Template:Start date - Revision history

Josh at 11:17, 27 April 2025

2025-04-27T11:17:42Z

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	<!-- =========================================================		<!-- =========================================================
	Template:Start date ~~· ultra~~-~~simple inline version~~		Template:Start date — returns an inline, non-wrapping
	========================================================= -->		“Month day, Year” string (e.g. “December 12, 1991”)
	<includeonly>{{#time:F j, Y\|{{{1}}}-{{{2\|1}}}-{{{3\|1}}}}}</includeonly>		============================================================= -->
	<noinclude>		<includeonly><span class="nowrap">{{#time:F j, Y\|{{{1}}}-{{{2\|1}}}-{{{3\|1}}}}}</span></includeonly><noinclude>
	== Usage ==		== Usage ==
	~~<syntaxhighlight lang="text">~~		* `{{Start date\|1991\|12\|12}}` → '''December 12, 1991'''
	{{Start date\|~~YYYY~~\|MM\|DD}}		* `{{Start date\|1992\|10\|15}}` → '''October 15, 1992'''
	~~</syntaxhighlight>~~		* You may omit the day or month: `{{Start date\|1993\|05}}` → '''May 1993'''
	~~Only~~ the ~~year is required. Month and~~ day ~~default to “1”.~~

	~~=== Examples ===~~		The template purposely contains no leading / trailing spaces or newlines so it can be
	* ~~<nowiki>{{Start date\|1991\|12\|12}}<~~/~~nowiki> → {{Start date\|1991\|12\|12}}~~		embedded inside tables (e.g. infobox cells) without triggering unwanted
	* <nowiki>{{Start date\|1992\|10}}</nowiki> → {{Start date\|1992\|10}}		paragraph (`<p>`) or preformatted (`<pre>`) blocks.
	* <~~nowiki~~>~~{{Start date\|1993}}~~<~~/nowiki~~> ~~→ {{Start date\|1993}}~~

	~~[[Category:Date formatting templates]]~~		The `nowrap` class (MediaWiki core) keeps the entire date on a single
			line, avoiding ugly breaks inside infoboxes.
	</noinclude>		</noinclude>

Josh at 11:07, 27 April 2025

2025-04-27T11:07:30Z

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	<!-- =========================================================		<!-- =========================================================
	Template:Start date · inline~~, micro-formatted, no box~~		Template:Start date · ultra-simple inline version
	========================================================= -->		========================================================= -->
	<includeonly>		<includeonly>{{#time:F j, Y\|{{{1}}}-{{{2\|1}}}-{{{3\|1}}}}}</includeonly>
	~~<span class="dtstart" title="{{#time:Y-m-d\|{{{1}}}-{{{2\|01}}}-{{{3\|01}}}}}"~~		<noinclude>
	~~style="white-space:nowrap;">~~
	{{#time:F j, Y\|{{{1}}}-{{{2\|1}}}-{{{3\|1}}}}}
	</~~span~~>
	~~</includeonly>~~<noinclude>
	== Usage ==		== Usage ==
	<syntaxhighlight lang="text">		<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
	{{Start date\|YYYY\|MM\|DD}}		{{Start date\|YYYY\|MM\|DD}}
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
	* '''YYYY''' (required~~) – 4-digit year~~		Only the year is required. Month and day default to “1”.
	* '''MM''' (optional) – month 1–12 (defaults to 1)
	* '''DD''' (optional) – day~~ 1–31 (defaults~~ to 1)

	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
	~~; Full date~~		* <nowiki>{{Start date\|1991\|12\|12}}</nowiki> → {{Start date\|1991\|12\|12}}
	~~:<code>~~<nowiki>{{Start date\|1991\|12\|12}}</nowiki~~></code~~> → {{Start date\|1991\|12\|12}}		* <nowiki>{{Start date\|1992\|10}}</nowiki> → {{Start date\|1992\|10}}
	~~; Month & year~~		* <nowiki>{{Start date\|1993}}</nowiki> → {{Start date\|1993}}
	~~:<code>~~<nowiki>{{Start date\|1992\|10}}</nowiki>~~</code>~~ → {{Start date\|1992\|10}}
	~~; Year only~~
	~~:<code>~~<nowiki>{{Start date\|1993}}</nowiki>~~</code>~~ → {{Start date\|1993}}

	[[Category:Date formatting templates]]		[[Category:Date formatting templates]]
	</noinclude>		</noinclude>

