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

For the magic words with the same or similar names, see MediaWikiWiki:Help:Magic words § Date and time.

Multiple units of time

Type Adjustable Current Last Next
Date and time ((time)) ((Currentdate)) (MDY)
((Plain now)) (DMY)
((Now)) (DMY in a complete sentence)
((Simple now))
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))
Month and year only ((Monthyear)) ((Monthyear-1)) ((Monthyear+1))
Time only ((Timeonly)) ((CURRENTTIME)) (12 h format)
((CURRENTTIME24)) (24 h format)
Banners ((Right now))
(Blue with time and number of Wikipedia articles)
Timestamp ((Timestamp))
(Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss)

Single units of time

Unit of time Adjustable Current Last Next
SECOND ((CURRENTSECOND))
MINUTE ((CURRENTMINUTE))
HOUR ((CURRENTHOUR))
WEEK ((CURRENTWEEK))
((CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH))
Day of Week ((DAYOFWEEK)) ((CURRENTDAYNAME))
((CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV))
((CURRENTWEEKDAY))
MONTH ((MONTHNAME))
((MONTHABBREV))
((MONTHNUMBER))
((MONTH)) (zero padded) 		((CURRENTMONTHNAME))
((CURRENTMONTHABBREV))
((CURRENTMONTH1))
((CURRENTMONTHDAYS)) 		((LASTMONTHNAME)) ((NEXTMONTHNAME))
Day of Month ((CURRENTDAY))
((CURRENTDAY2)) (zero padded)
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:

Month:
((Lmonth)) produces Jun
((Nmonth)) produces Aug
((LastMonth)) produces June 2024
((NextMonth)) produces August 2024

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