Template talk:Currentdate
 | This template was considered for deletion on 2016 September 4. The result of the discussion was "keep". |
System Templates
[edit]I have questions: Is there a list of System Templates, such as the one that makes up this template? Is there a Staticdate, such as the one used in the default signature?
An example of what I mean by "System Templates" is the title of an article, in this case "Currentdate" something like {{TITLE}}
- Figured it out two days later. Wikimedia Meta Help Magic Words in case anyone else has the same problem.
- Thinking about creating a Category.
Avoiding redirect
[edit]Change [[UTC]] to [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]--HamedogTalk|@ 14:30, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Declined, please see WP:DON"TFIXREDIRECTSTHATAREN"TBROKEN. —freak(talk) 00:37, Oct. 19, 2006 (UTC)
Category rename
[edit]Could the category Category:Date computing template based on current time be changed to Category:Date-computing templates based on current time as part of a speedy category rename (see here). Thanks.--Rudjek 19:00, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Sort key
[edit]Please change the sort key to {{PAGENAME}} or add {{DEFAULTSORT:{{PAGENAME}}}}. Mike Dillon 01:30, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi
[edit]{{editprotected}} Can someone de-link the dates in this template per WP:MOSNUM? Thanks and cheers, -talk- the_ed17 -contribs- 18:27, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
Bad format
[edit]Why is there no comma between the day-of-month and the year? --Gerry Ashton (talk) 17:06, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
{{editprotected}}Please add a comma between{{CURRENTDAY}}and{{CURRENTYEAR}}. MathCool10 Sign here! 20:26, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
Done Ruslik (talk) 16:01, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
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Please add a comma between {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} and {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}. MathCool10 Sign here! 18:20, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Not done for now:. I'm not convinced a comma is necessary or correct where you are proposing it. What do other people think? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 23:09, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
name reads 'DATE' but template dispays time as well
[edit]Is it normal for a template named "currentDATE" to display current TIME as well? I expect it to display just date, as the name states. If i wished to display both date and time, i would consider typing something like {{CURRENTDATETIME}} or {{NOW}}. — Vano 19:49, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
- I agree with Vano. As a temporary workaround, I suggest {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} to produce the current date in American English (13 November 2024), or {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}} to produce the current date in British English (November 13, 2024). Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 09:08, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Template:TIMESTAMP has been nominated for merging with Template:Currentdate. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Set Sail For The Seven Seas 267° 56' 45" NET 17:51, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
- Merged. Hyacinth (talk) 21:49, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
Is there any way to get this template to use DMY dates?
[edit]Most of the world's population uses DMY dates, not MDY dates, so is there any way of getting this template to take this into account?
- I fully agree. A
|dmy=yesoption would be useful. Best wishes. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 09:01, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
Is there no short-format YYYY-MM-DD template?
[edit]The MediaWiki version of this, {{mw:CURRENTDATE}}, returns the current date in YYYY-MM-DD format, making it extremely useful for passing into anything that expects unambiguous dates. But not only does this template not do that, here, I can't seem to find any template that does it.
(Yes, obviously I can just use {{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}} instead, and in fact that's the entire source of {{mw:CURRENTDATE}}. But half the point of templates is convenient reuse. ...The other half is customizability.)
I can create a new template, but first I wanted to check: Am I missing something? FeRDNYC (talk) 08:46, 13 November 2022 (UTC)