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This template creates a table cell with a sortable, centered, and monospaced time stamp in United States Postal Service format.

Use

{{adate|month|day|year}}

Where:

month is the optional month number. If month is empty, this template will display "open". If month=open, closed, rescinded, nop, unknown, or NA, this template will display that word. If month=?, this template will display appropriate blanks.
day is the optional day of the month number. If day=?, this template will display appropriate blanks.
year is the optional year number. If year=?, this template will display appropriate blanks.

Examples

Wikitext	Result
`{{adate}}`	open
`{{adate\|closed}}`	closed
`{{adate\|rescinded}}`	rescinded
`{{adate\|nop}}`	no operation
`{{adate\|unknown}}`	unknown
`{{adate\|NA}}`	NA
`{{adate\|08\|01\|1876}}`	Aug 01, 1876
`{{adate\|12\|31\|1899}}`	Dec 31, 1899
`{{adate\|7\|4\|1976}}`	Jul 04, 1976
`{{adate\|4\|?\|1998}}`	Apr 1998
`{{adate\|?\|?\|2023}}`	2023
`{{adate\|?\|?\|?}}`

See examples at the List of post offices in Colorado.

Note

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