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This is the documentation page for Module:Complex date

This module is intended for processing of date strings. It is used by:

Complex date

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This function is the engine behind {{Complex date}}. Please see that template for full documentation

Usage:

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should not be used directly but only through {{Other date}} and other templates
{{#invoke:Complex_date|complex_date|adj1=|date1=|era1=|precision1=|conj=-|adj2=|date2=|era2=|precision2=|lang=}}

or

{{#invoke:Complex_date|complex_date|1=|2=|3=|era=|lang=}}

Parameters (simple syntax):

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1
option. See {{Other date}}
2
date #1
3
date #2

Parameters (advanced syntax):

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conj
in case the link between the two dates: "-" (from-until), between, or, and (see {{Complex date}})
adj1, adj2
adjectives and prepositions used to describe single date. Possible values: early, mid, late, spring, summer, fall, winter, 1st half, 2nd half, 1st quarter, 2nd quarter, 3rd quarter, 4th quarter, etc. used for describing which part of date1 and date2 are involved (see {{Complex date}})
date1, date2
the dates involved. Format: Number or whatever {{ISOdate}} takes.
precision1, precision2
usually year or more precise (default), but can also be decade, century or millennium, then the dates involved are centuries or millennia rather than specific dates
era1, era2
the eras that those dates are from (see {{Complex date}}). If parameter era is present, it overrides these two parameters.

The internationalization of the date formats can be found at Module:I18n/complex date

Dependencies

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Module:Complex_date relies on the following modules:

See Also

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Modules related to internationalization (i18n) of dates
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
Module Name Uses Module Used by Module Used by Template Comment
Module:DateI18n Module:I18n/date Module:ISOdate Template:Date Create date string in any language
Module:ISOdate Module:DateI18n Module:Complex date Template:ISOdate & Template:ISOyear Parse YYYY-MM-DD date string
Module:Roman Module:Complex date
Module:Ordinal
Template:Roman Create Roman numerals
Module:Ordinal Module:I18n/ordinal
Module:Roman
Module:Complex date Template:Ordinal Create Ordinal numerals
Module:Complex date Module:I18n/complex date
Module:ISOdate
Module:Roman
Module:Ordinal
Template:Other date (not deployed yet) Create complex date phrases in many languages

|}