Template:I18n month

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This templates allows to render the name of a month (specified through a number between 1 and 12) in the user's preferred language.

Usage

Parameter	Description	Default	Status
`1`	number (1-12) of the month. Short (like "Jan") and full (like "January") names are also supported.	empty	required
`2`	language code (only needs to be provided if the language shall be fixed and independent from the user's preferences)	value of {{int:Lang}}	optional
`form`	allows to specify grammatical case for the month, for languages that use them. Possible cases: "form=nom" for nominative (or leave blank) "form=gen" for genitive (supported for most languages with grammatical cases) "form=loc" for locative (supported for pl, cs, sl, ru languages) "form=ins" for instrumental (supported for ru, pl, cs & sl languages) "form=dat" for dative (supported for ru/Russian language) "form=ptv" for partitive, "form=ine" for inessive, "form=ela" for elative, and "form=ill" for illative are supported only for fi/Finnish language	nom	optional

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Template namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Placement:

indirectly called in templates, e.g. in {{Date}}

Code	Output	Notes
{{I18n month\|1}}	January	Month name in the language of the user
{{I18n month\|2\|de}}	Februar	German version
{{I18n month\|3\|fr}} {{I18n month\|3\|fr\|form=gen}}	mars mars	Regular and genitive case in language that do not differentiate between them results in identical output
{{I18n month\|4\|ru}} {{I18n month\|4\|ru\|form=gen}}	апрель апреля	Regular and genitive case in language that use uses different cases
{{I18n month\|9}} {{I18n month\|Sep}} {{I18n month\|September}}	September September September	Alternative month specifications
{{I18n month\|6\|pl\|form=loc}} {{I18n month\|6\|cs\|form=loc}} {{I18n month\|6\|ru\|form=loc}}	czerwcu červnu июне	locative case
{{I18n month\|7\|pl\|form=ins}} {{I18n month\|7\|cs\|form=ins}} {{I18n month\|7\|ru\|form=ins}}	lipcem červencem июлем	instrumental case
{{I18n month\|5}} {{I18n month\|5\|fi\|form=gen}} {{I18n month\|5\|cs\|form=ins}} {{I18n month\|5\|pl\|form=loc}}	May toukokuun květnem maju	May uses different code than other months, beceause it has no separate short and long forms in English.