Template:MONTHABBREV/doc

This template returns the English abbreviation (between "Jan" and "Dec") of the month whose number is in parameter. Alternatively, the English name or abbreviation (in any letter case) can be provided.

Syntax

{{MONTHABBREV|month}}

• The month value is interpreted modulo 12 (extra leading zeroes and decimals are ignored).

Examples for all standard English month names

{{MONTHABBREV|january}} returns Jan

{{MONTHABBREV|february}} returns Feb

{{MONTHABBREV|march}} returns Mar

{{MONTHABBREV|april}} returns Apr

{{MONTHABBREV|may}} returns May

{{MONTHABBREV|june}} returns Jun

{{MONTHABBREV|july}} returns Jul

{{MONTHABBREV|august}} returns Aug

{{MONTHABBREV|september}} returns Sep

{{MONTHABBREV|october}} returns Oct

{{MONTHABBREV|november}} returns Nov

{{MONTHABBREV|december}} returns Dec

Examples for all abbreviated English month names

{{MONTHABBREV|JAN}} returns Jan

{{MONTHABBREV|FEB}} returns Feb

{{MONTHABBREV|MAR}} returns Mar

{{MONTHABBREV|APR}} returns Apr

{{MONTHABBREV|MAY}} returns May

{{MONTHABBREV|JUN}} returns Jun

{{MONTHABBREV|JUL}} returns Jul

{{MONTHABBREV|AUG}} returns Aug

{{MONTHABBREV|SEP}} returns Sep

{{MONTHABBREV|OCT}} returns Oct

{{MONTHABBREV|NOV}} returns Nov

{{MONTHABBREV|DEC}} returns Dec

Examples for all standard month numbers

{{MONTHABBREV|1}} returns Jan

{{MONTHABBREV|2}} returns Feb

{{MONTHABBREV|3}} returns Mar

{{MONTHABBREV|4}} returns Apr

{{MONTHABBREV|5}} returns May

{{MONTHABBREV|6}} returns Jun

{{MONTHABBREV|7}} returns Jul

{{MONTHABBREV|8}} returns Aug

{{MONTHABBREV|9}} returns Sep

{{MONTHABBREV|10}} returns Oct

{{MONTHABBREV|11}} returns Nov

{{MONTHABBREV|12}} returns Dec

Examples for month numbers with extra leading zero

{{MONTHABBREV|01}} returns Jan

{{MONTHABBREV|02}} returns Feb

{{MONTHABBREV|03}} returns Mar

{{MONTHABBREV|04}} returns Apr

{{MONTHABBREV|05}} returns May

{{MONTHABBREV|06}} returns Jun

{{MONTHABBREV|07}} returns Jul

{{MONTHABBREV|08}} returns Aug

{{MONTHABBREV|09}} returns Sep

Examples for month number underflows and overflows, from computed values

{{MONTHABBREV|-1200}} returns Dec

{{MONTHABBREV|-1201}} returns Nov

{{MONTHABBREV|-1212}} returns Dec

{{MONTHABBREV|-12}} returns Dec

{{MONTHABBREV|-11}} returns Jan

{{MONTHABBREV|-10}} returns Feb

{{MONTHABBREV|-9}} returns Mar

{{MONTHABBREV|-3}} returns Sep

{{MONTHABBREV|-2}} returns Oct

{{MONTHABBREV|-1}} returns Nov

{{MONTHABBREV|0}} returns Dec

{{MONTHABBREV|13}} returns Jan

{{MONTHABBREV|14}} returns Feb

{{MONTHABBREV|15}} returns Mar

{{MONTHABBREV|16}} returns Apr

{{MONTHABBREV|23}} returns Nov

{{MONTHABBREV|24}} returns Dec

{{MONTHABBREV|25}} returns Jan

{{MONTHABBREV|1200}} returns Dec

{{MONTHABBREV|1201}} returns Jan

{{MONTHABBREV|1212}} returns Dec

See also

For the magic words with the same or similar names, see MediaWikiWiki:Help:Magic words § Date and time.

Multiple units of time

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) {{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)
Banners		{{Right now}} (Blue with time and number of Wikipedia articles)
Timestamp		{{Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss)

Single units of time

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

• {{Last month (short)}} produces May
• {{Next month (short)}} produces Jul
• {{Last month}} produces May 2026
• {{Next month}} produces July 2026

Parser functions

• mw:Special:MyLanguage/time permits a custom time specifier string, similar to the C date and time functions

Individual templates

• {{Calendar}}
• {{Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}}
• {{Clock}}
• {{Digital clock}}
• {{Digital clock and date}}
• {{Infobox calendar date today}}

Categories of templates

• 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