Template:Start and end dates/doc

This purpose of the {{start and end dates}} template is to return the date range during which an event transpired or an entity existed. It also includes duplicate, machine-readable date (or date-time) in the ISO date format (which is hidden by CSS), for use inside other templates (or table rows) which 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.

Usage

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".
• dates outside the range given under "Limitation", below.
• other, secondary dates
• outside microformat-emitting templates - if in doubt, see the parent template's documentation
• more than one date in any parent template

Syntax

{{start and end dates|year|month|day|year|month|day}}

Examples

• Standard: {{start and end dates|1939|9|1|1945|9|2}} → Lewedi 1, 1939 – Lewedi 2, 1945 (1939-09-01 – 1945-09-02)
• Day first: {{start and end dates|1939|9|1|1945|9|2|df=yes}} → 1 Lewedi 1939 – 2 Lewedi 1945 (1939-09-01 – 1945-09-02)
• Same year: {{start and end dates|1939|9|1|1939|10|2}} → Lewedi 1 – Diphalane 2, 1939 (1939-09-01 – 1939-10-02)
• Same month and year: {{start and end dates|1939|9|1|1939|9|2}} → Lewedi 1–2, 1939 (1939-09-01 – 1939-09-02)
• Present range: {{start and end dates|1939|9|1|present}} → Lewedi 1, 1939 – present (1939-09-01 – present)

Parameters

This is the TemplateData documentation for the template used by the new VisualEditor.

Start and end dates

Date that an event or entity started or was created and when it ended or was destroyed

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
YYYY	1	start year Example 1939	Number	optional
MM	2	start month Example 9	Number	optional
DD	3	start day of month Example 1	Number	optional
YYYY	4	end year Example 1945	Number	optional
MM	5	end month Example 9	Number	optional
DD	6	end day of month Example 2	Number	optional
day first	df	boolean parameter to put the date before the month name Default false Example yes	Line	optional

See also

• {{start date}}
• {{end date}}