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(The |cs1-dates= parameter can be used to fine-tune the generated output, see Template:Use mdy dates § Auto-formatting citation template dates.) Access and archive dates in an article's citations should all use the same format, which may be:
All examples use example date 2021-03-31 / 2021 March 31 / 31 March 2021 / March 31, 2021 – except where a single-digit day is illustrated. Basic components of a calendar date for the most common calendar systems: D – day; M – month; Y – year; Specific formats for the basic components: yy – two-digit year, e.g. 24; yyyy – four-digit ...
A 50-year "pocket calendar" that is adjusted by turning the dial to place the name of the month under the current year. One can then deduce the day of the week or the date. A perpetual calendar is a calendar valid for many years, usually designed to look up the day of the week for a given date in the past or future.
Delinks all dates and date fragments, and converts them all to the same format, either dmy (20 April 2011) and mdy (April 20, 2011). Resolves unambiguous slash-dates (e.g. 7/7/1961, 23/07/1961, 07/23/61...). Optional functions: all dates to dmy – making all dates uniformly dmy. [1] [2] all dates to mdy – ditto, but making all dates ...
Numeric literals in Python are of the normal sort, e.g. 0, -1, 3.4, 3.5e-8. Python has arbitrary-length integers and automatically increases their storage size as necessary. Prior to Python 3, there were two kinds of integral numbers: traditional fixed size integers and "long" integers of arbitrary size.
Dates that are wikilinked (see below) are autoformatted according to the user's chosen preference. Autoformatting dates has had several disadvantages: Its effects can only be seen by registered editors who select a date preference (My preferences → Date and time → Date format). (As with other interface modifications, unregistered users are ...
The pro's of linking dates do not out way the con's. — Realist 2 23:03, 29 November 2008 (UTC) Support - Auto format is good, but there is no good reason to link every single date. It is a bit like linking every single word. Martin451 01:13, 30 November 2008 (UTC) Support - Lets us avoid overlinking.
Think carefully before changing established date formats of existing articles, especially multiple articles in a particular subject area. Consider whether the proposed change would improve Wikipedia (beyond conforming the articles to your personal preference) and whether editors who have contributed to the article(s) may have reached a consensus to use a particular format.