Template:Main page date

May 17

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{{Main page date}} formats dates used in entries in {{News}}, which is displayed on the main page.

Usage

This template accepts one unnamed parameter, the date to be formatted, which may be provided in either Month D, Year format (e.g. May 17, 2024; F j, Y in PHP's strtotime() format) or D Month Year format (e.g. 17 May 2024; j F Y in PHP's strtotime() format).

Current usage of this template is to format the output of Semantic MediaWiki queries in {{News}}, e.g. {{ #ask: [[Page type::Set page]] [[English release date::>{{ #time: Y-m-d | now - 15 days }}]] | ?English release date | link=none | format=template | template=Set news list | default = No known releases. }}.

This template correctly handles the following date formats:

• Month Day, Year (May 17, 2024); Month Day Year (May 17 2024); Day Month Year (17 May 2024); Day Month, Year (17 May, 2024): returns Month Day (May 17) for dates in the current year (2024), or Month Day, Year (May 17, 2024) for dates in other years.
• Month Year (May 2024); Month, Year (May, 2024); Year Month (2024 May); Year, Month (2024, May): returns Month (May) for dates in the current year (2024), or Month Year (May 2024) for dates in other years.
• Year (2024): always returns Year (2024).

Any other input is considered invalid and returns blank (even if it would otherwise be a valid date; e.g. ISO 8601-formatted dates are not supported).

Code	Result	Notes
{{Main page date|September 16, 1996}}	September 16, 1996	Full date, not current year
{{Main page date|September 1996}}	September 1996	Month Year, not current year
{{Main page date|September, 1996}}	September 1996	Month Year, separated by comma, not current year
{{Main page date|1996}}	1996	Year, not current year
{{Main page date|September 16, 2024}}	September 16	Full date, current year
{{Main page date|September 2024}}	September	Month Year, current year
{{Main page date|September, 2024}}	September	Month Year, separated by comma, current year
{{Main page date|2024}}	2024	Year, current year
{{Main page date|1996 September}}	September 1996	Year Month input format works
{{Main page date|16 September 1996}}	September 16, 1996	Day Month Year
{{Main page date|September 16}}		Dates without a year are not supported
{{Main page date|16 September}}		regardless of whether they're Month Day or Day month format
{{Main page date|1996-09-16}}		ISO 8601 dates aren't supported either
{{Main page date|16, 1996}}		Dates with a day but no month also aren't supported

See also

• {{Episode news list}}
• {{Chapter news list}}
• {{Set news list}}
• {{News}}

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