Template:Start date/doc

Usage
These templates (Start date and End date) return a date, (or date-time in Start Date), duplicated in a hidden ISO date format, which degrades gracefully when CSS is not available.

Syntax



 * HH:MM:SS, (TimeZone) (MM and SS are optional; TimeZone may be a numerical value, or "Z" for UTC; see examples)

or



Examples:


 * 1993 returns "1993"


 * February 1993 returns "February 1993"


 * February 24, 1993 returns "February 24, 1993"


 * 08:30, February 24, 1993 returns "08:30, February 24, 1993"


 * 08:30:23, February 24, 1993 returns "08:30:23, February 24, 1993"


 * 08:30:23, February 24, 1993 (UTC) returns "08:30:23, February 24, 1993 (UTC)"


 * 08:30:23, February 24, 1993 (+01:00) returns "08:30:23, February 24, 1993 (+01:00)"


 * 08:30:23, February 24, 1993 (-07:00) returns "08:30:23, February 24, 1993 (-07:00)"


 * February 24, 1993 returns "February 24, 1993"


 * 08:30, February 24, 1993 returns "08:30, February 24, 1993"

An optional parameter, df, can be set to "yes" to display the day before the month. This is primarily used in articles about events in parts of the world where the day precedes the month in a date.

Examples:


 * February 24, 1993 returns "February 24, 1993"


 * 08:30, February 24, 1993 returns "08:30, February 24, 1993"


 * February 24, 1993 returns "February 24, 1993"

(users who have already set date preferences will need to be logged out to see the difference).

Start date also returns the date, hidden by CSS, in the ISO 8601 format needed by hAtom and hCalendar  microformats. Similarly, End date returns the date as hCalendar's. For example:


 * ( 1993-02-24 ) and ( 1993-02-24T08:30 )

and:


 * ( 1993-02-24T08:30 )

(disable CSS or view source to see the ISO-formatted output).

Note: dtend is not yet set to be "exclusive" for whole-day dates and should not be used for such.

See the microformats project for details.

Note: The template will appear broken when the parameters are left blank (as seen above).