User:Ohconfucius/test/MOSNUM dates.js

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// This script aligns dates into one of two formats allowed by [[WP:MOSNUM]].
// PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENTATION at [[User:Ohconfucius/script/MOSNUM dates]] (click on the link above) before using.

// Feedback and constructive criticism are welcome
/* global $, mw, pathoschild */
/**
 * TemplateScript adds configurable templates and scripts to the sidebar, and adds an example regex editor.
 * @see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TemplateScript
 * @update-token [[File:pathoschild/templatescript.js]]
 */
// <pre>
$.ajax('//tools-static.wmflabs.org/meta/scripts/pathoschild.templatescript.js', { dataType:'script', cache:true }).then(function() {
	// load date utils
	if( $.inArray(mw.config.get('wgAction'), ['edit', 'submit']) !== -1) {
		$.ajax('//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Ohconfucius/test/MOSNUM_utils.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript', { dataType:'script', cache:true }).then(function() {
			var apply = ohc.dates.apply_driver;
			pathoschild.TemplateScript.add([
				{ name:'ALL dates to dmy', tooltip: 'Align all dates to dmy', script: apply(ohc.dates.all_to_dmy_driver) },
				{ name:'ALL dates to mdy', tooltip: 'Align all dates to mdy', script: apply(ohc.dates.all_to_mdy_driver) },
				{ name:'Body dates to dmy', tooltip: 'day month', script: apply(ohc.dates.body_to_dmy_driver) },
				{ name:'Body dates to mdy', tooltip: 'month day', script: apply(ohc.dates.body_to_mdy_driver) },
				{ name:'Body+pub dates to dmy', tooltip: 'Body and publication dates to dmy', script: apply(ohc.dates.dmy_publication_dates_driver) },
				{ name:'Body+pub dates to dmy', tooltip: 'Body and publication dates to dmy', script: apply(ohc.dates.mdy_publication_dates_driver) },
				{ name:'ISO to dmy', tooltip: 'ISO day month', script: apply(ohc.dates.iso_to_dmy_driver, false/*don't show diff*/) },
				{ name:'ISO to mdy', tooltip: 'ISO month day', script: apply(ohc.dates.iso_to_mdy_driver, false/*don't show diff*/) },
				{ name:'access 2 ISO', tooltip: 'access dates to ISO', script: apply(ohc.dates.iso_access_dates_driver, false/*don't show diff*/) },
				{ name:'Del year-in-X dates', tooltip: 'Year in X', script: apply(ohc.dates.delink_year_in_x_driver, false/*don't show diff*/) },
				{ name:'Expand ref dates', tooltip: 'Expand month names within refs', script: apply(ohc.dates.expand_ref_dates_driver) },
				{ name:'Expand all dates', tooltip: 'Expand month names throughout', script: apply(ohc.dates.expand_all_dates_driver) },
				{ name:'Abbrev ref dates', tooltip: 'Abbreviate month names within refs', script: apply(ohc.dates.abbrev_ref_dates_driver) },
				//{ name:'unambiguous dates', tooltip: 'resolves slash date format', script: apply(ohc.dates.unambiguous_dates_driver) },
				{ name:'US-slash dates', tooltip: 'US-slash', script: apply(ohc.dates.us_slash_dates_driver) },
				{ name:'UK-slash dates', tooltip: 'UK-slash', script: apply(ohc.dates.uk_slash_dates_driver) },
			], { category: 'date fixes' });
		});
	}
});

var ohc = ohc || {};

ohc.dates = {
	fix_unambiguous_dates: function(text) {
		// resolvable ambiguous date formats
		return text

			// UK style
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/:\.])@DD\.@MM\.@YYYY(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY", function(d) {
				return d.d == d.m || d.d > 12;
			})
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/:\.])@DD\/@MM\/@YYYY(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY", function(d) {
				return d.d == d.m || d.d > 12;
			})
		
			// US style
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/:\.])@MM\.@DD\.@YYYY(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY", function(d) {
				return d.d > 12;
			})
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/:\.])@MM\/@DD\/@YYYY(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY", function(d) {
				return d.d > 12;
			});
	},

	us_slash_dates_to_mdy: function(text) {
		return text
			//ranges
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1$2 – @Mon2 @Day2, @Year2")
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1$2 – @Mon2 @Day2, @Year2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1$2 – @Mon2 @Day2, @Year2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1$2 – @Mon @Day2, @Year2")
		
			// resolvable ambiguous date formats
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY')
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY')
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@MM[-–]@DD[-–]@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY')
			.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY')
			.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY');
			//.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@MM[-–]@DD[-–]@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY');
	},
	
	uk_slash_dates_to_dmy: function(text) {
		return text
			//ranges
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1$2 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2")
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1$2 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1$2 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1$2 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2")
		
			// resolvable ambiguous date formats
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY')
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY')
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@DD[-–]@MM[-–]@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY')
			.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY')
			.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY');
			//.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@DD[-–]@MM[-–]@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY');
	},
	
	remove_leading_zeroes: function(text) {
		return text
			.ohc_regex(/(\D[^\w\/])@Month\s@ZD@th?,?\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day, @LYear")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D[^\w\/])@Month\s@ZD@th?(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D[^\w\/])@ZD@th?\s@Month\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth @LYear")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D[^\w\/])@ZD@th?\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth");
	},
	
	delink_dates: function(text) {
		return text
			//add missing space between wikilinks
			.replace(/(\]\])(\[\[)(?!file:)/gi, '$1 $2')
	
			// rem redundant quote marks and parentheses
			.replace(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)\'\'\'([^|}\[\]]*)\'\'\'(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2")
			.replace(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)\'\'([^|}\[\]]*)\'\'(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2")
			.replace(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)\"([^|}\[\]]*)\"(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2")
			.replace(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)\(([^|}\[\]]*)\)(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2")
	
			//rem linking date parameters
			.replace(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)\[\[([^|\]]+?)\]\](?=\s*[|}])/gi, '$1$2')
			.replace(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)\[\[[^|\]]+?\|([^\]]+?)\]\](?=\s*[|}])/gi, '$1$2')
			.replace(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)\[\[(?:[^|\]]+?\||)([^\]]+?)\]\]([^|\[]*)\[\[(?:[^|\]]+?\||)([^\]]+?)\]\](?:([^|\[]*)\[\[(?:[^|\]]+?\||)([^\]]+?)\]\]|)(?=\s*[|}])/gi, '$1$2$3$4$5$6')
		
