Template:Now/doc
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Usage
changeCreates a sentence with the date (in DMY order) and time.
See also
change[] all subsections that follow:
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Multiple units of time
change| Type | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
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| Date and Time | {{time}} | {{Currentdate}} (MDY) {{Plain now}} (DMY) {{Now}} (DMY in a complete 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
change| Unit of time | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
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| SECOND | {{CURRENTSECOND}} | |||
| MINUTE | {{CURRENTMINUTE}} | |||
| HOUR | {{CURRENTHOUR}} | |||
| WEEK | {{CURRENTWEEK}} {{CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}} |
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| Day of Week | {{DAYOFWEEK}} | {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAY}} |
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| MONTH | {{MONTHNAME}} {{MONTHABBREV}} {{MONTHNUMBER}} {{MONTH}} (zero padded) |
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{CURRENTMONTH1}} {{CURRENTMONTHDAYS}} |
{{LASTMONTHNAME}} | {{NEXTMONTHNAME}} |
| Day of Month | {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTDAY2}} (zero padded) |
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| YEAR | {{CURRENTYEARCC}} {{CURRENTYEARYY}} {{CURRENTISOYEAR}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} |
{{LASTYEAR}} | {{NEXTYEAR}} | |
| Day of Year | {{CURRENTDAYOFYEAR}} | |||
| DECADE | {{DECADE}} | {{CURRENTDECADE}} | ||
| CENTURY | {{CENTURY}} | {{CURRENTCENTURY}} | ||
| MILLENNIUM | {{MILLENNIUM}} |
Date and time Templates made for substitution:
changeMonth:
{{Lmonth}} produces Oct
{{Nmonth}} produces Dec
{{LastMonth}} produces October 2024
{{NextMonth}} produces December 2024
Individual Templates
change- {{Calendar}}
- {{Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}}
- {{Clock}}
- {{Digital clock and date}}
Categories of Templates
change- Category:Time, date and calendar templates
- Category:Date-computing templates
- Category:Date-computing templates based on current time
- Category:ISO date templates
- Category:Calendar templates