Josh at 11:06, 27 April 2025

2025-04-27T11:06:07Z

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	<!-- ~~==============~~=========================================================		<!-- =========================================================
	Template:Start date		Template:Start date · inline, micro-formatted, no box
	~~Inline (~~no box~~) ISO-compatible date with micro-formatting for machine reading~~		========================================================= -->
	~~==============~~========================================================= -->
	<includeonly>		<includeonly>
	<span class="dtstart" title="{{#time:Y-m-d\|{{{1}}}-{{{2\|01}}}-{{{3\|01}}}}}">		<span class="dtstart" title="{{#time:Y-m-d\|{{{1}}}-{{{2\|01}}}-{{{3\|01}}}}}"
	{{#time:F~~ ~~j, Y\|{{{1}}}-{{{2\|1}}}-{{{3\|1}}}}}		style="white-space:nowrap;">
			{{#time:F j, Y\|{{{1}}}-{{{2\|1}}}-{{{3\|1}}}}}
	</span>		</span>
	</includeonly><noinclude>		</includeonly><noinclude>
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	{{Start date\|YYYY\|MM\|DD}}		{{Start date\|YYYY\|MM\|DD}}
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
	* '''YYYY''' – 4-digit year ~~(required)~~		* '''YYYY''' (required) – 4-digit year
	* '''MM''' – ~~1- or 2-digit~~ month (~~optional;~~ defaults to 1)		* '''MM''' (optional) – month 1–12 (defaults to 1)
	* '''DD''' – ~~1- or 2-digit~~ day (~~optional;~~ defaults to 1)		* '''DD''' (optional) – day 1–31 (defaults to 1)

	~~The template renders an inline date like “''April 21, 1994''” while the~~
	~~`title` attribute supplies an ISO-8601 machine-readable form (`1994-04-21`)~~
	~~for Microformats (h-event → <span class="dtstart">).~~

	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
	; ~~Specific day~~		; Full date
	:<code><nowiki>{{Start date\|1991\|11\|21}}</nowiki></code> → {{Start date\|1991\|11\|21}}		:<code><nowiki>{{Start date\|1991\|12\|12}}</nowiki></code> → {{Start date\|1991\|12\|12}}
	; Month & year ~~only~~		; Month & year
	:<code><nowiki>{{Start date\|~~1988~~\|10}}</nowiki></code> → {{Start date\|~~1988~~\|10}}		:<code><nowiki>{{Start date\|1992\|10}}</nowiki></code> → {{Start date\|1992\|10}}
	; Year only		; Year only
	:<code><nowiki>{{Start date\|~~1978~~}}</nowiki></code> → {{Start date\|~~1978~~}}		:<code><nowiki>{{Start date\|1993}}</nowiki></code> → {{Start date\|1993}}

	[[Category:Date formatting templates]]		[[Category:Date formatting templates]]
	</noinclude>		</noinclude>

Josh at 11:02, 27 April 2025

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	<~~includeonly>{{#switch~~:~~{{#expr:{{{3\|0}}} > 0}}~~		<!-- =======================================================================
	~~\| 1 = <!~~-- ~~Y – M – D precision~~ -->		Template:Start date
	<~~time datetime~~="{{~~padleft~~:{{{1}~~}}\|4\|0~~}}-~~{{padleft:~~{{{2}~~}}\|2\|0~~}}-~~{{padleft:~~{{{3}}}~~\|2\|0~~}}">		Inline (no box) ISO-compatible date with micro-formatting for machine reading
	{{#time:d F Y\|{{{1}}}-{{{2}}}-{{{3}}}}}		======================================================================= -->
	</~~time~~>		<includeonly>
	~~\| #default =~~ <~~!-- Y – M precision --~~>		<span class="dtstart" title="{{#time:Y-m-d\|{{{1}}}-{{{2\|01}}}-{{{3\|01}}}}}">
	<~~time datetime~~="{{~~padleft:{{{1}}}~~\|4\|~~0}}-{{padleft:{{{2}}}\|2~~\|0}}">		{{#time:F j, Y\|{{{1}}}-{{{2\|1}}}-{{{3\|1}}}}}
	~~{{#time:F Y\|{{{~~1~~}}}~~-~~{{{~~2~~}}}~~-~~01}}~~		</span>
	~~</time>~~		</includeonly><noinclude>
	~~}}</includeonly><noinclude>~~		== Usage ==
			<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
			{{Start date\|YYYY\|MM\|DD}}
			</syntaxhighlight>
			* '''YYYY''' – 4-digit year (required)
			* '''MM''' – 1- or 2-digit month (optional; defaults to 1)
			* '''DD''' – 1- or 2-digit day (optional; defaults to 1)

	~~== Template documentation ==~~		The template renders an inline date like “''April 21, 1994''” while the
	~~;Purpose~~		`title` attribute supplies an ISO-8601 machine-readable form (`1994-04-21`)
	~~:Formats a publication/release “start date” so that:~~		for Microformats (h-event → <span class="dtstart">).
	* ~~Humans~~ see a friendly date ~~(<code>12 December 1991</code> or <code>October 1992</code>)~~
	* Machines/search engines get an ISO-8601 ~~timestamp via the HTML ~~<~~code~~>~~<time></code> element, improving metadata and accessibility~~.

