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Usage

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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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-<!-- =======================================================================
+<!-- =========================================================
-Template:Start date
+     Template:Start date  —  returns an inline, non-wrapping
-Inline (no box) ISO-compatible date with micro-formatting for machine reading
+     “Month day, Year” string (e.g. “December 12, 1991”)
-======================================================================= -->
+============================================================= -->
-<includeonly>
+<includeonly><span class="nowrap">{{#time:F j, Y|{{{1}}}-{{{2|1}}}-{{{3|1}}}}}</span></includeonly><noinclude>
-<span class="dtstart" title="{{#time:Y-m-d|{{{1}}}-{{{2|01}}}-{{{3|01}}}}}">
- {{#time:F&nbsp;j, Y|{{{1}}}-{{{2|1}}}-{{{3|1}}}}}
-</span>
-</includeonly><noinclude>
 == 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'''
-* '''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)
-The template renders an **inline** date like “''April 21, 1994''” while the
+The template purposely contains **no leading / trailing spaces** or newlines so it can be
-`title` attribute supplies an ISO-8601 machine-readable form (`1994-04-21`)
+embedded inside tables (e.g. infobox cells) without triggering unwanted
-for Microformats (h-event → <span class="dtstart">).
+paragraph (`<p>`) or preformatted (`<pre>`) blocks.
-=== Examples ===
+The `nowrap` class (MediaWiki core) keeps the entire date on a single
-; Specific day
+line, avoiding ugly breaks inside infoboxes.
-:<code><nowiki>{{Start date|1991|11|21}}</nowiki></code> → {{Start date|1991|11|21}}
-; Month & year only
-:<code><nowiki>{{Start date|1988|10}}</nowiki></code> → {{Start date|1988|10}}
-; Year only
-:<code><nowiki>{{Start date|1978}}</nowiki></code> → {{Start date|1978}}
-[[Category:Date formatting templates]]
 </noinclude>

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Latest revision as of 12:17, 27 April 2025

Usage