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Converts dates into a format used on Wikipedia Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status date 1 Date to be formatted Example Jan 1, 2007 Date suggested format 2 Controls the date format for the result Default DMY Example MDY String suggested The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Date/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's ...
This template returns the number of full years, surplus months, and surplus days between two specified dates. If the second set of parameters is not included, it will return the number of years, months and days between a specified date and today's date. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Year ('from' date) 1 year The year of the (first) date Number ...
Short format: dd/mm/yyyy (Day first, month number and year in left-to-right writing direction) in Afar, French and Somali ("d/m/yy" is a common alternative). Gregorian dates follow the same rules but tend to be written in the yyyy/m/d format (Day first, month number, and year in right-to-left writing direction) in Arabic language.
This shows that any full date works without data-sort-type=date in the table. Month-day-year or day-month-year. If a number for a day is missing, date sorting is broken. Abbreviated months work too. The year must be on the end, and a number can not be used for the month. Either will break date sorting.
Day and month numbers may be 1 or 2 digits, and year numbers may only be 3 or 4 digits. If you need to input a number less than 1000, use leading zeroes (e.g. "0700"). BC years can only be parsed if the date is only the year number.
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For years in the range 1–999, in the case of month numbers the year has to be padded with zeros; the link target for the year has to have leading zeros. Years in the first century are in the form AD yy, i.e. AD 1 – AD 100:
5 Examples for month numbers with extra leading zero. ... 10 Date and time templates made for substitution: ... Month and year only {} ...