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National standard format is yyyy-mm-dd. [161] dd.mm.yyyy format is used in some places where it is required by EU regulations, for example for best-before dates on food [162] and on driver's licenses. d/m format is used casually, when the year is obvious from the context, and for date ranges, e.g. 28-31/8 for 28–31 August.
Since portions of the population continued to use the old format, the traditional format was re-introduced as alternative to the standard YYYY-MM-DD format to DIN 5008 in 2001 and DIN ISO 8601 in September 2006 but its usage is restricted to contexts where misinterpretation cannot occur. The expanded form of the date (e.g., 31.
an abbreviated format from the "Acceptable date formats" table, provided the day and month elements are in the same order as in dates in the article body; the format expected in the citation style being used (but all-numeric date formats other than yyyy-mm-dd must still be avoided).
To promote consistent date formatting, place this template with other maintenance tags near the top of articles that use the mmmm d, yyyy date format (below hatnotes, but above infoboxes, as per the Manual of Style). The parameter |date= is intended to track the most recent month and year in which an editor or bot checked the article for ...
If a date to be formatted is provided but no style is specified, the template emits a date in "d month yyyy" format, as it appears (for example) on discussion pages. When no date is specified, then the current date is emitted with no year, either in "d month" format for formatting style DMY, or in "month d" format for formatting styles MDY, YMD ...
In Czech quarters and halves always refer to the following hour, e.g. čtvrt na osm (quarter on eight) meaning 7:15, půl osmé (half of eight) meaning 7:30 and tři čtvrtě na osm (three-quarters on eight) meaning 7:45. This corresponds to the time between 7:00 and 8:00 being the eighth hour of the day (the first hour starting at midnight).
This template should be placed near the top of articles that use the d mmmm yyyy date format. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Month and year date The month and year that the template was placed or the article was last checked or cleaned (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR ...
The European date format is date month year, as opposed to the US format which swaps the date and month (see example below). Following Wikipedia preferences, we also do not put a comma between the date and month, and the year. For example: 9 May 1951 instead of May 9 1951; 9 May 1951 instead of 9 May, 1951; 9 May instead of May 9th