Template:Start date: Difference between revisions

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Latest revision as of 12:17, 27 April 2025

Usage

`

December 12, 1991` → December 12, 1991

`

October 15, 1992` → October 15, 1992

You may omit the day or month: `

May 1, 1993` → May 1993

The template purposely contains **no leading / trailing spaces** or newlines so it can be embedded inside tables (e.g. infobox cells) without triggering unwanted

paragraph (`

`) or preformatted (`

`) blocks.

The `nowrap` class (MediaWiki core) keeps the entire date on a single
line, avoiding ugly breaks inside infoboxes.

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-<includeonly>{{#switch:{{#expr:{{{3|0}}} > 0}}
+<!-- =========================================================
- | 1 = <!-- Y – M – D precision -->
+     Template:Start date  —  returns an inline, non-wrapping
-   <time datetime="{{padleft:{{{1}}}|4|0}}-{{padleft:{{{2}}}|2|0}}-{{padleft:{{{3}}}|2|0}}">
+     “Month day, Year” string (e.g. “December 12, 1991”)
-     {{#time:d F Y|{{{1}}}-{{{2}}}-{{{3}}}}}
+============================================================= -->
-   </time>
+<includeonly><span class="nowrap">{{#time:F j, Y|{{{1}}}-{{{2|1}}}-{{{3|1}}}}}</span></includeonly><noinclude>
- | #default = <!-- Y – M precision -->
+== Usage ==
-   <time datetime="{{padleft:{{{1}}}|4|0}}-{{padleft:{{{2}}}|2|0}}">
+* `{{Start date|1991|12|12}}` → '''December 12, 1991'''
-     {{#time:F Y|{{{1}}}-{{{2}}}-01}}
+* `{{Start date|1992|10|15}}` → '''October 15, 1992'''
-   </time>
+* You may omit the day or month: `{{Start date|1993|05}}` → '''May 1993'''
-}}</includeonly><noinclude>
-== Template documentation ==
+The template purposely contains **no leading / trailing spaces** or newlines so it can be
-;Purpose
+embedded inside tables (e.g. infobox cells) without triggering unwanted
-:Formats a publication/release “start date” so that:
+paragraph (`<p>`) or preformatted (`<pre>`) blocks.
-* **Humans** see a friendly date (<code>12&nbsp;December&nbsp;1991</code> or <code>October&nbsp;1992</code>)
-* **Machines/search engines** get an ISO-8601 timestamp via the HTML&nbsp;<code>&lt;time&gt;</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>&lt;time&gt;</code> tag.
+The `nowrap` class (MediaWiki core) keeps the entire date on a single
+line, avoiding ugly breaks inside infoboxes.
 </noinclude>

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Latest revision as of 12:17, 27 April 2025

Usage