
• {{Clock}}
• {{Digital clock}}
• {{Digital clock and date}}
• {{Infobox calendar date today}}
• {{Template:U}}

Categories of templates

• Category:Time, date and calendar templates
• Category:Date-computing templates
• Category:Date-computing templates based on current time
• Category:ISO date templates
• Category:Calendar templates

Template:DATE was originally created for use on Wikipedia. It has been adapted for use on this website.
Please add categories to the Template:DATE/doc subpage.