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This template returns the cyclic integer month number (between 1 and 12) of the month whose real number is in parameter. Alternatively, the month can be given with its English name (complete or abbreviated to 3 characters, with capitals or small letters).
Does not play nicely with "subst:"
Syntax[edit source]
- {{MONTHNUMBER|month}}
- The month value is interpreted modulo 12 (extra leading zeroes are ignored, negative numbers are accepted, all numbers are rounded to floor).
Examples for all standard English month names[edit source]
- {{MONTHNUMBER|january}} returns 1
- {{MONTHNUMBER|february}} returns 2
- {{MONTHNUMBER|march}} returns 3
- {{MONTHNUMBER|april}} returns 4
- {{MONTHNUMBER|may}} returns 5
- {{MONTHNUMBER|june}} returns 6
- {{MONTHNUMBER|july}} returns 7
- {{MONTHNUMBER|august}} returns 8
- {{MONTHNUMBER|september}} returns 9
- {{MONTHNUMBER|october}} returns 10
- {{MONTHNUMBER|november}} returns 11
- {{MONTHNUMBER|december}} returns 12
Examples for all abbreviated English month names[edit source]
- {{MONTHNUMBER|jan}} returns 1
- {{MONTHNUMBER|feb}} returns 2
- {{MONTHNUMBER|mar}} returns 3
- {{MONTHNUMBER|apr}} returns 4
- {{MONTHNUMBER|may}} returns 5
- {{MONTHNUMBER|jun}} returns 6
- {{MONTHNUMBER|jul}} returns 7
- {{MONTHNUMBER|aug}} returns 8
- {{MONTHNUMBER|sep}} returns 9
- {{MONTHNUMBER|oct}} returns 10
- {{MONTHNUMBER|nov}} returns 11
- {{MONTHNUMBER|dec}} returns 12
Examples for all standard month numbers[edit source]
- {{MONTHNUMBER|1}} returns 1
- {{MONTHNUMBER|2}} returns 2
- {{MONTHNUMBER|3}} returns 3
- {{MONTHNUMBER|4}} returns 4
- {{MONTHNUMBER|5}} returns 5
- {{MONTHNUMBER|6}} returns 6
- {{MONTHNUMBER|7}} returns 7
- {{MONTHNUMBER|8}} returns 8
- {{MONTHNUMBER|9}} returns 9
- {{MONTHNUMBER|10}} returns 10
- {{MONTHNUMBER|11}} returns 11
- {{MONTHNUMBER|12}} returns 12
Examples for month numbers with extra leading zero[edit source]
- {{MONTHNUMBER|01}} returns 1
- {{MONTHNUMBER|02}} returns 2
- {{MONTHNUMBER|03}} returns 3
- {{MONTHNUMBER|04}} returns 4
- {{MONTHNUMBER|05}} returns 5
- {{MONTHNUMBER|06}} returns 6
- {{MONTHNUMBER|07}} returns 7
- {{MONTHNUMBER|08}} returns 8
- {{MONTHNUMBER|09}} returns 9
Examples for month number underflows and overflows, from computed values[edit source]
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-1200}} returns 12
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-1201}} returns 11
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-1212}} returns 12
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-12}} returns 12
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-11}} returns 1
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-10}} returns 2
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-9}} returns 3
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-8}} returns 4
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-7}} returns 5
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-6}} returns 6
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-5}} returns 7
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-4}} returns 8
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-3}} returns 9
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-2}} returns 10
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-1}} returns 11
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-0.9999}} returns 11
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-0.5}} returns 11
- {{MONTHNUMBER|-0.0001}} returns 11
- {{MONTHNUMBER|0}} returns 12
- {{MONTHNUMBER|0.0001}} returns 12
- {{MONTHNUMBER|0.5}} returns 12
- {{MONTHNUMBER|0.9999}} returns 12
- {{MONTHNUMBER|12.0001}} returns 12
- {{MONTHNUMBER|12.5}} returns 12
- {{MONTHNUMBER|12.9999}} returns 12
- {{MONTHNUMBER|13}} returns 1
- {{MONTHNUMBER|14}} returns 2
- {{MONTHNUMBER|24}} returns 12
- {{MONTHNUMBER|1200}} returns 12
- {{MONTHNUMBER|1201}} returns 1
- {{MONTHNUMBER|1212}} returns 12
Example for invalid month name[edit source]
- {{MONTHNUMBER|xx}} returns Expression error: Unrecognized word "xx".
