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Template:Tlb returns the date (or date and time) that an event or entity started or was created, in a standard format. It also includes a hidden (by CSS) duplicate, machine-readable date (or date and time) in the ISO date format, for use inside templates or table rows that emit microformats. It should be used only once in each such template and never used outside such templates. The hidden date degrades gracefully when CSS is not available.
When not to use this template
Do not use this template for:
- Dates that are uncertain, e.g., "before 4 April 1933", "around 18 November 1939", "19??".
- Date ranges, e.g. "c. 1690–1712"
- Dates outside the range given under "Limitation", below.
- Other, secondary dates
- Outside microformat-emitting templates or table rows; if in doubt, see the parent template's documentation
- More than one date
- Dates displayed using AM/PM format; this template only outputs 24-hour times
- Dates that are not calendar dates, e.g. "12th century" or "present" or "TBA"
In the above situations, omit the template entirely, using untemplated text.
Usage
- Template:Tlx (year only)
- Template:Tlx (month and year)
- Template:Tlx (year, month, and day)
- Template:Tlx (date, time, and time zone)
Parameters
- The unnamed parameters, in order, represent the year (four digits; required parameter), month (one or two digits), day (one or two digits), hour in 24-hour time (one or two digits), minutes (one or two digits), seconds (one or two digits), and the time zone (see below).
- When specifying time of day, MM (minutes), SS (seconds), and the time zone are optional
- Time zone may be a numerical value, or
Zfor UTC (see examples) |df=yes, an optional parameter, when set to|df=yesor|df=ydisplays the day before the month (e.g. "7 November 2004" instead of the default "November 7, 2004"). The order of parameters does not change (it remains YMD). This is primarily used in articles using DMY format for dates.
Examples
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Notes
Place any additional non-numeric text outside of the template:
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- Template:Tlx, no later than 15:00 UTC → Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., no later than 15:00 UTC
TemplateData
Date that an event or entity started or was created
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YYYY | 1 | Start year | Number | required |
| MM | 2 | Start month | Number | suggested |
| DD | 3 | Start day of month | Number | suggested |
| HH | 4 | Start hours | Number | optional |
| MM | 5 | Start minutes
| Number | optional |
| SS | 6 | Start seconds
| Number | optional |
| TZ | 7 | Time zone offset, "+02:00", "-06:00" or "Z" for UTC | Line | optional |
| Day first | df | Set to 'yes' to show the day before the month name
| Line | optional |
Use in microformats
Tracking categories
See also
- Template:Tlg, an alternative to this template.
- Template:Tlg, a similar template for use with Template:Tl.
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- WikiProject Microformats
Template:Birth, death and age templates