Template:YEAR
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Usage
((YEAR|string formatted as a valid date))
Specify optional parameter (({2))}
to get soft error rather than a hard ((error))
((YEAR|1999))
gives: 1999((YEAR|1999-12-12))
gives: 1999((YEAR|January 1999))
gives: 1999((YEAR|1 January 1999))
gives: 1999((YEAR|January 1, 1999))
gives: 1999((YEAR|1-2-1990))
gives: 1990((YEAR|1/2/1990))
gives: 1990((YEAR|2239-10-23))
gives: 2239
Reports "Error" if given bad input:
((YEAR|1-14-1990))
gives: Error
Reason for the error: there are not 14 months.((YEAR|61 January 1999))
gives: Error
Reason for the error: no month has 61 days.((YEAR|1 MyMonth 1999))
gives: Error
Reason for the error: there is no such month name.((YEAR|some text which is not a date))
gives: Error
Reason for the error: no date information to parse.((YEAR|on approximately 1999-12-12))
gives: Error
Reason for the error: includes extraneous content.
If used with a year range, it returns only the first match:
((YEAR|1999-2001))
gives: 1999
This presently only works when the year range is specified with a hyphen; if correctly given with an en dash, it reports an error (this will probably not be fixed, because handling ranges is not the template's function; that it kinda-sorta works on something like 1999-2001
with a hyphen is basically just an accident):
((YEAR|1999–2001))
gives: Error
If used without input, it simply outputs the current year:
((YEAR))
gives: 2024
It can be cleanly substituted for this purpose. If fed invalid data when substituted, it produces a larger, red error.
See also
((date))
– outputs the current date in various parameter-controlled formats((DATE))
– a subst-only convenience template used inside cleanup/dispute templates;((subst:DATE))
produces: date=September 2024- Category:Time, date and calendar templates – numerous date computing, formatting, annotating, and navigation templates
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