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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:
Date autoformatting is not a useful feature and adds a non-trivial editing job formatting dates to use it. D ouble B lue ( talk) 21:12, 25 November 2008 (UTC) [ reply ] Support - because linking does not provide proper markup for dates LeadSongDog ( talk ) 21:22, 25 November 2008 (UTC) [ reply ]
(Several forms of piped links override the date-formatting function.) Links to date ranges in the same calendar month, such as "[[December 13–17]]" or "the night of [[30/31 May]]" cause autoformatting to fail. The autoformatting mechanism will output such dates in a damaged form: 30/May 31, etc.
Date links added solely for the purpose of date formatting have the negative effect of bewildering the average reader. --Orlady 22:15, 15 February 2009 (UTC) Support Rarely is a date article relevant. Often date articles are slanted toward a particular subject, like the hisory of Western Europe or Western science.
Unfortunately, when linking to content about a specific date (with a separate page, a section of a page, or another anchor) the date formatting feature cannot be used for the link label, so the label is fixed, not user-dependent. When linking to another site (with an interwiki link or external link) the label cannot be user-dependent either.
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To make comparisons based on dates (e.g., if the current date and time is after some other date and time), first convert the time(s) to the number of seconds after January 1, 1970, using the function {{#time: U }}, then compare (or add, subtract, etc.) those numerical values.
No-output templates that indicate the article's established date format and English-language variety, if any (e.g., {{Use dmy dates}}, {{Use Canadian English}}) Banner-type maintenance templates, Dispute and Cleanup templates for article-wide issues that have been flagged (otherwise used at the top of a specific section, after any sectional ...