			//delink piped md|dm, md|dd and my|m dates
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@month @dd(?:#[^|]+|)\|([^|\]]+)\]\]/gi, "$1")
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@dd @month(?:#[^|]+|)\|([^|\]]+)\]\]/gi, "$1")
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@month @yyyy(?:#[^|]+|)\|([^|\]]+)\]\]/gi, "$1")
		
			// remove nowrap template from dm and md dates
			.ohc_regex(/(date[ ]*=[ ]*)\{\{(?:j|no ?(?:break|wrap))\|(?:@DD(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@Month)( @yyyy|)\}\}/gi, '$1@DD @Month$2')
			.ohc_regex(/(date[ ]*=[ ]*)\{\{(?:j|no ?(?:break|wrap))\|(?:@Month(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@DD)( @yyyy|)\}\}/gi, '$1@Month @DD$2')
		
			//delink yyyy-mm-dd dates
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@YYYY(?:\]\]-\[\[|-)@MM-@DD\]\]/gi, "@YYYY-@MM-@DD")
			.ohc_regex(/@YYYY-\[\[@MM-@DD\]\]/gi, "@YYYY-@MM-@DD")
		
			//delink dates from automated templates
			.replace(/\[\[(\{\{CURRENTDAY\}\} \{\{CURRENTMONTHNAME\}\})\]\]/gi, "$1")
			.replace(/\[\[(\{\{CURRENTYEAR\}\})\]\]/gi, "$1")
		
			//delink full dates
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Day[\s_](?:of[\s_])?@Month(?:\]\]\s?\[\[\| )@YYYY\]\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month (?:the\s)?@Day(?:\]\],? \[\[|, )@YYYY\]\]/gi, "@LMonth @Day, @YYYY")
		
			//delink single dm or 'dth the m'
			.ohc_regex(/(?:the\s)?\[\[@Day[\s_](?:of[\s_])?@Month\]\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth")
			//delink single md or 'm the dth'
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month[\s_](?:the[\s_])?@Day\]\](?=\W)/gi, "@LMonth @Day")
		
			//Month+day_number "[[March 7]]th" -> "March 7"
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month\s@DD\]\]@th/gi, "@LMonth @Day")
		
			//month+day+year pseudo-ISO dates
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate)\s*=\s*@dd)-@Mon-@YYYY/gi, "$1 @FullMonth @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate)\s*=\s*)@YYYY-@DD-@Mon/gi, "$1 @DD @FullMonth @YYYY")
		
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month @DD\|\d\d-\d\d\]\]-(?:\[\[)?(?:@yyyy[^|]*\|)?@YYYY(?:\]\])/gi, "@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@DD\s@Month\|\d\d-\d\d\]\]-(?:\[\[)?(?:@yyyy[^|]*\|)?@YYYY(?:\]\])/gi, "@Day @Month @YYYY")
		
			//month+day piped
			.ohc_regex(/(?:the\s)?\[\[@day[\s_](?:of[\s_])?@month\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")
		
			//'[[month day|xxXxx]]Xyyyy ' to 'month day, year'
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month\s@Day\|@dd.@dd\]\].@YYYY/gi, "@LMonth @Day, @YYYY")
			//'[[day month|xxXxx]]Xyyyy' to 'day month year'
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Day\s@Month\|@dd.@dd\]\].@YYYY/gi, "@Day @LMonth @YYYY")
		
			// century
			.replace(/\[\[((?:first|second|third|(?:four|fif|six|seven|eigh|nin|ten|eleven|twelf|thirteen|fourteen|fifteen|sixteen|seventeen|eighteen|nineteen|twentie)th|twenty[\s\-]first[\s\-])centur(?:y|ies)(?:\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE))?)\]\]/gi, '$1')
			.replace(/\[\[(?:first|second|third|(?:four|fif|six|seven|eigh|nin|ten|eleven|twelf|thirteen|fourteen|fifteen|sixteen|seventeen|eighteen|nineteen|twentie)th|twenty[\s\-]first)[\s\-_]centur(?:y|ies)(?:\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE))?\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, '$1')
			.replace(/\[\[(\d{1,2}(?:st|[nr]d|th)[\s\-_])(centur(?:y|ies))(\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE)|)\]\]/gi, '$1$2$3')
			.replace(/\[\[\d{1,2}(?:st|[nr]d|th)[\s\-_]centur(?:y|ies)(?:\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE)|)\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, '$1')
		
			// months
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month\]\]/gi, "@Month")
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@FullMonth\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")
		
			// decades and years
			.replace(/(\d{1,3}0)[‘`´’′]?s/g, '$1s')
			.replace(/\[\[(\d{1,3}0)\'?s\]\]/g, '$1s')
			.replace(/\[\[\d{1,3}0\'?s?\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/g, '$1')
			.replace(/\[\[(\d{1,3}0)\'?(s)?\s(AD|BC|CE|BCE)\]\]/gi, '$1$2 $3')
			.replace(/\[\[(\d{1,4}[\s_]?)(AD|BC|CE|BCE)\]\]/gi, '$1$2')
			.replace(/\[\[(AD|BC|CE|BCE)([\s_]?)(\d{1,4})\]\]/gi, '$1$2$3')
			.ohc_regex(/([-–])\[\[\s?@yyyy\s?\|\s?(\d{2,4})\s?\]\]/gi, '$1$2') //piped year
			.replace(/\[\[([12]\d{3}|[1-9]\d{0,2})\]\]/gi, '$1')
			.replace(/\[\[\d{1,3}0\'?s?\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE)\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, '$1')
			.replace(/\[\[\d{1,3}0\'?s?\s\(decade\)\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, '$1')
		
			//month+year
			//Identify surprise or 'Easter egg' diversions linking month+years to year articles. Turn them into month+year links to be dealt with below
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@yyyy in[^|\]]+\|@Day @Month @YYYY\]\]/gi, "@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@yyyy in[^|\]]+\|@Month @Day,? @YYYY\]\]/gi, "@Month @Day, @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@yyyy#[^|\]]+\|(@month\s|)(@yyyy)\]\]/gi, "$1$2")
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@yyyy#[^|\]]+\|(@month|@yyyy)\]\]/gi, "$1")
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[(@month\s@yyyy)\]\]/gi, "$1")
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@month\s@yyyy\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")
		
