Testing of new date checking for citation templates
editThis is an actual example from Daylight savings time.
Alex Beam (2005-07-26). "Dim-witted proposal for daylight time". Boston Globe.
Working example from Module talk:Citation/CS1
Title. February 29, 2013. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Experiment with all-numeric.
Alex Beam (July 26, 2005). "Dim-witted proposal for daylight time". Boston Globe.
Modify by removing author, to see if the RFC on consistent date location has been implemented:
"Dim-witted proposal for daylight time". Boston Globe. July 26, 2005.
Restore author, but see if leap year logic is correct for 1900:
Alex Beam (February 29, 1900). "Dim-witted proposal for daylight time". Boston Globe. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Check if leap year logic is correct for February 29, 1700, which was a valid date in Britain but not in France:
Alex Beam (February 29, 1700). "Dim-witted proposal for daylight time". Boston Globe. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Check if leap year logic is correct for February 29, 1500, a Julian calendar date:
Alex Beam (February 29, 1500). "Dim-witted proposal for daylight time". Boston Globe.
See if writing the date in all-numeric format triggers an error in 1500:
Alex Beam (1500-02-29). "Dim-witted proposal for daylight time". Boston Globe. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Some style guides such as APA call for explicitly stating that a publication does not bear a publication date:
Alex Beam (n.d.). "Dim-witted proposal for daylight time". Boston Globe.