Template:Date

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This template is used to display a date in a standardized format.

Usage

{{ date | <year> | <month> | <day> }}

or

{{ date | date = <date string> }}

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Year	1	Year; preferably with exactly four digits. Example: 2011	Line	suggested
Month	2	Month; 1 to 12, with or without leading zero. Example: 05	Line	suggested
Day	3	Day; 1 to 31, with or without leading zero. Example: 16	Line	suggested
Date	date	Alternative to the three unnamed parameters, will override them if specified. See mw:Time for accepted values. Example: 2011-05-16	Line	optional
Day toggle	day	Whether to display the day part (as opposed to just year and month). Default is true if $date is used; otherwise depends on whether $3 is specified. Auto value: False (0)	Boolean	optional
Language	lang	Output language. Can almost always be omitted as it defaults to the result of {{lang}} (local wiki language). Example: en	Line	optional

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Test of raw TemplateData output:

Applies a standardized format to a date.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Year	1	Year; preferably with exactly four digits. Example 2011	Line	suggested
Month	2	Month; 1 to 12, with or without leading zero. Example 05	Line	suggested
Day	3	Day; 1 to 31, with or without leading zero. Example 16	Line	suggested
Date	date	Alternative to the three unnamed parameters, will override them if specified. See mw:Time for accepted values. Example 2011-05-16	Line	optional
Day toggle	day	Whether to display the day part (as opposed to just year and month). Default is true if "date" is used; otherwise depends on whether "3" is specified. Auto value 0	Boolean	optional
Language	lang	Output language. Can almost always be omitted as it defaults to the result of {{lang}} (local wiki language). Example en	Line	optional

Examples

Code	Output
{{date|2011|05|16}}	May 16, 2011
{{date|2011|05}}	May 2011
{{date|2011|05|16|day=no}}	May 2011
{{date|2011|05|day=yes}}	May 1, 2011
{{date|date=2011 May}}	May 1, 2011
{{date|date=may 16, 2011}}	May 16, 2011
{{date|date=2011 May|day=no}}	May 2011
{{date|2011|05|16|lang=zh}}	2011 年 05 月 16 日