			.ohc_regex(/(\[\[@yyyy[^|\]]+\|@yyyy)(\]\])( season)/gi, "$1$3$2")
			.ohc_regex(/@Month\s\[\[@yyyy[^|\]]+\|@YYYY\]\]/gi, "@LMonth @Year")
		
			//removed piped years when in full date
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@DD\s@Month\]\],?\s?\[\[[^|\]]{1,32}\|@Year\]\]/gi, '@DD @LMonth @Year')
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month\s@DD\]\],?\s?\[\[[^|\]]{1,32}\|@Year\]\]/gi, '@LMonth @DD, @Year')
		
			//Identify surprise or 'Easter egg' diversions linking months to year or "year in" articles.
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[\d{1,4}#[^|\]]+\|@Month\]\]/gi, "@LMonth")
			.ohc_regex(/@DD\s@Month,?\s?\[\[@yyyy \w[^|\]]{3,12}\|@Year\]\]/gi, '@DD @LMonth @Year')
			.ohc_regex(/@Month\s@DD,?\s?\[\[@yyyy \w[^|\]]{3,12}\|@Year\]\]/gi, '@LMonth @DD, @Year')
		
			// month and day piped
			.ohc_regex(/@YYYY-\[\[@month[\s_]@day\|@MM-@DD\]\]/gi, "@YYYY-@MM-@DD")
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@month[\s_]@day\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@day(?:\s|_|@th )(?:of[\s_]|)?@month\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")
		
			//years piped
			.replace(/\[\[\d{1,4}\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, '$1');
	},
	
	fix_common_errors: function(text) {
		return text
			.ohc_regex(/(\d)<sup>@th<\/sup>/gi, '$1@th')
			// remove dashbot comment from dates
			.replace(/<!-- ?DASHBot ?-->/gi, '')
			.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=\s*)ca?\.(\w)(?=[|}\s])/gi, '$1c. $2') //add space
			// disabling as pointless per discussion	.replace(/(\|\s*)(?:date|year)(\s*=\s*(?:c\. |)@year)(?=[|}\s])/gi, '$1year$2') //general fix
			.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=\s*)(1[7-9]\d|20[0-1])\?(?=[|}\s])/gi, '$1c. $20') //common cs1 error
			.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=\s*)((?:@month |)@year)\?(?=[|}\s])/gi, '$1c. $2') //common cs1 error
	
			.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=\s*)(?:not? |non-|un)date[ds]?\s*(?=[|}\s])/gi, '$1n.d.') //common cs1 error
			.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=\s*)n\.?d\s*(?=[|}\s])/gi, '$1n.d.') //common cs1 error
			.replace(/(\|\s*)year(\s*=\s*)(?=n\.?d\.[|}\s])/gi, '$1date$2') //common cs1 error
	
			// remove parasitic metadata -  days of the week/descriptives
			.replace(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*)(?:posted|published)(?: by\b| on\b|)[\s:](?=\w)/gi, "$1")
			.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate|author|year)\s*=\s*)(?:accessed|retrieved|entered|posted|published|(?:last |)updated?|©)(?: by\b| on\b|)[\s:]*(?=\w)/gi, "$1")
			.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate|author|year)\s*=\s*)(?:by\b|on\b)[\s:]*(?=\w)/gi, "$1")
			.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate|author)\s*=\s*)(?:(?:Mo?n|Tue?s|W\w{2,5}s|Th\w{,3}s|Fri|Sat\w{3,5}|Sun)day,?)\s/gi, "$1")
			.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate|author)\s*=\s*)(?:(?:Mon|Tues?|Wed|Thur?|Fri|Sat)[\.,]?)\s/gi, "$1") //<!-- rem "Sun" - false positives -->
	
			// typos
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)@Day @Month ?@th/gi, '$1@Day @Month')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)@Day @Month\w(?= \d{3,4})/gi, '$1@Day @Month')
	
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )(Jan|Febr)[\w ]?[aur]{3,4}\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1$2uary')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )J[anu]{3,5}r\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1January')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d) )Febua?r\w{1,2}(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1February')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )M\w{2}ch(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1March')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30) )A[bpv\[]\w{2,3}l\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1April')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )Ma[tui](?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1May')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30) )J\wn\w(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1June')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30) )J\w{1,2}e(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1June')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )Jul\w{1,2}(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1July')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )A[oug]{2,3}\w{1,4}t(\w|us)?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1August')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )(Sept|Nov|Dec)\w{2,4}b[er]{1,2}\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1$2ember')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30) )S\w{0,2}p[ \[]?\w{2,5}[er]{2,3}\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1September')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )O\w{0,2}t\w{1,3}[er]{2,3}\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1October')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30) )[MN]o[bv] ?\w{1,3}b[er]{1,2}(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1November')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )D[ie]?[cs] ?\w{1,4}b[er]{1,2}\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1December')
	
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)@Month\w(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1@Month') //rem stray digit at the end of year string
	
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)(Jan|Febr)[\w ]?[aur]{3,4}\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1$2uary')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)J[anu]{3,5}r\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1January')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)Febua?r\w{1,2}(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1February')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)M\w{2}ch(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1March')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)A[bpv\[]\w{2,3}l\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1April')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)Ma[tui](?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1May')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)J\wn\w(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1June')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)J\w{1,2}e(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1June')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)Jul\w{1,2}(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1July')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)A[oug]{2,3}\w{1,4}t(\w|us)?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1August')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)(Sept|Nov|Dec)\w{2,4}b[er]{1,2}\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1$2ember')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)S\w{0,2}p[ \[]?\w{2,5}[er]{2,3}\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1September')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)O\w{0,2}t\w{1,3}[er]{2,3}\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1October')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)[MN]o[bv] ?\\w{1,3}b[er]{1,2}(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1November')
			.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)D[ie]?[cs] ?\w{1,4}b[er]{1,2}\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1December')
	
			//insert comma to separate date from army unit
			.ohc_regex(/@FullMonth ((?:the |)\d\d*@th (?:Air(?:borne|)|Arm(?:ou?red|y)|Artillery|Battalion|Brigade|Co(?:mpan|)y|Division|Fleet|Group|Infantry|Land|Panzer|Regiment|Squadron|Sqn)\b)/g, "@Month, $1")
	
