Template:Date/doc

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 * 1     = 1
 * 1aliases=year
 * 1label = year
 * 1d-en = Year number
 * 1d-td = year
 * 1type = number
 * 1stat = optional


 * 2     = 2
 * 2aliases=month
 * 2label = month
 * 2d-en = Month number or name (in English)
 * 2type = number
 * 2stat = optional


 * 3     = 3
 * 3aliases=day
 * 3label = day
 * 3d-en = Day number
 * 3type = number
 * 3stat = optional


 * 4     = hour
 * 4label = hour
 * 4d-en = Hour number in 0-23 range
 * 4type = number
 * 4stat = optional


 * 5     = minute
 * 5label = minute
 * 5d-en = Minutes number in 0-59 range
 * 5type = number
 * 5stat = optional


 * 6     = second
 * 6label = second
 * 6d-en = Seconds number in 0-59 range
 * 6type = number
 * 6stat = optional


 * 14     = 4
 * 14aliases=lang
 * 14label = language
 * 14d-en = Language code (overrides user's preferences)
 * 14type = string/line
 * 14def  = language code of the user language
 * 14stat = optional-

Also Partitive (ptv), Inessive (ine), Elative (ela) and Illative (ill) cases are supported for Finnish language, in addition to Nominative and Genitive (gen).
 * 15=case
 * 15alias=form
 * 15label = case
 * 15d-en=By default each language uses preferred form of the date, which typically has month in nominative or genitive grammatical case. With case parameter one can overwrite the preferred case with some other one used by a given language. Parser function {{#time}} stores nominative and genitive forms, others are stored in Data:I18n/MonthCases.tab. This functionality is mostly used by Module:Complex date. Possible cases:
 * leave blank for default case, which is usually nominative or genitive case
 * "case=nom" for nominative case
 * "case=gen" for genitive case
 * "case=loc" for locative case (supported for pl, cs, sk & sl languages)
 * "case=ins" for instrumental case (supported for ru, pl, cs, sk & sl languages)
 * 15d-td-en= Allows to specify grammatical case for the month for languages that use them.
 * 15stat = optional-


 * 16=class
 * 16label = class
 * 16d-en = Allows setting of the HTML class of the time node where the date is included. This is useful for microformats. The default value is, for legacy reasons, "dtstart" (used by hCalendar). See the microformats project. "class=" will remove all metadata.
 * 16d-td-en=Allows to set the HTML class of the time node where the date is included. This is useful for microformats. The default value is, for legacy reasons, "dtstart" (used by hCalendar). Empty value will remove all metadata.
 * 16def  = dtstart
 * 16stat = optional-


 * 17=trim_year
 * 17aliases= trim year
 * 17label = trim year
 * 17d-en = Should years smaller than 1000 be padded with zeros to the length of 4 digits or trimmed. Options:
 * 1, yes, true - for always trimming
 * 0, no, false - for always padding
 * xx-yy - where xx is a minimum trimmed year and yy is the maximum trimmed year, for conditional trimming which depends on the year range.
 * 17d-td-en=Should years smaller than 1000 be padded with zeros to the length of 4 digits or trimmed. Options: 1, yes, true: for always trimming; 0, no, false: for always padding; xx-yy - where xx is a minimum trimmed year and yy is the maximum trimmed year, for conditional trimming which depends on the year range.
 * 17def  = 100-999
 * 17stat = optional-


 * name=Date
 * desc=This template is used to show a date in the language set in the preferences.

You can leave out parts of the data. Examples:
 * namespace=Template
 * usergroup=all
 * usage-notes=
 * {{xpdoc|date|2009|1|9}}
 * {{xpdoc|date|2009|1}}
 * {{xpdoc|date|2009}}

Generating output in Polish:
 * {{xpdoc|date|2009|1|9|pl}}
 * {{xpdoc|date|2009|1|9|pl|n1=case|v1=}} - alternative way to get nominative case
 * {{xpdoc|date|2009|1|9|pl|n1=case|v1=gen}}
 * {{xpdoc|date|2009|1|9|pl|n1=case|v1=ins}}
 * {{xpdoc|date|2009|1||pl}}
 * {{xpdoc|date|2009|1||pl|n1=form|v1=gen}}
 * {{xpdoc|date|2009|1||pl|n1=form|v1=ins}}
 * {{xpdoc|date|n1=year|v1=888|n2=lang|v2=pl|n3=case|v3=ins|n4=trim_year|v4=yes}}
 * {{xpdoc|date|n1=year|v1=888|n2=lang|v2=pl|n3=case|v3=ins|n4=trim_year|v4=no}}
 * {{xpdoc|date|n1=year|v1=888|n2=lang|v2=pl|n3=case|v3=ins|n4=trim_year|v4=100-999}}
 * {{xpdoc|date|n1=year|v1=888|n2=lang|v2=pl|n3=case|v3=ins|n4=trim_year|v4=100-500}}

Microformat
The template returns the date, embed in a element with attribute datetime that contain the date in the ISO 8601 format needed by the hCalendar   microformat. See the microformats project. other date – Allows to specify a range of non-trivial date notations in a format that is localizable odate – Allows to specify two dates, of original and of vectorization }}
 * type=marker
 * example=
 * i18n-method=
 * i18n-desc=Localize the date format at Module:I18n/date or request assistance at Template talk:Date or Module talk:I18n/date
 * seealso=ISOdate – Template used to parse the date in information
 * setscats=
 * lines=one
 * shorthand=
 * relieson=Module:DateI18n
 * useTemplateData = 1