Template:Date/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Date (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

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Usage

Enter the date as the only parameter of this template. For example:

{{date|March 9, 2025}}

Microformat

This will output with a class published, and the date in iso format using value as title. See hAtom.

Internals

This template categorizes only when used in namespace. When called without a parameter, text is generated by subtemplate {{date/none}}.