			// remove nowrap template from dm and md dates
			.ohc_regex(/(date[ ]*=[ ]*)\{\{(?:j|nowrap)\|(?:@DD(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@Month)\}\}/gi, '$1@DD @Month')
			.ohc_regex(/(date[ ]*=[ ]*)\{\{(?:j|nowrap)\|(?:@Month(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@DD)\}\}/gi, '$1@Month @DD')
	
			// remove parasitic metadata - time
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*@yyyy-@mm-@dd)\s?(?:T[0-2]\d:[0-5]\d:\d\d(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|Z))(?=\s*[|}])/g, "$1")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*@month @day,? @yyyy)\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|))(?=\|)/g, "$1")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*@day @month,? @yyyy)\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|))(?=\|)/g, "$1")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*\w[\w\s]+@month @day,? @yyyy)\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|))(?=\|)/g, "$1")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*\w[\w\s]+@day @month,? @yyyy)\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|))(?=\|)/g, "$1")
	
			// remove redundant parentheses from dm and md dates (equivalent also exists in Sources script, line 71)
			.ohc_regex(/(=[ ]*)\((?:@DD(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@Month,? @Year)\)/gi, '$1@DD @Month @Year')
			.ohc_regex(/(=[ ]*)\((?:@Month(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@DD,? @Year)\)/gi, '$1@Month @DD, @Year')
	
			//  add back spaces or comma or remove other single artefact after date string	
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)(?:on |)@Day\s{,2}@Month\s{,2}@YYYY(\s)?[^a-z|}]?(?=\s*[|}\n])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)(?:on |)@Month\s{,2}@Day,?\s{,2}@YYYY(\s)?[^a-z|}]?(?=\s*[|}\n])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY$2")
			//long-hand palliative for observed failure to insert spaces
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)(?:on |)([0-2]?\d|30|31)\s*(January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)\s*((?:19\d|20[0-1])\d\s?)[^|{}\s<>]*(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2 $3 $4")
	
			//remove extraneous bracket //from Batty
			.ohc_regex(/{{(\s*[Cc]it(?:e|ation))([^}]+)(\s*\|\s*(?:archive|access|publication-?)?date\s*=\s*)([\w\s-]+)\](?=\s*[|}<])/gi, '{{$1$2$3$4')
	
			//fix bda template redirect
			.replace(/\{\{bda\|([^}]+)\}\}/gi, '{{birth date and age|$1}}')
			.replace(/\{\{dda\|([^}]+)\}\}/gi, '{{death date and age|$1}}')
	
			//zap redundant {{date}}, {{accessdate}} {{retrieved}} and {{#dateformat}}
			.replace(/{{#formatdate:([^}]+)}}/gi, "$1")
			.replace(/\{\{#dateformat:([^\}\|]+)(?:\|dmy|\|mdy)?\}\}/gi, '$1')
			.replace(/\{\{date\|([^\}\|]+)(?:\|l?(?:[dmy]{3}|iso|none|link))?\}\}/gi, '$1')
			//	.ohc_regex(/(date[ ]*=[ ]*)\{\{(?:Start|End) ?date(?:\|df=y(?:es|)|)\|@YYYY\|@MM\|@DD(?:\|df=y(?:es|)|)\}\}/gi, '$1@Month @DD, @YYYY')  //stripping start/end template notes inside "|date=" parameter (line 72)
			.ohc_regex(/{{#formatdate:@YYYY-@MM-@DD(?:\|(?:[dmy]{3}|iso)|)}}/gi, "@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/\{\{date\|@YYYY-@MM-@DD\}\}/gi, "@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/\{\{date\|(@DD[\-\s]@Mon|@Mon[\-\s]@DD)\}\}/gi, "@Day @Month")
			.ohc_regex(/[ ]*\{\{accessdate\|@YYYY-@MM-@DD[ ]*\}\}/gi, " Retrieved @YYYY-@MM-@DD")
			.ohc_regex(/[ ]*\{\{retrieved[ ]*\|[ ]accessdate=([\-\w, ]*)\}\}/gi, " Retrieved $1")
			.ohc_regex(/(date[ ]*=[ ]*|\w{2,}[ ]*)\{\{(?:start|end).date[^|}]*(?:\|df=y(?:es|)|)\|@YYYY(?:\|df=y(?:es|)|)\}\}/gi, '$1@YYYY')  //stripping start/end template
			.ohc_regex(/<!--(?:Use)? \{\{(?:Start|End) date\|@YYYY\|@MM\|@DD\}\} -->/gi, '')  //stripping start/end template notes
	
			//underscore and nbsp in linked dates
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@DD(?:_|&nbsp;)@Month\]\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth")
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month(?:_|&nbsp;)@DD\]\]/gi, "@LMonth @Day")
	
			//remove leading zero and links from linked date
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@ZD@th\]\]/gi, "@LMonth @Day")
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@ZD@th(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@Month\]\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth")
	
			//expand one and two-digit years in ranges
			.replace(/(\()@Month @YYYY[-–]@Month @YYNN(\))/gi, '$1@Month1 @YYYY1 – @Month2 @YYYY2$2')
			.replace(/(\(1[789])(\d)(1)[-–]([2-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4')
			.replace(/(\(1[789])(\d)(2)[-–]([3-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4')
			.replace(/(\(1[789])(\d)(3)[-–]([4-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4')
			.replace(/(\(1[789])(\d)(4)[-–]([5-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4')
			.replace(/(\(1[789])(\d)(5)[-–]([6-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4')
			.replace(/(\(1[789])(\d)(6)[-–]([7-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4')
			.replace(/(\(1[789])(\d)(7)[-–]([8-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4')
			.replace(/(\(1[789])(\d)(8)[-–](9\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4')
			.replace(/(\(20)([01])(1)[-–]([2-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4')
			.replace(/(\(20)([01])(2)[-–]([3-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4')
			.replace(/(\(20)([01])(3)[-–]([4-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4')
			.replace(/(\(20)([01])(4)[-–]([5-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4')
			.replace(/(\(20)([01])(5)[-–]([6-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4')
			.replace(/(\(20)([01])(6)[-–]([7-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4')
			.replace(/(\(20)([01])(7)[-–]([8-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4')
			.replace(/(\(20)([01])(8)[-–](9\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4')
	
