Template:Date
 | This template uses Lua: |
(this part of the documentation is only available in some languages)
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=|hour=|minute=|second=}}
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Examples:
{{date|2009|1|9}}→{{date|2009|1}}→{{date|2009}}→
Generating output in Polish:
{{date|2009|1|9|pl}}→{{date|2009|1|9|pl|case=}}→ - alternative way to get nominative case{{date|2009|1|9|pl|case=gen}}→{{date|2009|1|9|pl|case=ins}}→{{date|2009|1|pl}}→{{date|2009|1|pl|form=gen}}→{{date|2009|1|pl|form=ins}}→{{date|year=888|lang=pl|case=ins|trim_year=yes}}→{{date|year=888|lang=pl|case=ins|trim_year=no}}→{{date|year=888|lang=pl|case=ins|trim_year=100-999}}→{{date|year=888|lang=pl|case=ins|trim_year=100-500}}→
Microformat
The template returns the date, embed in a <time> element with attribute datetime that contain the date in the ISO 8601 format needed by the hCalendar (class="dtstart") microformat. See the microformats project.
Parameters
| Parameter name | Description (this part of the documentation is only available in some languages) | Default value | required or optional?
|
|---|---|---|---|
| parameter #1 (1) | empty | optional | |
| parameter #2 (2) | empty | optional | |
| parameter #3 (3) | empty | optional | |
| hour | empty | optional | |
| minute | empty | optional | |
| second | empty | optional | |
| 4 | language code of the user language | optional | |
| case | empty | optional | |
| class | dtstart | optional | |
| trim_year | 100-999 | 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:
Relies on:
Module:DateI18n
⧼See also⧽
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{{ISOdate}} – Template used to parse the date in {{information}}
{{other date}} – Allows to specify a range of non-trivial date notations in a format that is localizable
{{odate}} – Allows to specify two dates, of original and of vectorization
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Localize the date format at Module:I18n/date or request assistance at Template talk:Date or Module talk:I18n/date