Template:Wp/mrh/Start date

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This purpose of the {{start date}} template is to return the date (or date-time) that an event or entity started or was created. 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 only be used once in each such template and should not be used outside such templates. The hidden date degrades gracefully when CSS is not available.

Hmâ lei n'awpa suzy

Ary liata zy châta he tepalei he hmâ awpa châ vei:

• târi noh asia leipazy lita e.g. "4 Pachawh 1933 pha hlâ"; "18 Phiapi 1939 rachhôh".
• 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

Code rohna dâh (Syntax)

• {{start date|year|month|day}}
• {{start date|year|month|day|HH|MM|SS|TimeZone}} (MM and SS are optional; TimeZone may be a numerical value, or "Z" for UTC; see examples)

Mopâ awpazy

• {{start date|1993}} → "1993 (1993)"
• {{start date|1993|02}} → " 1993 (1993-02)"
• {{start date|1993|02|24}} → " 24, 1993 (1993-02-24)"
• {{start date|1993|02|24|08|30}} → "08:30,  24, 1993 (1993-02-24T08:30)"
• {{start date|1993|02|24|08|||+01:00}} → " 24, 1993 (+01:00) (1993-02-24T08+01:00)"
• {{start date|1993|02|24|08|||-07:00}} → " 24, 1993 (-07:00) (1993-02-24T08-07:00)"
• {{start date|1993|02|24|08|30|23}} → "08:30:23,  24, 1993 (1993-02-24T08:30:23)"
• {{start date|1993|02|24|08|30|23|Z}} → "08:30:23,  24, 1993 (UTC) (1993-02-24T08:30:23Z)"
• {{start date|1993|02|24|08|30|23|+01:00}} → "08:30:23,  24, 1993 (+01:00) (1993-02-24T08:30:23+01:00)"
• {{start date|1993|02|24|08|30|23|-07:00}} → "08:30:23,  24, 1993 (-07:00) (1993-02-24T08:30:23-07:00)"

An optional parameter, df, can be set to "y" or "yes" (or indeed any value) to display the day before the month. This is primarily used in articles using DMY format for dates.

Mopâ awpazy

• {{start date|1993|02|24|df=y}} → "24  1993 (1993-02-24)"
• {{start date|1993|02|24|08|30|df=yes}} → "08:30, 24  1993 (1993-02-24T08:30)"

Note: The template will appear broken when the parameters are left blank (as seen hereinbefore). (Hereinbefore? Yup, hereinbefore. Not your average German mistress.)

Parameter-zy

Date that an event or entity started or was created

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
YYYY	1	start year	Number	optional
MM	2	start month	Number	optional
DD	3	start day of month	Number	optional
HH	4	start hours	Number	optional
MM	5	start minutes Default 0	Number	optional
SS	6	start seconds Default 0	Number	optional
TZ	7	time zone offset, “+02:00”, “-06:00” or “Z” for UTC	Line	optional
day first	df	boolean parameter to put the date before the month name Default false	Line	optional

Use in microformats

Ahro mo awpazy

• {{start-date}}, an alternative to this template.
• {{film date}}, a similar template for use with {{Infobox film}}.
• {{start date and age}}
• {{start date and years ago}}
• {{end date}}
• Template:Wp/mrh/l
• WikiProject Microformats
• Wikipedia:Microformats

Template:Wp/mrh/Birth, death and age templates