			//remove unlinked ordinal date formats
			.ohc_regex(/(\Wthe |)@DD@th?(?:\sof|)\s@Month,? @YYYY (concert|deadline|edition|show|performance)/gi, '$1$2 of @Day @LMonth @YYYY')
			.ohc_regex(/(\Wthe |)@Month @DD@th?,?\s@YYYY (concert|deadline|edition|show|performance)/gi, '$1$2 of @LMonth @Day, @YYYY')
			.ohc_regex(/(\Wthe |)@DD@th?(?:\sof|)\s@Month (concert|deadline|edition|show|performance)/gi, '$1$2 of @Day @LMonth')
			.ohc_regex(/(\Wthe |)@Month @DD@th? (concert|deadline|edition|show|performance)/gi, '$1$2 of @LMonth @Day')
	
			.ohc_regex(/(\W)@DD@th?, @DD@th?(\s(?:and|&|to|or)\s)@DD@th?(?:\sof\s?)?(?:[ ]|&nbsp;)@Month(?=\W)/gi, '$1@Day1, @Day2$2@Day3 @LMonth')
			.ohc_regex(/(\W)@DD@th?(\s(?:and|&|to|or)\s|[-–])@DD@th?(?:\sof\s?)?(?:[ ]|&nbsp;)@Month(?=\W)/gi, '$1@Day1$2@Day2 @LMonth')
			.ohc_regex(/(\W)(?:the |)@DD@th?(?:\sof|)\s@Month,? @YYYY(?=\W\D)/g, '$1@Day @LMonth @YYYY')
			.ohc_regex(/(\W)(?:the |)@DD@th?(?:\sof|)\s@Month(?=\W\D)/g, '$1@Day @LMonth')
			.ohc_regex(/(\W)@Day(?:\sof|)(?:[ _]|&nbsp;|{{(?:break|nbsp)}})@Month(?=[^|\]\w])/gi, '$1@Day @LMonth')
			.ohc_regex(/(\W)@Month\s(?:the\s)?@DD@th?,(?:\sthe\s)?(?: |&nbsp;)@DD@th?(\s(?:and|&|to|or)(?:[ _]|&nbsp;))(?:the\s)?@DD@th?(?=[^|\]\w])/gi, '$1@LMonth @Day1, @Day2$2@Day3')
			.ohc_regex(/(\W)(@month)\s(@day)((?:,\s@day){0,6}),?(\/|\s?[-–]\s?|\s(?:and|&|to|or)\s+?)@Day@th?(?:,?(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)|\sof\s)?(\d{3,4}\W\D)/gi, '$1$2 $3$4$5@Day, $6')
			.ohc_regex(/(\W)(@month)\s(@day)((?:,\s@day){0,6}),?(\/|\s?[-–]\s?|\s(?:and|&|to|or)\s+?)@Day@th?(?=\W\D)/gi, '$1$2 $3$4$5@Day')
			.ohc_regex(/(\W)@Month(?:[ _]|&nbsp;|{{(?:break|nbsp)}})(?:the\s)?@DD@th?(?=[^|\]\w]\D)/gi, '$1@LMonth @Day')
			.ohc_regex(/(\W)@Month @Day(?:\sof|,|)(?:[ _]|&nbsp;|{{(?:break|nbsp)}})@Year(?=[^|\]\w])/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @Year')
	
			// consolidating/amalgamating date fields
			.ohc_regex(/(\|[ ]*date[ ]*=[ ]*@day)\s*\|[ ]*month=[ ]*(@month)\s*\|[ ]*year=[ ]*(@yyyy[ ]*)(?=[|}\s])/gi, "$1 $2 $3")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|[ ]*date[ ]*=[ ]*@day.?@month)\s*\|[ ]*year=[ ]*(@yyyy[ ]*)(?=[|}\s])/gi, "$1 $2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|[ ]*date[ ]*=[ ]*@month.?@day)\s*\|[ ]*year=[ ]*(@yyyy[ ]*)(?=[|}\s])/gi, "$1 $2")
	
			// eliminating dates and time placed in author parameter
			//removing artefacts from Indian news sites (TNN Aug 30, 2012, 05.46AM)
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*(?:[A-Z]{2,3}\b))(?:[^|}]*)\d{4}, [\d\.:]{4,5}(&nbsp;|)[AP]M IST(?=[ ]*\|)/g, '$1$2')
			//.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author=(?:[^\[\]|{}]*))(TNN|PTI) @day @month @yyyy, [\d\.:]{4,5}(&nbsp;|)[AP]M IST(?=[ ]*\|)/g, '$1$2')
	
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*)@month @day,? @yyyy\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|)|)(?=\|)/g, "$1")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*)@day @month,? @yyyy\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|)|)(?=\|)/g, "$1")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*\w[\w\s]+)@month @day,? @yyyy(?:[^\[\]|{}]*)(?=[|}])/g, "$1")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*\w[\w\s]+)@day @month,? @yyyy(?:[^\[\]|{}]*)(?=[|}])/g, "$1")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*(?:\w[\w\s]+)?)@dd-@mm-@yyyy/gi, "$1")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*(?:\w[\w\s]+)?)@YYYY-@MM-@DD ?/gi, "$1")
			.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate|author)\s*=\s*(?:\w[\w\s]+)?)[0-2]\d:[0-5]\d(?:[ ]|&nbsp;)?(?:[ap]m|[ap]\.m\.|)(?: ?(?:[A-Z]{1,2}T|UTC)[\.,]?|)/gi, "$1")
			//.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*(?:\w[\w\s]+)?)\s*[0-2]\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:[\.:][0-5]\d|)/gi, "$1") //let's see later if we need this
	
			// eliminating mm-dd-yyyy dates
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@MM[-–\/\.=\s](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY/gi, "$1@Month $2, @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Mon[-–\/\.=\s](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY/gi, "$1@Month $2, @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/[ ](?:Accessed|Retrieved)( on|:?)[ ]@MM[-–\/\.=\s](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY(?=\D)/gi, " Retrieved @Month $2, @YYYY")
			//.ohc_regex(/[ ](?:Accessed|Retrieved)(?: on|:?)[ ]@YYYY,? @Month @DD(?=\D)/gi, " Retrieved @Day @Month @YYYY")
	
