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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
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<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&nbsp;j, Y|{{{1}}}-{{{2|1}}}-{{{3|1}}}}}
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  {{#time:F j, Y|{{{1}}}-{{{2|1}}}-{{{3|1}}}}}
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{{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}
{{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}
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* '''YYYY''' – 4-digit year (required)  
* '''YYYY''' (required) – 4-digit year   
* '''MM''' – 1- or 2-digit month (optional; defaults to 1)   
* '''MM''' (optional) – month&nbsp;1–12 (defaults to 1)   
* '''DD''' – 1- or 2-digit day  (optional; defaults to 1)
* '''DD''' (optional) – day&nbsp;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]]
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