3 March 2024
((TODAY)) returns the current date, in UTC time, as typical dmy format.
Please be sure to study Help:Substitution § Limitation before using this template in references or VisualEditor.
See also
- Help:Time function, about using the #time parser function
Multiple units of time
| Type | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and time | ((time)) | ((Currentdate)) (MDY) ((Plain now)) (DMY) ((Now)) (DMY in a complete sentence) ((Simple now)) |
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| Date only | ((Dateonly)) ((Datedow)) (Has the day of the week) |
((Date)) (Chose format) ((DATE)) (prefixed by date=) ((TODAY)) (DMY) |
((Yesterday)) ((Day-1)) |
((Tomorrow)) ((Day+1)) |
| Month and year only | ((Monthyear)) | ((Monthyear-1)) | ((Monthyear+1)) | |
| Time only | ((Timeonly)) | ((CURRENTTIME)) (12 h format) ((CURRENTTIME24)) (24 h format) |
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| Banners | ((Right now)) (Blue with time and number of Wikipedia articles) |
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| Timestamp | ((Timestamp)) (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss) |
Single units of time
| Unit of time | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SECOND | ((CURRENTSECOND)) | |||
| MINUTE | ((CURRENTMINUTE)) | |||
| HOUR | ((CURRENTHOUR)) | |||
| WEEK | ((CURRENTWEEK)) ((CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH)) |
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| Day of Week | ((DAYOFWEEK)) | ((CURRENTDAYNAME)) ((CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV)) ((CURRENTWEEKDAY)) |
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| MONTH | ((MONTHNAME)) ((MONTHABBREV)) ((MONTHNUMBER)) ((MONTH)) (zero padded) |
((CURRENTMONTHNAME)) ((CURRENTMONTHABBREV)) ((CURRENTMONTH1)) ((CURRENTMONTHDAYS)) |
((LASTMONTHNAME)) | ((NEXTMONTHNAME)) |
| Day of Month | ((CURRENTDAY)) ((CURRENTDAY2)) (zero padded) |
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| YEAR | ((CURRENTYEARCC)) ((CURRENTYEARYY)) ((CURRENTISOYEAR)) ((CURRENTYEAR)) |
((LASTYEAR)) | ((NEXTYEAR)) | |
| Day of Year | ((CURRENTDAYOFYEAR)) | |||
| DECADE | ((DECADE)) | ((CURRENTDECADE)) | ||
| CENTURY | ((CENTURY)) | ((CURRENTCENTURY)) | ||
| MILLENNIUM | ((MILLENNIUM)) |
Date and time templates made for substitution:
Month:
((Lmonth)) produces Feb
((Nmonth)) produces Apr
((LastMonth)) produces February 2024
((NextMonth)) produces April 2024
Individual templates
- ((Calendar))
- ((Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats))
- ((Clock))
- ((Digital clock))
- ((Digital clock and date))