Module:Complex date/doc

This module is intended for processing of date strings. It is used by:

• {{Complex date}}
• {{Other date}}
• {{Era}}
• {{Circa}}
• {{Season}}

Complex date

This function is the engine behind {{Complex date}}. Please see that template for full documentation

Usage:

should not be used directly but only through {{Other date}} and other templates

{{#invoke:Complex_date|complex_date|adj1=|date1=|era1=|precision1=|conj=-|adj2=|date2=|era2=|precision2=|lang=}}

or

{{#invoke:Complex_date|complex_date|1=|2=|3=|era=|lang=}}

Parameters (simple syntax):

1

option. See {{Other date}}

2

date #1

3

date #2

Parameters (advanced syntax):

conj

in case the link between the two dates: "-" (from-until), between, or, and (see {{Complex date}})

adj1, adj2

adjectives and prepositions used to describe single date. Possible values: early, mid, late, spring, summer, fall, winter, 1st half, 2nd half, 1st quarter, 2nd quarter, 3rd quarter, 4th quarter, etc. used for describing which part of date1 and date2 are involved (see {{Complex date}})

date1, date2

the dates involved. Format: Number or whatever {{ISOdate}} takes.

precision1, precision1

usually year or more precise (default), but can also be decade, century or millennium, then the dates involved are centuries or millennia rather than specific dates

era1, era2

the eras that those dates are from (see {{Complex date}}) If parameter era is present, it overrides these two parameters.

The internationalization of the date formats can be found at Module:I18n/complex date

See Also

Modules related to internationalization (i18n) of dates

Module Name Uses Module Used by Module Used by Template Comment Module:Date Module:I18n/date Module:ISOdate Template:Date Create date string in any language Module:ISOdate Module:Date Module:Complex date Template:ISOdate & Template:ISOyear Parse YYYY-MM-DD date string Module:Roman Module:Complex date Module:Ordinal Template:Roman Create Roman numerals Module:Ordinal Module:I18n/ordinal Module:Roman Module:Complex date Template:Ordinal Create Ordinal numerals Module:Complex date Module:I18n/complex date Module:ISOdate Module:Roman Module:Ordinal Template:Other date (not deployed yet) Create complex date phrases in many languages