Module:Date period/doc

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This is the documentation page for Module:Date period

Usage

For templates, you might want to use
  1. REDIRECT Template:Template link

instead.

{{#invoke:Date period|_main|dateA|dateB}}

Automatically formats two given dates with a space and and en dash. Dates can be of any format supported by Module:Date.

If the month is the same, it is only shown once. If the month and day is the same, it will not show a second part at all. If the year is different, it will show the year unless disabled.

Date A Date B Output
2021-02-19 present February 19 – present
present 2021-02-25 present – February 25
2021-02-19 2021-02-25 February 19 – 25
2021-02-19 2021-03-25 February 19 – March 25
2020-02-19 2021-02-25 February 19, 2020 – February 25, 2021

The year can be forcefully shown with the force-year parameter (third parameter of p._main).

Date A Date B force-year Output
2021-02-19 2021-02-25 no February 19 – 25
2021-02-19 2021-02-25 yes February 19 – 25, 2021
2020-02-19 2021-02-25 no February 19 – February 25
2020-02-19 2021-02-25 yes February 19, 2020 – February 25, 2021

If one of the dates is invalid, the raw text will be displayed instead.

Date A Date B Output
2021-02-19 Sometime far in the future. February 19 – Sometime far in the future.
Long ago 2021-02-25 Long ago – February 25