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This template should be used when there is uncertainty about the timeframe of an article’s assertion. Typically, this applies to statements that do not specify a clear timeframe or are presented relative to the date the assertion was added (which may be unclear to future readers). It is generally unnecessary to use this template on frequently updated articles, such as those covering current events, as they are regularly revised.

== Usage ==

{{hatnote|Please read [[WP:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Precise language|WP:MOS/Dates and numbers § Precise language]], [[WP:Manual of Style/Words to watch#Relative time references|WP:MOS/Words to watch § Relative time references]], [[MOS:SINCE|WP:MOS/Dates and numbers § Chronological items]], and [[WP:Avoid statements that will date quickly]].}}

This template should be used when there is uncertainty about the timeframe over which an article assertion is valid (lack of [[WP:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Precise language|precise language]]). Typically, these might be assertions which do not make that timeframe clear or which characterize it in relation to the timeframe of the addition of the assertion to an article (the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch#Relative time references|relative timeframe]] not being clear to a reader in the future).

It is probably not necessary to use this template on frequently edited articles such as for current events, as they will be being updated on a regular basis. Do not use this template within section heading markup (i.e., between the opening and closing <nowiki>== or ==</nowiki> of a section heading), as it will break the heading.

:{{Tlc|Clarify timeframe|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}{{br}}
:{{Tlc|Clarify timeframe|reason{{=}}''Your reason here.''}}

== Parameters ==
There are two optional named parameters:
* {{para|reason}} – provide your own pop-up text (default: ''Clarify the applicable timeframe so that it is unambiguous when read at a later date.'')
* {{para|date}} – month and year the template was added (default: none, but a bot will add it later if omitted)

Note: [[Help:Substitution|Substitution]] of this template will automatically fill the date parameter.

== Effects ==
When the template is placed in an article, the phrase {{Clarify timeframe}} appears in the text of the article at the indicated spot. The page will also appear in [[:Category:Wikipedia articles in need of updating]].

See [[:Category:Wikipedia articles in need of updating]] for a list of pages currently needing updates

== Tracking categories ==
* {{clc|All articles with vague or ambiguous time}}

== Aliases ==
* {{tl|Reltime}}
* {{tl|Timeframe}}
* {{tl|Timeframe?}}

==TemplateData==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"date": {
"label": "Month and year",
"type": "string",
"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
"suggested": true,
"description": "Month and year tag added",
"example": "Bot adds it later if you forget",
"suggestedvalues": [
"{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}"
]
},
"reason": {
"description": "Reason",
"default": "Clarify the applicable timeframe so that it is unambiguous when read at a later date.",
"example": "Reason for tagging, will display as tooltip if hovered over by reader’s mouse cursor."
}
}
}
</templatedata>

==See also==
* {{Tlx|Update}} can be used to mark an entire article or section needing to be updated. Like {{Tl|Update after}}, this template adds the article to [[:Category:Wikipedia articles in need of updating]].
* {{Tlx|Update|inaccurate{{=}}y}} is used to mark an article whose factual accuracy may be compromised (although this may be disputed) due to out of date information. This template adds the article to [[:Category:Articles with obsolete information]].
* {{Tlx|As of}}
* {{Tlx|Show by date}}/{{tlsx|Show by}}
* {{tlx|When}}
* {{tlx|Time-context}} is the larger, [[WP:AMBOX|article message]] version of this template.

{{Inline tags}}

<includeonly>{{sandbox other||

[[Category:Time and date maintenance templates]]
[[Category:Inline cleanup templates]]
[[Category:Temporal templates]]
}}</includeonly>

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