Template documentationThis 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.
SyntaxEdit
{{MONTHABBREV|month}}
- The month value is interpreted modulo 12 (extra leading zeroes and decimals are ignored).
Examples for all standard English month namesEdit
{{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 namesEdit
{{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 numbersEdit
{{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 zeroEdit
{{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 valuesEdit
{{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 alsoEdit
Multiple units of timeEdit
| 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) {{DATE}} (prefixed by date=) {{TODAY}} (DMY) |
{{Yesterday}} {{Day-1}} |
{{Tomorrow}} {{Day+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 timeEdit
| Unit of time | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SECOND | {{CURRENTSECOND}} | |||
| MINUTE | {{CURRENTMINUTE}} | |||
| HOUR | {{CURRENTHOUR}} | |||
| WEEK | {{CURRENTWEEK}} {{CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}} |
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| Day of Week | {{Dow}} | {{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
Month:
{{Lmonth}} produces May
{{Nmonth}} produces Jul
{{LastMonth}} produces May 2023
{{NextMonth}} produces July 2023
Individual templatesEdit
- {{Calendar}}
- {{Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}}
- {{Clock}}
- {{Digital clock}}
- {{Digital clock and date}}