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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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 <!-- =========================================================
-Template:Start date   ·   inline, micro-formatted, no box
+     Template:Start date  —  returns an inline, non-wrapping
-========================================================= -->
+     “Month day, Year” string (e.g. “December 12, 1991”)
-<includeonly>
+============================================================= -->
-<span class="dtstart" title="{{#time:Y-m-d|{{{1}}}-{{{2|01}}}-{{{3|01}}}}}"
+<includeonly><span class="nowrap">{{#time:F j, Y|{{{1}}}-{{{2|1}}}-{{{3|1}}}}}</span></includeonly><noinclude>
-      style="white-space:nowrap;">
- {{#time:F 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''' (required) – 4-digit year
-* '''MM''' (optional) – month&nbsp;1–12 (defaults to 1)
-* '''DD''' (optional) – day&nbsp;1–31   (defaults to 1)
-=== Examples ===
+The template purposely contains **no leading / trailing spaces** or newlines so it can be
-; Full date
+embedded inside tables (e.g. infobox cells) without triggering unwanted
-:<code><nowiki>{{Start date|1991|12|12}}</nowiki></code> → {{Start date|1991|12|12}}
+paragraph (`<p>`) or preformatted (`<pre>`) blocks.
-; Month & year
-:<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]]
+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