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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
[edit 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
[edit 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
[edit 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
[edit 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
[edit source]{{MONTH|xxx}}returns Expression error: Unrecognized word "xxx".
See also
[edit source]Multiple units of time
[edit source]| Type | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and time | {{time}} | {{Currentdate}} (MDY) {{Plain now}} (DMY) {{Now}} (DMY in a complete sentence) {{Simple now}} |
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| Date only | {{Dateonly}} {{Datedow}} (Has the day of the week) |
{{Date}} (Chose format) {{TODAY}} (DMY) |
{{Yesterday}} {{Day-1}} |
{{Tomorrow}} {{Day+1}} |
| Month and year only | {{Monthyear}} {{DATE}} (prefixed by date=) |
{{Monthyear-1}} | {{Monthyear+1}} | |
| Time only | {{Timeonly}} | {{CURRENTTIME}} (12 h format) {{CURRENTTIME24}} (24 h format) |
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| Banners | {{Right now}} (Blue with time and number of Wikipedia articles) |
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| Timestamp | {{Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss) |
Single units of time
[edit source]| Unit of time | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second | {{CURRENTSECOND}} | |||
| Minute | {{CURRENTMINUTE}} | |||
| Hour | {{CURRENTHOUR}} | |||
| Week | {{CURRENTWEEK}} {{CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}} |
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| Day of Week | {{DAYOFWEEK}} | {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAY}} |
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| Month | {{MONTHNAME}} {{MONTHABBREV}} {{MONTHNUMBER}} {{MONTH}} (zero padded) |
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{CURRENTMONTH1}} {{CURRENTMONTHDAYS}} |
{{LASTMONTHNAME}} | {{NEXTMONTHNAME}} |
| Day of Month | {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTDAY2}} (zero padded) |
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| 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
[edit source]- {{Last month (short)}} produces Apr
- {{Next month (short)}} produces Jun
- {{Last month}} produces April 2026
- {{Next month}} produces June 2026
Parser functions
[edit source]- mw:Special:MyLanguage/time permits a custom time specifier string, similar to the C date and time functions
Individual templates
[edit source]- {{Calendar}}
- {{Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}}
- {{Clock}}
- {{Digital clock}}
- {{Digital clock and date}}
- {{Infobox calendar date today}}
Categories of templates
[edit source]- Category:Time, date and calendar templates
- Category:Date-computing templates
- Category:Date-computing templates based on current time
- Category:ISO date templates
- Category:Calendar templates