	~~;Syntax~~		=== Examples ===
	~~<pre>{{Start date\|year\|month\|day}}</pre>~~		; Specific day
			:<code><nowiki>{{Start date\|1991\|11\|21}}</nowiki></code> → {{Start date\|1991\|11\|21}}
	~~;Parameters~~		; Month & year only
	~~{\| class~~=~~"wikitable"~~		:<code><nowiki>{{Start date\|1988\|10}}</nowiki></code> → {{Start date\|1988\|10}}
	~~! # !! Name !! Mandatory !! Example !! Notes~~		; Year only
	\|-		:<code><nowiki>{{Start date\|1978}}</nowiki></code> → {{Start date\|1978}}
	~~\| 1 \|\| <code>year</code> \|\| Yes \|\| 1991 \|\| 4-digit year~~
	\|-
	~~\| 2 \|\| <code>month</code> \|\| Yes \|\| 12 \|\| 1–12 (leading zero optional)~~
	\|-
	~~\| 3 \|\| <code>day</code> \|\| No \|\| 25 \|\| 1–31.~~
	~~Omit for year-month precision.~~
	\|}

	;Examples
	~~{\| class~~=~~"wikitable"~~
	~~! Wikitext !! Renders as~~
	\|-
	\| <code><nowiki>{{Start date\|1991\|12\|12}}</nowiki></code> \|\| {{Start date\|1991\|12\|12}}
	\|-
	\| <code><nowiki>{{Start date\|~~1992~~\|10}}</nowiki></code> \|\| {{Start date\|~~1992~~\|10}}
	\|}

	;~~Technical notes~~
	* Uses <code>{{#switch:}}</code> ~~to detect whether a day value was supplied.~~
	* <~~code~~>{{~~padleft:…~~}}</~~code~~> ~~zero-pads year/month~~/~~day to guarantee valid ISO format.~~
	* <code>{{~~#time:~~}}~~</code> provides locale-aware formatting for the visible text.~~
	* No hard-coded CSS; the skin controls styling of the generated <code><time></code> tag.

			[[Category:Date formatting templates]]
	</noinclude>		</noinclude>

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<includeonly>{{#switch:{{#expr:{{{3|0}}} > 0}}
| 1 = 
<time datetime="{{padleft:{{{1}}}|4|0}}-{{padleft:{{{2}}}|2|0}}-{{padleft:{{{3}}}|2|0}}">
{{#time:d F Y|{{{1}}}-{{{2}}}-{{{3}}}}}
</time>
| #default = 
<time datetime="{{padleft:{{{1}}}|4|0}}-{{padleft:{{{2}}}|2|0}}">
{{#time:F Y|{{{1}}}-{{{2}}}-01}}
</time>
}}</includeonly><noinclude>

== Template documentation ==
;Purpose
:Formats a publication/release “start date” so that:
* **Humans** see a friendly date (<code>12 December 1991</code> or <code>October 1992</code>)
* **Machines/search engines** get an ISO-8601 timestamp via the HTML <code><time></code> element, improving metadata and accessibility.

;Syntax
<pre>{{Start date|year|month|day}}</pre>

;Parameters
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Name !! Mandatory !! Example !! Notes
|-
| 1 || <code>year</code> || Yes || 1991 || 4-digit year
|-
| 2 || <code>month</code> || Yes || 12 || 1–12 (leading zero optional)
|-
| 3 || <code>day</code> || No || 25 || 1–31.
Omit for year-month precision.
|}

;Examples
{| class="wikitable"
! Wikitext !! Renders as
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{Start date|1991|12|12}}</nowiki></code> || {{Start date|1991|12|12}}
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{Start date|1992|10}}</nowiki></code> || {{Start date|1992|10}}
|}

;Technical notes
* Uses <code>{{#switch:}}</code> to detect whether a day value was supplied.
* <code>{{padleft:…}}</code> zero-pads year/month/day to guarantee valid ISO format.
* <code>{{#time:}}</code> provides locale-aware formatting for the visible text.
* No hard-coded CSS; the skin controls styling of the generated <code><time></code> tag.

</noinclude>