Template:DATE
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date=September 2026
Template documentation | This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:DATE}}). |
Usage
This template will create the date= parameter in the proper format needed by most maintenance and clean-up templates that auto-include maintenance categories with the tags.
Example use:
{{unreferenced|{{subst:DATE}}}}
See also
[] all subsections that follow:
Multiple units of time
| Type | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time | {{time}} | {{Currentdate}} (MDY) {{Plain now}} (DMY) {{Now}} (Plan now in as sentence) |
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| Date Only | {{Dateonly}} {{Datedow}} (Has the day of the week) |
{{Date}} (Chose format) {{DATE}} (prefixed by date=) {{TODAY}} (DMY) |
{{Yesterday}} {{Day-1}} |
{{Tomorrow}} {{Day+1}} |
| Time only | {{Timeonly}} | {{CURRENTTIME}} (12 h format) {{CURRENTTIME24}} (24 h format) |
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| Banners | {{Right now}} (Blue with time and number of Wikipedia articles) {{Right now (User message)}} (Orange with time and number of Wikipedia articles |
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| Timestamp | {{Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDHHMMSS) |
Single units of time
| Unit of time | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SECOND | {{CURRENTSECOND}} | |||
| MINUTE | {{CURRENTMINUTE}} | |||
| HOUR | {{Currenthour}} | {{Hour-1}} | {{Hour+1}} | |
| WEEK | {{CURRENTWEEKOFYEAR}} {{CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}} |
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| Day of Week | {{Dow}} | {{CURRENTWEEKDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAY}} |
{{LASTWEEKDAYNAME}} {{LASTWEEKDAYABBREV}} |
{{NEXTWEEKDAYNAME}} {{NEXTWEEKDAYABBREV}} |
| MONTH | {{MONTHNAME}} {{MONTHABBREV}} {{MONTHNUMBER}} {{MONTH}} (zero padded) |
{{Currentmonth}} {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{CURRENTMONTHNUMBER}} {{CURRENTMONTHDAYS}} |
{{LASTMONTH}} (Can make not zero-padded) {{LASTMONTHNAME}} {{LASTMONTHABBR}} |
{{NEXTMONTH}} (Can make not zero-padded) {{NEXTMONTHNAME}} {{NEXTMONTHABBR}} |
| Day of Month | {{Currentday}} | |||
| YEAR | {{CURRENTYEARCC}} {{CURRENTYEARYY}} {{CURRENTISOYEAR}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} |
{{LASTYEAR}} | {{NEXTYEAR}} | |
| Day of Year | {{CURRENTDAYOFYEAR}} | |||
| CENTURY | {{CENTURY}} | {{CURRENTCENTURY}} | {{LASTCENTURY}} | {{NEXTCENTURY}} |
| MILLENNIUM | {{MILLENNIUM}} | {{Currentmillennium}} |
Date and time Templates made for substitution:
Month:
{{Lmonth}} produces Aug
{{Nmonth}} produces Oct
{{LastMonth}} produces August 2026
{{NextMonth}} produces October 2026
Individual Templates
- {{Calendar}}
- {{Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}}
- {{Clock}}
- {{Digital clock}}
- {{Digital clock and date}}