			.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@Mon[-–](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-–]@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@Mon\/(1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])\/@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@Mon\.(1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])\.@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@Mon (1[3-9]|2\d|3[01]) @YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@MM[-–](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-–]@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@MM\/(1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])\/@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@MM\.(1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])\.@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@MM (1[3-9]|2\d|3[01]) @YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
	
			// eliminating dd-mm-yyyy dates (assumed default)
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@DD[-–\/\.=\s]@MM[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@DD[-–\/\.=\s]@Mon[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/[ ](?:Accessed|Retrieved)( on|:?)[ ]@DD[-–\/\.=\s]@MM[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY(?=\D)/gi, " Retrieved @Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/[ ](?:Accessed|Retrieved)(?: on|:?)[ ]@YYYY,? @Month @DD(?=\D)/gi, " Retrieved @Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD[-–]@Mon[-–]@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD\/@Mon\/@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD\.@Mon\.@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD @Mon @YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD[-–]@MM[-–]@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD\/@MM\/@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD\.@MM\.@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD @MM @YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@DD[-–\/\.=\s]@Month[-–\/\.=\s]@YYNN(?=\s*[|}\n])/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY')
	
			//convert yyyy-dd-mm to yyyy-mm-dd
			.ohc_regex(/{{(\s*[Cc]it(?:e|ation))([^}]+)(\s*\|\s*(?:access|archive|)date\s*=\s*(?:1[0-9]|20)\d{2})[-/\.=\s](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-/\.=\s](0?\d|1[0-2])(\s*[\|}<])/gi, '{{$1$2$3-$5-$4$6') //from Batty
	
			// eliminating other errant formats
			.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)([0-2]?\d|30|31) @Month \2,? @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2 @Month @YYYY") //repeated digits
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Day ?@Month ?200([01]\d)[^\s|}]?(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month 20$2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Month ?@Day,? ?200([01]\d)[^\s|}]?(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, 20$2")
	
			.ohc_regex(/([ ]\()@DD-@MM-@YYYY(\)\W)/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2')
			.ohc_regex(/([ ]\()@DD-@Month-@YYYY(\)\W)/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2')
			.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@Month, @DD, @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@DD[\.,] @Month,? @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY,? @Month @DD(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY,? @DD @Month(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/[ ]\(@YYYY,? @Month @DD\)/gi, " (@Day @Month @YYYY)")
			.ohc_regex(/[ ]\(@YYYY @MM @DD\)/gi, " (@Day @Month @YYYY)")
			.ohc_regex(/[ ]\(@YYYY, @DD @Month\)/gi, " (@Day @Month @YYYY)")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY,? @Month(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Month @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/[ ]\(@YYYY, @Month\)/gi, " (@Month @YYYY)")
			.ohc_regex(/[ ]\(@Mon@YYYY\)/gi, " (@Mon @YYYY)")
	
			//CS1 errors ISO-like dates (too few or too many digits)
			.ohc_regex(/(date\s*=\s*)(?:\[\[)?@YYYY(?:\]\][–—‐]\[\[|[–—‐])@MM[\-–—‐]@DD(?:\]\])?(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@YYYY-@ZM-@ZD") //ndashes and emdashes
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*accessdate\s*=\s*)@YYYY-0[–—]@DD(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "") //rem nonsense access date
			.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY[-–—]@MM[-–—]@DD(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@YYYY-@ZM-@ZD") //ndashes and emdashes
			//.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY[\-–—‐]@MM(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Month @YYYY") //transform "yyyy-mm" to "month year"
			.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[–—]@MM[–—]@DD([^-\w/%,<][^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Day @Month @YYYY$3")
			.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-]@MM[-]([1-9])([^-\w/%,<][^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2$3 @Month @YYYY$4")
	
			// spaces and commas between month and year
			.ohc_regex(/@Month(?:,\s+|\s+of\s+|,?&nbsp;)@YYYY(\D)/gi, "@LMonth @YYYY$1")
	
			// fix month names (capitalize, remove dots)
			.ohc_regex(/(\W)@DD\s@FullMonth(\s+|\s*,)/gi, "$1@Day @FullMonth$2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\W)@DD\s@Mon(\s+|\s*,)/gi, "$1@Day @Mon$2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\W)@FullMonth\s@DD(\s+|\s*,)/gi, "$1@FullMonth @Day$2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\W)@Mon\s@DD(\s+|\s*,)/gi, "$1@Mon @Day$2")
			.replace(/(\d(?:st|nd|rd|th) )C(entur(?:ies|y))(?=[ ]*(=|BC|AD|CE))/g, '$1c$2')
			//.replace(/(\d(?:st|nd|rd|th) )C(entur(?:ies|y))(?![ \-][A-Z]\w*|''|")/g, '$1c$2')
	
			//spaces and commas - in date formats
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W\[?\[?@dd)[ ]+(@month)(\]\])?[ ]*,[ ]*(\[?\[?@yyyy(\sAD|\sBC|\sCE|\sBCE|)\]?\]?\W\D)/gi, "$1 $2$3 $4")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W\[?\[?)(@month)[ ]+(@dd)(\]?\]?)(?:[ ]*,[ ]*)(\[?\[?@yyyy(\sAD|\sBC|\sCE|\sBCE|)\]?\]?\W\D)/gi, "$1$2 $3$4, $5")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W\[?\[?)(@month)[ ]+(@dd)(\]?\]?)[ ]+(\[?\[?@yyyy(\sAD|\sBC|\sCE|\sBCE|)\]?\]?\W\D)/gi, "$1$2 $3$4, $5")
	
			.ohc_regex(/(@month)(?:, | of )(@yyyy\w)/gi, "$1 $2") //repeat after delinking
	
			// spaces and commas - md-md and dm-dm date ranges
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@DD(&nbsp;|\s)(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?@Month\s@DD(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth1 @Day1$2– @LMonth2 @Day2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@DD(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?@Month\s@DD(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth1 @Day1 – @LMonth2 @Day2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@DD\s@Month(&nbsp;|\s)(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?@DD\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day1 @LMonth1$2– @Day2 @LMonth2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@DD\s@Month(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?@DD\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day1 @LMonth1 – @Day2 @LMonth2")
	
			// spaces and commas - d-dm and md-d date ranges
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@DD(?:(?:\s*|&nbsp;)[-–]\s*)@DD(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth1 @Day1–@Day2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@DD(?:(?:\s*|&nbsp;)[-–]\s*)@DD\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day1–@Day2 @LMonth1")
	
