Template:Calendar
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This template displays either a yearly or monthly calendar (from 1970–2037). If you need a feature that isn't on this template, consider {{ISOCALENDAR}}, or maybe Module:Calendar widget.
Parameters
- month
- To display a single month the parameter
month
must be defined. This parameter can be a month name or number, the current month usemonth=current
(next
andlast
are also accepted).
- year
- The parameter
year
sets the year of the calendar the default being the current year.
- format
- To start the week on Monday use either
format=Mon1st
or, to include ISO week numbers,format=iso
. The keywords are case-sensitive.
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Wk | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su |
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36 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
37 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
38 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
39 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
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- show_year
- To display the year use
show_year=on
. To show the year after the month useshow_year=with month
.
- txt_pref_m
- This adds a prefix to the month name.
- txt_suff_m
- This adds a suffix to the month name.
- float
- To float the calendar left or right use
float=left
orfloat=right
.
- lk
- To link days, months and years use
lk=on
. - To link days and months use
lk=dm
. - To link months and years use
lk=my
. - To link days and years use
lk=dy
. - To link days only use
lk=d
. - To link months only use
lk=m
. - To link years only use
lk=y
.
- lk_pref
- This adds a prefix to all links.
- lk_pref_d
- This adds a prefix to day links.
- lk_pref_m
- This adds a prefix to month links.
- lk_pref_mnext
- This adds a prefix to the next month's link.
- lk_pref_mprev
- This adds a prefix to the previous month's link.
- lk_suff
- This adds a suffix to all links.
- lk_suff_d
- This adds a suffix to day links.
- lk_suff_m
- This adds a suffix to month links.
- lk_suff_mnext
- This adds a suffix to the next month's link.
- lk_suff_mprev
- This adds a suffix to the previous month's link.
- prevnext
- To add links to the previous and next months use
prevnext=on
.
- title_colour
- Use this to change the background colour of the title bar with name of the month, and the bottom bar (e.g.
title_colour=#2e8b57
).
- week_colour
- Use this to change the colour of the bar listing the days of the week (e.g.
week_colour=#2e8b57
).
- colour
- This is shorthand for both of the above.
- wknum_colour
- Use this to change the background colour of the ISO week numbers, when using
format=iso
(e.g.wknum_colour=#2e8b57
).
- wk5253
- Use
wk5253=on
to start the year with week 52/53, when usingformat=iso
with a year calendar. The only use case for this, is when the year is unknown and it starts with a Saturday. See Common year starting on Saturday as an example.
- EndNote
- This adds text to the bottom bar.
TemplateData for Calendar
Display a year or month calendar
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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Year | year | the ordinal year number of the calendar
| Number | suggested |
Month | month | whether to display a single month instead of a whole year, and which one
| String | suggested |
Show year | show_year | whether to display the year number, and where
| Boolean | optional |
Title text | title | text in the top bar | Content | optional |
End note | EndNote | text in the bottom bar | Content | optional |
Week format | format | The string to be trimmed and counted
| String | optional |
Months per row | col | Display this many months per row (1, 3, 4 or 6 rows)
| Number | optional |
Months per column | row | Display this many months per column (3 or 4 cols). If set, overrides ‘col’ parameter.
| Number | optional |
Float side | float | Horizontally align the calendar
| String | optional |
Serial navigation | prevnext | Add links to the previous and next months
| Boolean | optional |
Background color | colour | Default for Title and Week background
| String | optional |
Title background | title_colour | change the background colour of the title bar with name of the month, and the bottom bar
| String | optional |
Week background | week_colour | change the colour of the bar listing the days of the week
| String | optional |
ISO week numbers background | wknum_colour | change the colour of the bar listing the ISO week numbers
| String | optional |
Fixed starting week workaround | wk5253 | start the year with week 52/53, when the first day is a Saturday. | Boolean | optional |
Month name prefix | txt_pref_m | Text to add before month names | Line | optional |
Month name suffix | txt_suff_m | Text to add after month names | Line | optional |
Link | lk | whether to automatically link days (d), months (m) and years (y)
| String | optional |
Link prefix | lk_pref | Text to add before all links | Line | optional |
Link suffix | lk_suff | Text to add after all links | Line | optional |
Day link prefix | lk_pref_d | Text to add before links to days | Line | optional |
Day link suffix | lk_suff_d | Text to add after links to days | Line | optional |
Month link prefix | lk_pref_m | Text to add before links to months | Line | optional |
Month link suffix | lk_suff_m | Text to add after links to months | Line | optional |
Next link prefix | lk_pref_mnext | Text to add before the link to the next month (or year) | Line | optional |
Next link suffix | lk_suff_mnext | Text to add after the link to the next month (or year) | Line | optional |
Previous link prefix | lk_pref_mprev | Text to add before the link to the previous month (or year) | Line | optional |
Previous link suffix | lk_suff_mprev | Text to add after the link to the next month (or year) | Line | optional |
Examples
{{calendar|lk=on|show_year=on|float=right|month=current}}
produces the calendar above. The calendars below are produced by {{calendar}}
and {{calendar|prevnext=true|format=iso|zero=0|row=3}}
, respectively.
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See also
Multiple units of time
Type | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
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Date and time | {{time}} | {{Currentdate}} (MDY) {{Plain now}} (DMY) {{Now}} (DMY in a complete sentence) {{Simple now}} |
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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}} |
Month and year only | {{Monthyear}} | {{Monthyear-1}} | {{Monthyear+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 Wikipedia articles) |
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Timestamp | {{Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss) |
Single units of time
Unit of time | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
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SECOND | {{CURRENTSECOND}} | |||
MINUTE | {{CURRENTMINUTE}} | |||
HOUR | {{CURRENTHOUR}} | |||
WEEK | {{CURRENTWEEK}} {{CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}} |
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Day of Week | {{DAYOFWEEK}} | {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAY}} |
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MONTH | {{MONTHNAME}} {{MONTHABBREV}} {{MONTHNUMBER}} {{MONTH}} (zero padded) |
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{CURRENTMONTH1}} {{CURRENTMONTHDAYS}} |
{{LASTMONTHNAME}} | {{NEXTMONTHNAME}} |
Day of Month | {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTDAY2}} (zero padded) |
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YEAR | {{CURRENTYEARCC}} {{CURRENTYEARYY}} {{CURRENTISOYEAR}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} |
{{LASTYEAR}} | {{NEXTYEAR}} | |
Day of Year | {{CURRENTDAYOFYEAR}} | |||
DECADE | {{DECADE}} | {{CURRENTDECADE}} | ||
CENTURY | {{CENTURY}} | {{CURRENTCENTURY}} | ||
MILLENNIUM | {{MILLENNIUM}} |
Date and time templates made for substitution:
Month:
{{Lmonth}} produces Aug
{{Nmonth}} produces Oct
{{LastMonth}} produces August 2024
{{NextMonth}} produces October 2024
Individual templates
- {{Calendar}}
- {{Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}}
- {{Clock}}
- {{Digital clock}}
- {{Digital clock and date}}