date=July 2024
 | This template should always be
substituted (i.e., use {{
subst:DATE}}). |
Usage
This template will create the date= parameter in the proper format needed by most maintenance and clean-up templates that auto-include maintenance categories with the tags.
Example use:
{{unreferenced|{{subst:DATE}}}}
See also
Multiple units of time
| Type | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and time | {{ time}} | {{
Currentdate}} (MDY) {{ Plain now}} (DMY) {{ Now}} (DMY in a complete sentence) {{ Simple now}} |
||
| Date only | {{
Dateonly}} {{ Datedow}} (Has the day of the week) |
{{
Date}} (Chose format) {{ DATE}} (prefixed by date=) {{ TODAY}} (DMY) |
{{
Yesterday}} {{ Day-1}} |
{{
Tomorrow}} {{ Day+1}} |
| Month and year only | {{ Monthyear}} | {{ Monthyear-1}} | {{ Monthyear+1}} | |
| Time only | {{ Timeonly}} | {{
CURRENTTIME}} (12 h format) {{ CURRENTTIME24}} (24 h format) |
||
| Banners | {{
Right now}} (Blue with time and number of Wikipedia articles) |
|||
| Timestamp | {{
Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss) |
Single units of time
| Unit of time | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SECOND | {{ CURRENTSECOND}} | |||
| MINUTE | {{ CURRENTMINUTE}} | |||
| HOUR | {{ CURRENTHOUR}} | |||
| WEEK | {{
CURRENTWEEK}} {{ CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}} |
|||
| Day of Week | {{ DAYOFWEEK}} | {{
CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{ CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}} {{ CURRENTWEEKDAY}} |
||
| MONTH | {{
MONTHNAME}} {{ MONTHABBREV}} {{ MONTHNUMBER}} {{ MONTH}} (zero padded) |
{{
CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{ CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{ CURRENTMONTH1}} {{ CURRENTMONTHDAYS}} |
{{ LASTMONTHNAME}} | {{ NEXTMONTHNAME}} |
| Day of Month | {{
CURRENTDAY}} {{ CURRENTDAY2}} (zero padded) |
|||
| YEAR | {{
CURRENTYEARCC}} {{ CURRENTYEARYY}} {{ CURRENTISOYEAR}} {{ CURRENTYEAR}} |
{{ LASTYEAR}} | {{ NEXTYEAR}} | |
| Day of Year | {{ CURRENTDAYOFYEAR}} | |||
| DECADE | {{ DECADE}} | {{ CURRENTDECADE}} | ||
| CENTURY | {{ CENTURY}} | {{ CURRENTCENTURY}} | ||
| MILLENNIUM | {{ MILLENNIUM}} |
Date and time templates made for substitution:
Month:
{{
Lmonth}} produces Jun
{{
Nmonth}} produces Aug
{{
LastMonth}} produces June 2024
{{
NextMonth}} produces August 2024
Individual templates
- {{ Calendar}}
- {{ Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}}
- {{ Clock}}
- {{ Digital clock}}
- {{ Digital clock and date}}