			//reformat dmy-dmy and mdy-mdy (birth-death ranges)
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@DD\s@Month,? @Year(&nbsp;|\s)(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\s@Month,? @Year(?=\D\W)/gi, "$1@Day1 @LMonth1 @Year1$2– @Day2 @LMonth2 @Year2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@DD,? @Year(&nbsp;|\s)(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@Month\s@DD,? @Year(?=\D\W)/gi, "$1@LMonth1 @Day1, @Year1$2– @LMonth2 @Day2, @Year2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@DD\s@Month,? @Year(?:,?(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\s@Month,? @Year(?=\D\W)/gi, "$1@Day1 @LMonth1 @Year1 – @Day2 @LMonth2 @Year2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@DD,? @Year(?:,?(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@Month\s@DD,? @Year(?=\D\W)/gi, "$1@LMonth1 @Day1, @Year1 – @LMonth2 @Day2, @Year2")
	
			//nbsp in publication archive & access dates
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate)\s*=\s*@dd)&nbsp;(@month)/gi, '$1 $2')
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Month&nbsp;@DD(, @yyyy|)(?=[ ]*[|}])/gi, '$1@Month $2')
	
			// spaces and commas between month and year (again)
			.ohc_regex(/@Month(?:,\s+|\s+of\s+)@YYYY(\w)/gi, "@LMonth @YYYY$1");
	},
	
	/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
	/// ISO to long format
	
	iso_to_dmy_in_citations: function(text) {
		return text
			//ISO dates within single citation
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY");
	},
	
	iso_to_mdy_in_citations: function(text) {
		return text
			//ISO dates within single citation
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD(?=\W\D)/gi,  "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY");
	},
	
	iso_to_dmy_in_references: function(text) {
		return text
			//multiple calls for multiple dates within single citation
			.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w/%,<][^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Day @Month @YYYY$3")
			//.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w/%,<][^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Day @Month @YYYY$3")
			.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD(<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Day @Month @YYYY$3");
	},
	
	iso_to_mdy_in_references: function(text) {
		return text
			//multiple calls for multiple dates within single citation
			.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w/%,<][^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Month @Day, @YYYY$3")
			//.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w/%,<][^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Month @Day, @YYYY$3")
			.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD(<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Month @Day, @YYYY$3");
	},
	
	// currently unused
	iso_to_dmy_anywhere: function(text) {
		return text
			//multiple calls for multiple dates within single citation
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w/])/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2')
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w/])/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2')
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w/])/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2');
	},
	
	// currently unused
	iso_to_mdy_anywhere: function(text) {
		return text
			//multiple calls for multiple dates within single citation
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w/])/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY$2')
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w/])/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY$2')
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w/])/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY$2');
	},
	
	delink_iso_to_dmy: function(text) {
		text = ohc.dates.iso_to_dmy_in_citations(text);
		text = ohc.dates.iso_to_dmy_in_references(text);
		return text
			.replace(/([^\w\/\-%,])@YYYY-@MM-@DD(<\s?\/ref.*?>)/g, '$1@Day @Month @Year$2')
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\|[ ]*)@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([ ]*\|\|)/gi, '$1{{dts|format=dmy|@YYYY|@MM|@DD}}$2')  //dts template for sortable tables
			.ohc_regex(/(\{\{dts\|format=)mdy\|/gi, '$1dmy|'); //flip dts template formats
	},
	
	delink_iso_to_mdy: function(text) {
		text = ohc.dates.iso_to_mdy_in_citations(text);
		text = ohc.dates.iso_to_mdy_in_references(text);
		return text
			.replace(/([^\w\/\-%,])@YYYY-@MM-@DD(<\s?\/ref.*?>)/g, '$1@Month @Day, @Year$2')
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\|[ ]*)@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([ ]*\|\|)/gi, '$1{{dts|@YYYY|@MM|@DD}}$2')  //dts template for sortable tables (mdy is default)
			.ohc_regex(/(\{\{dts\|)format=(?:mdy|dmy|) ?\|/gi, '$1');  //flip dts template formats
	},
	
	delink_year_in_x: function(text) {
		return text
			.ohc_regex(/\{\{(?:avyear|by|baseball\syear|fy|ly|mlby|mlb\syear|scy|sdy)\|(@year)\}\}/gi, "$1")
			.ohc_regex(/\{\{(?:avyear|by|baseball\syear|fy|ly|mlby|mlb\syear|scy|sdy)\|@year\|(@year)\}\}/gi, "$1")
			.ohc_regex(/\[\[@yyyy\sin\s[^|\]]+\|((?:(?:@day |)@month |)@yyyy)\]\]/gi, '$1')
			.replace(/\[\[(?:\d{4}[-–]\d{2} in English football)\|((?:(?:@Day |)@Month |)@YYYY)\]\]/gi, '$1')
			.replace(/\[\[\d{4} Major League Baseball season\|(\d{4})(\sseason)?\]\]/gi, '$1$2');
	},
	
	// format parameter must be 'dmy' or 'mdy'
	fix_dts_template: function(text, format) {
		return text
			// dts - format=dmy in this case (per D12000)
			// per {{dts}} doc, remove the obsolete link=off param
			.replace(/(\{\{dts[^}]*)(?:\|link=off)/gi, '$1')
			.ohc_regex(/(\{\{dts\s*\|\s*@year\s*\|\s*@month\s*\|\s*@day\s*\|\s*format=)(?:dmy|mdy)(\}\})/gi, '$1'+format+'$2')
			.ohc_regex(/(\{\{dts\s*\|\s*format=)(?:dmy|mdy)(\s*\|\s*@year\s*\|\s*@month\s*\|\s*@day\s*\}\})/gi, '$1'+format+'$2')
			.ohc_regex(/(\{\{dts\s*\|\s*@year\s*\|\s*@month\s*\|\s*@day\s*)(\}\})/gi, '$1|format='+format+'$2')
		
			// stripping – {{dts}} serves no purpose inside date parameters
			.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)\{\{dts\s*\|\s*format=(?:dmy|mdy)\s*\|\s*([|}]*)\}\}(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)\{\{dts\s*\|\s*([|}]*)(?:\|\s*format=(?:dmy|mdy)\s*|)\}\}(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)\{\{dts\s*\|\s*format=(?:dmy|mdy)\s*\|\s*@YYYY(\s*\|\s*|-)@MM(\s*\|\s*|-)@DD\s*\}\}(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@YYYY-@MM-@DD ")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)\{\{dts\s*\|\s*@YYYY(\s*\|\s*|-)@MM(\s*\|\s*|-)@DD\s*\|\s*format=(?:dmy|mdy)\s*\}\}(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@YYYY-@MM-@DD ");
	},
	