See also[edit source]
[] all subsections that follow:
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Multiple units of time[edit source]
| Type | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time | {{time}} | {{Currentdate}} (MDY) {{Plain now}} (DMY) {{Now}} (DMY in a complete sentence) |
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| Date Only | {{Dateonly}} {{Datedow}} (Has the day of the week) |
{{Date}} (Chose format) {{DATE}} (prefixed by date=) {{TODAY}} (DMY) |
{{Yesterday}} {{Day-1}} |
{{Tomorrow}} {{Day+1}} |
| Time only | {{Timeonly}} | {{CURRENTTIME}} (12 h format) {{CURRENTTIME24}} (24 h format) |
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| Banners | {{Right now}} (Blue with time and number of Starfleet Logistics articles) {{Right now (User message)}} (Orange with time and number of Starfleet Logistics articles |
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| Timestamp | {{Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss) |
Single units of time[edit source]
| Unit of time | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SECOND | {{CURRENTSECOND}} | |||
| MINUTE | {{CURRENTMINUTE}} | |||
| HOUR | {{Currenthour}} | {{Hour-1}} | {{Hour+1}} | |
| WEEK | {{CURRENTWEEKOFYEAR}} {{CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}} |
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| Day of Week | {{Dow}} | {{CURRENTWEEKDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAY}} |
{{LASTWEEKDAYNAME}} {{LASTWEEKDAYABBREV}} |
{{NEXTWEEKDAYNAME}} {{NEXTWEEKDAYABBREV}} |
| MONTH | {{MONTHNAME}} {{MONTHABBREV}} {{MONTHNUMBER}} {{MONTH}} (zero padded) |
{{Currentmonth}} {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{CURRENTMONTHNUMBER}} {{CURRENTMONTHDAYS}} |
{{LASTMONTH}} (Can make not zero-padded) {{LASTMONTHNAME}} {{LASTMONTHABBR}} |
{{NEXTMONTH}} (Can make not zero-padded) {{NEXTMONTHNAME}} {{NEXTMONTHABBR}} |
| Day of Month | {{Currentday}} | |||
| YEAR | {{CURRENTYEARCC}} {{CURRENTYEARYY}} {{CURRENTISOYEAR}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} |
{{LASTYEAR}} | {{NEXTYEAR}} | |
| Day of Year | {{CURRENTDAYOFYEAR}} | |||
| DECADE | {{DECADE}} | {{CURRENTDECADE}} | {{LASTDECADE}} | {{NEXTDECADE}} |
| CENTURY | {{CENTURY}} | {{CURRENTCENTURY}} | {{LASTCENTURY}} | {{NEXTCENTURY}} |
| MILLENNIUM | {{MILLENNIUM}} | {{Currentmillennium}} |
Date and time Templates made for substitution:[edit source]
Month:
{{Lmonth}} produces Nov
{{Nmonth}} produces Jan
{{LastMonth}} produces November 2024
{{NextMonth}} produces January 2025
Individual Templates[edit source]
- {{Calendar}}
- {{Calendar clock with Starfleet Logistics stats}}
- {{Clock}}
- {{Digital clock}}
- {{Digital clock and date}}
Categories of Templates[edit source]
- Category:Time, date and calendar templates
- Category:Date-computing templates
- Category:Date-computing templates based on current time
- Category:ISO date templates
- Category:Calendar templates
- Category:Clock templates
External links[edit source]
- Template:MONTHNUMBER/doc at Wikipedia, the free Terran-based encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
External links[edit source]
- Template:MONTHNUMBER/doc at Wikipedia, the free Terran-based encyclopedia that anyone can edit.