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{{
YEAR|string formatted as a valid date}}
Specify optional parameter {{{2}}}
to get soft error rather than a hard {{
error}}
{{
YEAR|1999}}
gives: 1999{{
YEAR|1999-12-12}}
gives: 1999{{
YEAR|January 1999}}
gives: 1999{{
YEAR|1 January 1999}}
gives: 1999{{
YEAR|January 1, 1999}}
gives: 1999{{
YEAR|1-2-1990}}
gives: 1990{{
YEAR|1/2/1990}}
gives: 1990{{
YEAR|2239-10-23}}
gives: 2239Reports "Error" if given bad input:
{{
YEAR|1-14-1990}}
gives: Error{{
YEAR|61 January 1999}}
gives: Error{{
YEAR|1 MyMonth 1999}}
gives: Error{{
YEAR|some text which is not a date}}
gives: Error{{
YEAR|on approximately 1999-12-12}}
gives: ErrorIf used with a year range, it returns only the first match:
{{
YEAR|1999-2001}}
gives: 1999This presently only works when the year range is specified with a hyphen; if correctly given with an en dash, it reports an error (this will probably not be fixed, because handling ranges is not the template's function; that it kinda-sorta works on something like 1999-2001
with a hyphen is basically just an accident):
{{
YEAR|1999–2001}}
gives: ErrorIf used without input, it simply outputs the current year:
{{
YEAR}}
gives: 2024It can be cleanly substituted for this purpose. If fed invalid data when substituted, it produces a larger, red error.
{{
date}}
– outputs the current date in various parameter-controlled formats{{
DATE}}
– a subst-only convenience template used inside cleanup/dispute templates; {{
subst:DATE}}
produces: date=July 2024