Template:YEAR

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For the article header for year articles, see Template:Year article header.

Usage

{{YEAR|string formatted as a valid date}}

Specify optional parameter Template:Param to get soft error rather than a hard {{error}} Template:YEAR/demo Template:YEAR/demo Template:YEAR/demo Template:YEAR/demo Template:YEAR/demo Template:YEAR/demo Template:YEAR/demo Template:YEAR/demo

Reports "Error" if given bad input:

Template:YEAR/demo
Template:In5Reason for the error: there are not 14 months. Template:YEAR/demo
Template:In5Reason for the error: no month has 61 days. Template:YEAR/demo
Template:In5Reason for the error: there is no such month name. Template:YEAR/demo
Template:In5Reason for the error: no date information to parse. Template:YEAR/demo
Template:In5Reason for the error: includes extraneous content.

If used with a year range, it returns only the first match:

• Template:YEAR/demo

This presently only works when the year range is specified with a hyphen; if correctly given with an en dash, it reports an error (this will probably not be fixed, because handling ranges is not the template's function; that it kinda-sorta works on something like 1999-2001 with a hyphen is basically just an accident):

• Template:YEAR/demo

If used without input, it simply outputs the current year:

• Template:YEAR/demo

It can be cleanly substituted for this purpose. If fed invalid data when substituted, it produces a larger, red error.

See also

• {{date}} – outputs the current date in various parameter-controlled formats
• {{DATE}} – a subst-only convenience template used inside cleanup/dispute templates; Template:Tlsx produces: date=November 2024
• Category:Time, date and calendar templates – numerous date computing, formatting, annotating, and navigation templates