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Usage
editThis template is intended to be used for time stamping. It provides the date in the form MINUTE:HOUR, DAY MONTH YEAR (UTC) or '{{#time:H:i, d F Y (e)}}'. Use is usually best preceded by 'subst:'.
The output is equivalent to using {{#time:H:i, d F Y (e)}}
via the time parser function.
See also
editMultiple units of time
editType | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
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Date and time | {{time}} | {{Currentdate}} (MDY) {{Plain now}} (DMY) {{Now}} (DMY in a complete sentence) {{Simple now}} |
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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) |
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Banners | {{Right now}} (Blue with time and number of Wikipedia articles) |
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Timestamp | {{Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss) |
Single units of time
editUnit of time | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
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SECOND | {{CURRENTSECOND}} | |||
MINUTE | {{CURRENTMINUTE}} | |||
HOUR | {{CURRENTHOUR}} | |||
WEEK | {{CURRENTWEEK}} {{CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}} |
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Day of Week | {{DAYOFWEEK}} | {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAY}} |
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MONTH | {{MONTHNAME}} {{MONTHABBREV}} {{MONTHNUMBER}} {{MONTH}} (zero padded) |
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{CURRENTMONTH1}} {{CURRENTMONTHDAYS}} |
{{LASTMONTHNAME}} | {{NEXTMONTHNAME}} |
Day of Month | {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTDAY2}} (zero padded) |
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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:
editMonth:
{{Lmonth}} produces Aug
{{Nmonth}} produces Oct
{{LastMonth}} produces August 2024
{{NextMonth}} produces October 2024
Individual templates
edit- {{Calendar}}
- {{Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}}
- {{Clock}}
- {{Digital clock}}
- {{Digital clock and date}}
Categories of templates
edit- Category:Time, date and calendar templates
- Category:Date-computing templates
- Category:Date-computing templates based on current time
- Category:ISO date templates
- Category:Calendar templates