Template:Right now/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Right now.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Usage

This template makes an orange box appear, similar to the "You have new messages" box, but it instead includes the current time and the amount of articles on Wikipedia at this moment. Put this at the top of your user page, or your user talk page. It is meant as a user space page header.

Code

{{Right now}} becomes:

Today is Friday, November 22, 2024, and the current time is 15:04 (UTC/GMT). There are currently 184,278 articles.

Related pages

{{Right now (User message)}} - The same template, but yellow-orange like the "You have new messages (Last change)" box.
{{Right now British}} - If you are British or do not use this notation of MM-DD-YYYY, then you will find this notation to be better.