Template:MONTH/doc

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This template returns the cyclic integer month number in ISO format (between 01 and 12) of the month whose real number is in parameter. Alternatively, the month can be given with its English name (complete or abbreviated to 3 characters, with capitals or small letters).

Syntax[kulemba source]

{{MONTH|month}}

The month value is interpreted modulo 12 (extra leading zeroes are ignored, negative numbers are accepted, all numbers are rounded to floor).

Examples for all standard month numbers[kulemba source]

{{MONTH|1}} returns 01

{{MONTH|2}} returns 02

{{MONTH|3}} returns 03

{{MONTH|4}} returns 04

{{MONTH|5}} returns 05

{{MONTH|6}} returns 06

{{MONTH|7}} returns 07

{{MONTH|8}} returns 08

{{MONTH|9}} returns 09

{{MONTH|10}} returns 10

{{MONTH|11}} returns 11

{{MONTH|12}} returns 12

Examples for month numbers with extra leading zero[kulemba source]

{{MONTH|01}} returns 01

{{MONTH|02}} returns 02

{{MONTH|03}} returns 03

{{MONTH|04}} returns 04

{{MONTH|05}} returns 05

{{MONTH|06}} returns 06

{{MONTH|07}} returns 07

{{MONTH|08}} returns 08

{{MONTH|09}} returns 09

Examples for month number underflows and overflows, from computed values[kulemba source]

{{MONTH|-1200}} returns 12

{{MONTH|-1201}} returns 11

{{MONTH|-1212}} returns 12

{{MONTH|-12}} returns 12

{{MONTH|-11}} returns 01

{{MONTH|-10}} returns 02

{{MONTH|-9}} returns 03

{{MONTH|-8}} returns 04

{{MONTH|-7}} returns 05

{{MONTH|-6}} returns 06

{{MONTH|-5}} returns 07

{{MONTH|-4}} returns 08

{{MONTH|-3}} returns 09

{{MONTH|-2}} returns 10

{{MONTH|-1}} returns 11

{{MONTH|-0.9999}} returns 11

{{MONTH|-0.5}} returns 11

{{MONTH|-0.0001}} returns 11

{{MONTH|0}} returns 12

{{MONTH|0.0001}} returns 12

{{MONTH|0.5}} returns 12

{{MONTH|0.9999}} returns 12

{{MONTH|12.0001}} returns 12

{{MONTH|12.5}} returns 12

{{MONTH|12.9999}} returns 12

{{MONTH|13}} returns 01

{{MONTH|14}} returns 02

{{MONTH|24}} returns 12

{{MONTH|1200}} returns 12

{{MONTH|1201}} returns 01

{{MONTH|1212}} returns 12

Example for invalid month name[kulemba source]

{{MONTH|xxx}} returns Expression error: Unrecognized word "xxx".

Multiple units of time[kulemba source]


Type	Adjustable	Current	Last	Next
Date and time	{{time}}	{{Currentdate}} (MDY) {{Plain now}} (DMY) {{Now}} (DMY in a complete sentence) {{Simple now}}
Date only	{{Dateonly}} {{Datedow}} (Has the day of the week)	{{Date}} (Chose format) {{DATE}} (prefixed by date=) {{TODAY}} (DMY)	{{Yesterday}} {{Day-1}}	{{Tomorrow}} {{Day+1}}
Time only	{{Timeonly}}	{{CURRENTTIME}} (12 h format) {{CURRENTTIME24}} (24 h format)
Banners		{{Right now}} (Blue with time and number of Wikipedia articles)
Timestamp		{{Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss)

Single units of time[kulemba source]


Unit of time	Adjustable	Current	Last	Next
SECOND		{{CURRENTSECOND}}
MINUTE		{{CURRENTMINUTE}}
HOUR		{{CURRENTHOUR}}
WEEK		{{CURRENTWEEK}} {{CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}}
Day of Week	{{DAYOFWEEK}}	{{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAY}}
MONTH	{{MONTHNAME}} {{MONTHABBREV}} {{MONTHNUMBER}} {{MONTH}} (zero padded)	{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{CURRENTMONTH1}} {{CURRENTMONTHDAYS}}	{{LASTMONTHNAME}}	{{NEXTMONTHNAME}}
Day of Month		{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTDAY2}} (zero padded)
YEAR		{{CURRENTYEARCC}} {{CURRENTYEARYY}} {{CURRENTISOYEAR}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}	{{LASTYEAR}}	{{NEXTYEAR}}
Day of Year		{{CURRENTDAYOFYEAR}}
DECADE	{{DECADE}}	{{CURRENTDECADE}}
CENTURY	{{CENTURY}}	{{CURRENTCENTURY}}
MILLENNIUM	{{MILLENNIUM}}

Date and time templates made for substitution:[kulemba source]

Month:
{{Lmonth}} produces Error: Invalid time.
{{Nmonth}} produces Error: Invalid time.
{{LastMonth}} produces Error: Invalid time.
{{NextMonth}} produces Error: Invalid time.

Individual templates[kulemba source]

Categories of templates[kulemba source]