Template:Otherdate/documentation

This template allows to specify a range of non-trivial date notations in a format that is localizable.

Usage

{{Other date|1=|2=}}

Parameters

Parameter name	Description	Default value	required or optional?
parameter #1 (1)	type of date notation. See examples below for list of allowed options. Pages using incorrect option will be added to Category:Pages using Other date template with incorrect parameter.	empty	required
parameter #2 (2)	a date in ISO 8601 format "YYYY-MM-DD", or "YYYY-MM", or "YYYY", e.g. "2006-01-15" for "15 January 2006".	empty	required
parameter #3 (3)	depends on {{{1}}}. If used than it is either: a date in ISO 8601 format. See Parameter #2 for details era. See Parameter "era" for details	empty	optional
era	Era: for dates before birth of Christ use BC (Before Christ) or BCE (Before Common Era) for dates after birth of Christ use CE (Common Era) or AD (Anno Domini) (if you would like era to be specified)	empty	optional
lang	language code (only needs to be provided if the language shall be fixed and independent of the user's preferences)	language code of the user language	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces:

• all namespaces

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups:

• all users

Relies on:
{{ISOdate}}, {{LangSwitch}}

See also

{{Lifetime date}}

Localization

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please edit the template and add a row to the "Template:Tlf" construct. It takes the form "|xx=Your translation" (xx being the code of your language) Other date template supports at the moment: Danish, English, Estonian, German, Low German, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, and Swedish languages. Translations into other languages are needed. Since the template is protected new translations have to be added by administrators. Please use the talk page to request additions to the template. In case of large additions, like new language, the easiest way is to copy current {{Other date}} to {{Other date/sandbox}}, do changer there and than request coping content of {{Other date/sandbox}} to {{Other date}}.

Examples

Template:LanguageSelector
Template:LanguageSelector

date notations with two dates

{{{1}}} parameter	Example Code	Output
-	{{other date|-|1999|2000}} {{other date|-|1999-01|2000-02}} {{other date|-|1999-01-01|2000-02-01}}	from 1999(1999) until 2000(2000) from January 1999(1999-01) until February 2000(2000-02) from 1 January 1999(1999-01-01) until 1 February 2000(2000-02-01)
between	{{other date|between|1999|2000}} {{other date|between|1999-02|2000-03}} {{other date|between|1999-02-01|2000-03-01}}	between 1999(1999) and 2000(2000) between February 1999(1999-02) and March 2000(2000-03) between 1 February 1999(1999-02-01) and 1 March 2000(2000-03-01)
~ ca circa	{{other date|~|1999|2000}} {{other date|ca|1999-05|2000-06}} {{other date|circa|1999-05-01|2000-06-1}}	ca. between 1999(1999) and 2000(2000) ca. between May 1999(1999-05) and June 2000(2000-06) ca. between 1 May 1999(1999-05-01) and 1 June 2000(2000-06-01)
or	{{other date|or|1999|2000}} {{other date|or|1999-06|2000-07}} {{other date|or|1999-06-01|2000-07-1}}	1999(1999) or 2000(2000) June 1999(1999-06) or July 2000(2000-07) 1 June 1999(1999-06-01) or 1 July 2000(2000-07-01)
and &	{{other date|&|1999|2000}} {{other date|and|1999-06|2000-07}} {{other date|and|1999-06-01|2000-07-01}}	1999(1999) and 2000(2000) June 1999(1999-06) and July 2000(2000-07) 1 June 1999(1999-06-01) and 1 July 2000(2000-07-01)
Julian	{{other date|Julian|1865-01-19|1865-01-07}}	19 January 1865(1865-01-19) (7 January 1865(1865-01-07) in Julian calendar)
Islamic	{{other date|islamic|1486|892}} {{other date|islamic|1486}}
era parameter	{{other date|or|985|986|era=BC}}	985(0985) or 986(0986)

date notations with single date

Date notations with single date can use the second date for era, like BC or AD.

