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Usage edit

Usage: {{Countdown to anniversary|year|month|day|msg|hour|minute|second}},

where year, month and day represent the target date and hour, minute and second specify the respective components of the date-time to count down to.

hour, minute and second are not required.

Examples edit

{{Countdown to anniversary|1980|6|15|It's my birthday!}} gives:

Error: year, month, and day must be specified

{{Countdown to anniversary|1980|6|15|It's my birthday!|12|30|0}} gives:

Error: year, month, and day must be specified

{{Countdown to anniversary|1982|11|24|It's my best friend's birthday!|4|22|0}} gives:

Error: year, month, and day must be specified

{{Countdown to anniversary|1980|2|29|The next 29th of February is 1461 days away.|12|0|0}} gives (example of leapling):

Error: year, month, and day must be specified

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Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
1	`1`	Target date's year Default 1980 Example 1980	Number	suggested
2	`2` `1` `2` `3` `4` `5` `6` `7` `8` `9` `10` `11` `12`	Target date's month Default 6 Example 6	Number	suggested
3	`3` `1` `2` `3` `4` `5` `6` `7` `8` `9` `10` `11` `12` `13` `14` `15` `16` `17` `18` `19` `20` `21` `22` `23` `24` `25` `26` `27` `28` `29` `30` `31`	Target date's day of month Default 15 Example 15	Number	suggested
4	`4`	Message to show during the anniversary. Default It's my birthday! Example It's my birthday!	String	optional
5	`5` `0` `1` `2` `3` `4` `5` `6` `7` `8` `9` `10` `11` `12` `13` `14` `15` `16` `17` `18` `19` `20` `21` `22` `23`	When not in a birthday, the hour (from 0 to 23) of the date-time to count down to. Default 0 Example 12	Number	optional
6	`6` `0` `1` `2` `3` `4` `5` `6` `7` `8` `9` `10` `11` `12` `13` `14` `15` `16` `17` `18` `19` `20` `21` `22` `23` `24` `25` `26` `27` `28` `29` `30` `31` `32` `33` `34` `35` `36` `37` `38` `39` `40` `41` `42` `43` `44` `45` `46` `47` `48` `49` `50` `51` `52` `53` `54` `55` `56` `57` `58` `59`	When not in a birthday, the minute (from 0 to 59) of the date-time to count down to. Default 0 Example 30	Number	optional
7	`7` `0` `1` `2` `3` `4` `5` `6` `7` `8` `9` `10` `11` `12` `13` `14` `15` `16` `17` `18` `19` `20` `21` `22` `23` `24` `25` `26` `27` `28` `29` `30` `31` `32` `33` `34` `35` `36` `37` `38` `39` `40` `41` `42` `43` `44` `45` `46` `47` `48` `49` `50` `51` `52` `53` `54` `55` `56` `57` `58` `59`	When not in a birthday, the second (from 0 to 59) of the date-time to count down to. Default 0 Example 0 Auto value `0`	Unknown	optional