Template:Date/doc

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 |year= |month= |day= |hour= |minute= |second= }}

Examples:

• {{date|2009|1|9}} →
• {{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.

⧼templatedata-doc-params⧽

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
year 1	year		empty	optional
month 2	month		empty	optional
day 3	day		empty	optional
hour	hour		empty	optional
minute	minute		empty	optional
second	second		empty	optional
lang 4	language		language code of the user language	optional
case	case		empty	optional
class	class		dtstart	optional
trim_year trim year	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: all users

Relies on:
Module:Date

⧼Seealso⧽

{{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

Localize the date format at Module:I18n/date or request assistance at Template talk:Date or Module talk:I18n/date