{{{1}}} parameter	Example Code	Output	Example Code with era	Output with era
< b before	{{other date|<|2000}} {{other date|b|2000-03}} {{other date|before|2000-03-01}}	before 2000(2000) before March 2000(2000-03) before 1 March 2000(2000-03-01)	{{other date|<|99|BC}}	before 99(0099)
> a after	{{other date|>|1999}} {{other date|a|1999-04}} {{other date|after|1999-04-01}}	after 1999(1999) after April 1999(1999-04) after 1 April 1999(1999-04-01)	{{other date|>|99|BC}}	after 99(0099)
by	{{other date|by|1999}} {{other date|by|1999-04}} {{other date|by|1999-04-01}}	By 1999(1999) By April 1999(1999-04) By 1 April 1999(1999-04-01)	{{other date|by|99|BC}}	By 99(0099)
from	{{other date|from|1999}} {{other date|from|1999-04}} {{other date|from|1999-04-01}}		{{other date|from|99|BC}}
~ ca circa	{{other date|~|1999}} {{other date|ca|1999-05}} {{other date|circa|1999-05-01}}	ca. 1999(1999) ca. May 1999(1999-05) ca. 1 May 1999(1999-05-01)	{{other date|~|99|era=BC}}	ca. 99(0099)
s decade	{{other date|s|1960}} {{other date|s|1800}}	1960s 1800s	{{other date|s|960|BCE}}	960s
century	{{other date|century|1}} {{other date|century|20}}	1 century 20 century	{{other date|century|1|BC}}	1 century
millennium	{{other date|millennium|1}}		{{other date|millennium|2|BC}}
turn of the decade	{{other date|turn of the decade|1920}} {{other date|turn of the decade|1800}}		{{other date|turn of the decade|920|BC}}
turn of the century	{{other date|turn of the century|2}} {{other date|turn of the century|20}}		{{other date|turn of the century|2|BC}}
turn of the year	{{other date|turn of the year|1992}}		{{other date|turn of the year|922|BC}}
spring	{{other date|spring|1999}}		{{other date|spring|99|AD}}
summer	{{other date|summer|1999}}		{{other date|summer|99|BC}}
fall autumn	{{other date|fall|1999}} {{other date|autumn|1999}}		{{other date|fall|99|AD}}
winter	{{other date|winter|1999}}		{{other date|winter|99|BC}}
beginning early	{{other date|early|1999-08}} {{other date|beginning|1999}}	early August 1999(1999-08) early 1999(1999)	{{other date|early|99|BC}}	early 99(0099)
mid middle	{{other date|mid|1999-10}} {{other date|middle|1999}}	mid October 1999(1999-10) mid 1999(1999)	{{other date|mid|99|BC}}	mid 99(0099)
end late	{{other date|end|1999-11}} {{other date|late|1999}}	late November 1999(1999-11) late 1999(1999)	{{other date|end|99|BCE}}	late 99(0099)
firsthalf 1half 1sthalf first half 1st half	{{other date|firsthalf|1999-11}} {{other date|1half|1999}}	1st half of November 1999(1999-11) 1st half of 1999(1999)	{{other date|firsthalf|99|BC}}	1st half of 99(0099)
secondhalf 2half 2ndhalf second half 2nd half	{{other date|secondhalf|1999-11}} {{other date|2half|1999}}	2nd half of November 1999(1999-11) 2nd half of 1999(1999)	{{other date|secondhalf|99|BCE}}	2nd half of 99(0099)
1quarter quarter1 1stquarter 1st quarter	{{other date|1quarter|1815-09}} {{other date|1quarter|1815}}		{{other date|1quarter|99|BC}}
2quarter quarter2 2ndquarter 2nd quarter	{{other date|2quarter|1815-09}} {{other date|2quarter|1815}}		{{other date|2quarter|99|BC}}
3quarter quarter3 3rdquarter 3rd quarter	{{other date|3quarter|1815-09}} {{other date|3quarter|1815}}		{{other date|3quarter|99|BC}}
4quarter quarter4 4thquarter 4th quarter	{{other date|4quarter|1815-09}} {{other date|4quarter|1815}}		{{other date|4quarter|99|BC}}
BC BCE	{{other date|BC|44-03-15}} {{other date|BC|44}}
CE AD	{{other date|AD|944-03}} {{other date|CE|944}}
? unknown	{{other date|?}} {{other date|unknown}}	Date unknown Date unknown	{{other date|?||BC}}	Date unknown
year unknown	{{other date|year unknown}}		{{other date|year unknown||BC}}