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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{For|the [[help:magic words|magic words]] with the same or similar names|MediaWikiWiki:Help:Magic words#Date and time}}<br />
<noinclude>{{align|left|[{{edit|Template:Date and time templates}}] ''all subsections that follow:''}}<br /><br />
{{notice|1=<big>{{#switch:{{FULLPAGENAME}}<br />
|Template:Date and time templates=These templates do '''not''' put a working clock on your page.<br />
|#default=This template does '''not''' put a working clock on your page.}}</big> The clock will '''not''' update the time on your screen every minute. Instead, it records the date and time that the page was most recently edited or [[WP:PURGE|purge]]d.<br /><br />
<small>If you want a clock that constantly updates, then go to [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets]] and enable the Appearance item, "Add a clock to the personal toolbar that displays the current time in UTC and provides a link to purge the current page".</small>}}</noinclude>{{VTE}}<br />
=== Multiple units of time ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
!Type<br />
!Adjustable<br />
!Current<br />
!Last<br />
!Next<br />
|-<br />
|Date and time<br />
|{{tl|time}}<br />
|{{tl|Currentdate}} (MDY)<br>{{tl|Plain now}} (DMY)<br>{{tl|Now}} (DMY in a complete sentence)<br>{{tl|Simple now}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|Date only<br />
|{{tl|Dateonly}}<br>{{tl|Datedow}}<br>(Has the day of the week)<br />
|{{tl|Date}} (Chose format)<br>{{tl|TODAY}} (DMY)<br />
|{{tl|Yesterday}}<br>{{tl|Day-1}}<br />
|{{tl|Tomorrow}}<br>{{tl|Day+1}}<br />
|-<br />
|Month and year only<br />
|<br />
|{{tl|Monthyear}}<br><br />
{{tl|DATE}} (prefixed by date=)<br />
|{{tl|Monthyear-1}}<br />
|{{tl|Monthyear+1}}<br />
|-<br />
|Time only<br />
|{{tl|Timeonly}}<br />
|{{tl|CURRENTTIME}} (12 h format)<br>{{tl|CURRENTTIME24}} (24 h format)<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|Banners<br />
|<br />
|{{tl|Right now}}<br>(Blue with time and number of Wikipedia articles)<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|Timestamp<br />
|<br />
|{{tl|Timestamp}}<br>(Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss)<br><br />
|<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
=== Single units of time ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
!Unit of time<br />
!Adjustable<br />
!Current<br />
!Last<br />
!Next<br />
|-<br />
|Second<br />
|<br />
|{{Template link|CURRENTSECOND}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|Minute<br />
|<br />
|{{Template link|CURRENTMINUTE}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
|Hour<br />
|<br />
|{{Magic word link|CURRENTHOUR}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
|Week<br />
|<br />
|{{Magic word link|CURRENTWEEK}}<br>{{Template link|CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
|Day of Week<br />
|{{Template link|DAYOFWEEK}}<br />
|{{Magic word link|CURRENTDAYNAME}}<br>{{Template link|CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}}<br>{{Template link|CURRENTWEEKDAY}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|Month<br />
|{{Template link|MONTHNAME}}<br>{{Template link|MONTHABBREV}}<br>{{Template link|MONTHNUMBER}}<br>{{Template link|MONTH}} (zero padded)<br />
|{{Magic word link|CURRENTMONTHNAME}}<br>{{Magic word link|CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}<br>{{Magic word link|CURRENTMONTH1}}<br>{{Template link|CURRENTMONTHDAYS}}<br />
|{{Template link|LASTMONTHNAME}}<br />
|{{Template link|NEXTMONTHNAME}}<br />
|-<br />
|Day of Month<br />
|<br />
|{{Magic word link|CURRENTDAY}}<br>{{Magic word link|CURRENTDAY2}} (zero padded)<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|Year<br />
|<br />
|{{Template link|CURRENTYEARCC}}<br>{{Template link|CURRENTYEARYY}}<br>{{Template link|CURRENTISOYEAR}}<br>{{Magic word link|CURRENTYEAR}}<br />
|{{Template link|LASTYEAR}}<br />
|{{Template link|NEXTYEAR}}<br />
|-<br />
|Day of Year<br />
|<br />
|{{Template link|CURRENTDAYOFYEAR}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|Decade<br />
|{{Template link|DECADE}}<br />
|{{Template link|CURRENTDECADE}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|Century<br />
|{{Template link|Century}}<br />
|{{Template link|CURRENTCENTURY}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|MILLENNIUM<br />
|{{Template link|MILLENNIUM}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Date and time templates made for substitution: ===<br />
'''Month:'''<br>{{tl|Lmonth}} produces {{Lmonth}}<br>{{tl|Nmonth}} produces {{Nmonth}}<br>{{tl|Last month}} produces {{Last month}}<br>{{tl|Next month}} produces {{Next month}}<br />
<br />
----<br />
==== Parser functions ====<br />
* [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/time]] permits a custom time specifier string, similar to the [[C date and time functions]]<br />
==== Individual templates ====<br />
*{{tl|Calendar}}<br />
*{{tl|Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}}<br />
*{{tl|Clock}}<br />
*{{tl|Digital clock}}<br />
*{{tl|Digital clock and date}}<br />
* {{tl|Infobox calendar date today}}<br />
* {{<nowiki></nowiki>{{u|Raph Williams65/digiclock}}<nowiki></nowiki>}}<br />
<br />
==== Categories of templates ====<br />
* [[:Category:Time, date and calendar templates]]<br />
* [[:Category:Date-computing templates]]<br />
* [[:Category:Date-computing templates based on current time]]<br />
* [[:Category:ISO date templates]]<br />
* [[:Category:Calendar templates]]<noinclude><br />
{{documentation}}<br />
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