Template:Main page date/doc

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{{Main page date}} formats dates used in entries in {{News}}, which is displayed on the main page.

Usage[edit]

This template accepts one unnamed parameter, the date to be formatted, which may be provided in either Month D, Year format (e.g. April 26, 2024; F j, Y in PHP's strtotime() format) or D Month Year format (e.g. 26 April 2024; j F Y in PHP's strtotime() format).

Current usage of this template is to format the output of Semantic MediaWiki queries in {{News}}, e.g. {{ #ask: [[Page type::Set page]] [[English release date::>{{ #time: Y-m-d | now - 15 days }}]] | ?English release date | link=none | format=template | template=Set news list | default = No known releases. }}.

This template correctly handles the following date formats:

  • Month Day, Year (April 26, 2024); Month Day Year (April 26 2024); Day Month Year (26 April 2024); Day Month, Year (26 April, 2024): returns Month Day (April 26) for dates in the current year (2024), or Month Day, Year (April 26, 2024) for dates in other years.
  • Month Year (April 2024); Month, Year (April, 2024); Year Month (2024 April); Year, Month (2024, April): returns Month (April) for dates in the current year (2024), or Month Year (April 2024) for dates in other years.
  • Year (2024): always returns Year (2024).

Any other input is considered invalid and returns blank (even if it would otherwise be a valid date; e.g. ISO 8601-formatted dates are not supported).

Code Result Notes
{{Main page date|September 16, 1996}} September 16, 1996 Full date, not current year
{{Main page date|September 1996}} September 1996 Month Year, not current year
{{Main page date|September, 1996}} September 1996 Month Year, separated by comma, not current year
{{Main page date|1996}} 1996 Year, not current year
{{Main page date|September 16, 2024}} September 16 Full date, current year
{{Main page date|September 2024}} September Month Year, current year
{{Main page date|September, 2024}} September Month Year, separated by comma, current year
{{Main page date|2024}} 2024 Year, current year
{{Main page date|1996 September}} September 1996 Year Month input format works
{{Main page date|16 September 1996}} September 16, 1996 Day Month Year
{{Main page date|September 16}} Dates without a year are not supported
{{Main page date|16 September}} regardless of whether they're Month Day or Day month format
{{Main page date|1996-09-16}} ISO 8601 dates aren't supported either
{{Main page date|16, 1996}} Dates with a day but no month also aren't supported

See also[edit]


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