Module:Complex date/doc

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Usage

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

Complex date

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

Usage:

should not be used directly but only through c:Template: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):

1: option. See c:Template:Other date
2: date #1
3: date #2

Parameters (advanced syntax):

conj: in case the link between the two dates: "-" (from-until), between, or, and (see c:template: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 c:template:Complex date)
date1, date2: the dates involved. Format: Number or whatever {{ISOdate}} takes.
precision1, precision1: 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 c:template: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

Module:Complex_date relies on the following modules:

Module:Calendar (lazy loading with no dependencies)
Module:ISOdate
- Module:DateI18n (no dependencies)
Module:i18n/complex date
- Module:Ordinal-cd (lazy loading)
  - Module:I18n/ordinal (no dependencies)
  - Module:Yesno (from en.wikipedia) (no dependencies)
  - Module:Formatnum (no dependencies)
- Module:Roman-cd (lazy loading with no dependencies)
- Module:Linguistic (lazy loading with no dependencies)

Several of the lazy-loaded dependencies do not exist locally since none of the code that calls them ever ends up used on the English Wikipedia.

Unless otherwise noted, the authoritative version of each module can be found on Commons.

Commons: c:Module:Complex_date; c:Module:Calendar; c:Module:ISOdate; c:Module:DateI18n; c:Module:i18n/complex date; c:Module:Ordinal; c:Module:I18n/ordinal; c:Module:Formatnum; c:Module:Roman; c:Module:Linguistic
English Wikipedia