Module:Auto date formatter/doc

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This module depends on the following other modules:

Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration (sandbox)

This module allows non-cs1|2 templates and templates that do not wrap cs1|2 templates to have automatic date formatting according to an article's {{use dmy dates}} or {{use mdy dates}} template. This module obeys date style (long, abbreviated, year initial) specified by the |cs1-dates= parameter. See Template:Use dmy dates § Auto-formatting citation template dates for additional information about |cs1-dates=.

Usage

For publication dates:

{{#invoke:auto date formatter|pub_date_format|<date>}}

For access and archive dates:

{{#invoke:auto date formatter|access_archive_format|<date>}}

When this module is used in a template that is itself in an article that has either {{use dmy dates}} or {{use mdy dates}}, the above functions return <date> in the format specified by the {{use xxx dates}} template in the style specified by |cs1-dates= if present. When the article does not have a {{use xxx dates}} template, this module returns <date> as is.

This module uses Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration to determine the format and style to apply to dates.