As of 19 August 2024[update][ref]
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The template ((as of)) is used to mark potentially dated statements, and will add an article to the appropriate hidden sub-category of Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements. This allows editors to catalogue statements that may become dated over time. The date used for a given statement should be the current date (for currently valid statements) or the date on which the cited reference was produced (for example, when using census data). It should not be used for future dates (use ((update after)) instead). This template should not be substituted.
Notes:
This template does not generate a visible hyperlink in text where it is used.
The template can be used in the following forms:
((As of|year))
((As of|year|month))
((As of|year|month|day))
Please do not use ((As of|((CURRENTYEAR))|((CURRENTMONTH))))
or similar. That defeats the point of the template.
Several additional named parameters can also be used (see below).
Required
Optional
01
indicating January, 02
February, etc., but also accepting Jan
and January
)Named
|df
and |lc
and |since
parameters are ignored.|df=US
.|lc=y
) gives lower case "as of date", for use mid-sentence.|since=y
) it changes "As of" to "Since". Use of |lc=y
with |since=y
gives "since date. Use of |alt=
will replace the entire output, including the "Since", as it will with the default "As of".|pre=the first week of
used like this: ((asof|1997|pre=the first week of))
produces "As of the first week of 1997[update]".|url=
is used and.asof-tag
, .asof-tag.ref
, or .asof-tag.update
(see Wikipedia:As of).((As of|2024|08|19|post=,))
no more bears were found
((As of|2024|08|19))
, no more bears were found
((As of|2024))
– As of 2024[update]((As of|2024|08))
– As of August 2024[update]((As of|2024|08|19))
– As of 19 August 2024[update]((As of|2024|08|19|df=US))
– As of August 19, 2024[update]((As of|2024|08|19|lc=y))
– as of 19 August 2024[update]((As of|2010|4|1|alt=as of the [[2010 United States Census]]))
– as of the 2010 United States Census[update]((As of|2024|08|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/))
returns:
((As of|2024|08|19|df=US|since=y))
– Since August 19, 2024[update]((As of|2024|08|19|lc=y|since=y))
– since 19 August 2024[update]TemplateData for As of
A template used to mark potentially dated statements, and will add an article to the appropriate hidden sub-category of Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements. This allows editors to catalogue statements that may become dated over time. It should not be used for future dates (use ((update after)) instead).
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Year | 1 | The year the statement is valid to. Must be in full numerical format (yyyy) | Number | required |
Month | 2 | The month the statement is valid to. Full, abbreviated or numerical formats supported (mm recommended) | Line | optional |
Day | 3 | The day the statement is valid to (not included in link). Numerical format only (dd) | Number | optional |
Alternate wording | alt | Use different wording for the visible text output; if set, values for 'Date format' (df) and 'Lower case' (lc) parameters are ignored | Line | optional |
Date format | df | Set to US to use U.S. date format (mdy) (default is dmy)
| Line | optional |
Lower case | lc | Specify y to use lower case | Line | optional |
Since | since | Specify y to replace 'as of' with 'since'. | Line | optional |
URL | url | A URL for an inline external link (hidden by default) suggesting a webpage for future editors to check for updates to the statement; use the full URL with no spaces | Line | optional |