Template:Date/doc
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This template is used to show a date in the language set in the preferences.
You can leave out parts of the data.
Usage
{{Date |1= |2= |3= |4= |form= }}
Examples:
{{date|2009|1|9}}→ 9 January 2009{{date|2009|1|9|pl}}→ 9 stycznia 2009{{date|2009|1|9|pl|form=}}→ 9 stycznia 2009 - alternative way to get nominative case{{date|2009|1|9|pl|form=gen}}→ 9 stycznia 2009{{date|2009|1|9|pl|form=ins}}→ 9 stycznia 2009{{date|2009|1|pl}}→ styczeń 2009{{date|2009|1|pl|form=gen}}→ styczeń 2009{{date|2009|1|pl|form=ins}}→ styczeń 2009
Does not check existence, except for the month number:
{{date|2009|12|33}}→ December 2009{{date|2009|17|33}}→ 2009
Microformat
The template also returns the date, hidden by CSS, in the ISO 8601 format needed by the hCalendar (class="dtstart") microformat. See the microformats project.
Template parameters
| Parameter | Description | Default | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | number of the year | empty | optional | |
2 | number of month in the year | empty | optional | |
3 | number of day in the month | empty | optional | |
4 | language code (overrides user's preferences) | language code of the user language | optional | |
form | allows to specify grammatical case for the month in YYYY-MM dates, for languages that use them. Possible cases:
| empty | optional | |
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Template namespace
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
Relies on:
{{I18n month}}, {{Formatnum}}
See also
{{ISOdate}} – Template used to parse the date in {{Information}}<br\> {{Other date}} - Allows to specify a range of non-trivial date notations in a format that is localizable
Localization
To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please edit the template and add a row to the "{{LangSwitch|}}" construct. It takes the form "|xx= Your translation " (xx being the code of your language)