	// format parameter must be 'dmy' or 'mdy'
	fix_gr_template: function(text, format) {
		return text
			// GR - date formatting parameter
			// per Template:GR/doc, insert date formatting param
			.replace(/(\{\{GR\|\d\d?)(?!\|date)/gi, '$1|dateform=' + format);
	},
	
	dates_to_dmy: function(text) {
		return text
			.replace(/([dm]f) ?(=) ?(?=[ny])/gi, '$1$2')
			.replace(/\|format=mdy/gi, '|format=dmy')
			//change start and end templates; vgrelease new v=2 or mdy is default
			.replace(/(\{\{(?:start.date|end.date)[^|}]*\|)df=y(?:es|)\|([^}]*df ?= ?y(?:es|))/gi, '$1$2')
			.replace(/(\{\{vgrelease new[^|}]*\|)(?:v=1\||)([A-Z]{2,3}\|)/g, '$1v=2|$2')
		
			//change deprecated birth and death templates
			.replace(/(\{\{(?:Birth|Death date|launch|release|start|end)[^}]*)\|mf=y(?:es|)/gi, '$1') //rem pipe symbol to treat cases where mf is at the end
			.replace(/(\{\{(?:Birth|Death date|launch|release|start|end|film date|Wayback)[^|}]*\|)/gi, '$1df=yes|') //lookahead for df or mf parameter
			.replace(/(\{\{(?:Birth|Death date|launch|release|start|end|film date|Wayback)[^|}]*\|)df=y(?:es|)\|([^}]*df=y(?:es|))/gi, '$1$2')
			.replace(/(\{\{(?:start.date|end.date)\|)df=y(?:es|)\|((?:1[789]|20)\d{2}\}\})/gi, '$1$2')
		
			//convert date ranges (md,d,d-dy to d,d,d-dmy; md,d,d-d to d,d,d-dm; md,d,d to d,d,dm)
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month((?:\s@day?,?){1,6}),?(\/|\s?(?:[-–]|&ndash;)\s?|(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)(?:and|&|to|or)(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)+?)@Day,?\s(?:of\s)?(@yyyy\W\D)/gi, "$1$2$3@Day @LMonth $4")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month((?:\s@day?,?){1,6}),?(\/|\s?(?:[-–]|&ndash;)\s?|(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)(?:and|&|to|or)(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)+?)@Day(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1$2$3@Day @LMonth")
			//.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month((?:\s@day?,?){1,6}) @Day(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1$2 @Day @LMonth"); //disabling as unlikely and ungrammatical constructions causing false positives

			//'md, md,' to 'dm, dm,'
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month @Day, @Month @Day(?=[,\.]\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day1 @LMonth1, @Day2 @LMonth2")
		
			//convert simple mdy dates to dmy
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@Day,?\s@Year(\s?(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE)\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth @Year$2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@Day,?\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth @Year")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@Day(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth")
		
			//Month+day_number " 7th March" -> "7 March"
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day\s@Month\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth @Year")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth")
		
			//remove comma
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day\s@Month,\s?@Year(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth @Year")
		
			//remove "the" from "on the dd month"
			.ohc_regex(/(on |by )the @Day\s@Month(?=[ ,\)\.])/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth")
		
			//remove space from date range conversion
			.ohc_regex(/(\D ) @Day(\/|\s?(?:[-–]|&ndash;)\s?|(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)(?:and|&|to|or)(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)+?)/gi, "$1@Day$2");
	},
	
	dates_to_mdy: function(text) {
		return text
			//change birth and death templates – mf=y is the default; vgrelease new v=2 or mdy is default
			.replace(/\|df=y(?:es|)/gi, '')
			.replace(/(mf=y(?:es|)\|[^\}]*\|)(?:mf=y(?:es|)\|)/gi, '$1')
			.replace(/(\{\{vgrelease new[^|}]*\|)(?:v=2\||)([A-Z]{2,3}\|)/g, '$1$2')
		
			//convert date ranges (d,d,d-dmy to md,d,d-dy; d,d,d-dm to md,d,d-d; dm,d,d to md,d,d)
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day((?:, @day){0,5})(\/|\s?(?:[-–]|&ndash;)\s?|\s(?:and|&|to|or)\s+?)@Day\s@Month,? @YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day1$2$3@Day2, @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day((?:, @day){0,5})(\/|\s?(?:[-–]|&ndash;)\s?|\s(?:and|&|to|or)\s+?)@Day\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day1$2$3@Day2")
			//.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day((?:, @day){0,5})\s@Month,? @YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day1$2, @YYYY") //disabling as unlikely and ungrammatical constructions causing false positives
			//.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day((?:, @day){0,5})\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day1$2") //disabling as unlikely and ungrammatical constructions causing false positives
		
			//'dm, dm,' to 'md, md,'
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day @Month, @Day @Month(?=[,\.]?\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth1 @Day1, @LMonth2 @Day2")
		
			//convert simple dmy dates to mdy
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day[\s]{1,3}@Month,?\s@Year(\s?(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE)\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day, @Year$2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day[\s]{1,3}@Month,?\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day, @Year")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day[\s]{1,3}@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day")
		
			//Month+day_number "March 7th" -> "March 7"
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@Day,?\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day, @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@Day(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day")
		
			//add comma where missing
			.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@Day(?=\s@yyyy\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day,")
			//rem superfluous comma where applicable
			.ohc_regex(/(\D[^\w\/])@Month\s@ZD,,(?=\W\D|\b)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day,");
	},
	
	fix_dmy_redundancies: function(text) {
		return text
			//month-range redundancies (repeating month names)
			.ohc_regex(/([\D]@dd) @Month[ ]{1,2}((?:to|and|-|–)[ ]{1,2}@dd) @Month/, "$1 $2 @LMonth", function(d1, d2) {
				return d1.m == d2.m;
			});
	},
	
	//not currently used
	fix_mdy_redundancies: function(text) {
		return text
			//month-range redundancies (repeating month names)
			.ohc_regex(/(@Month[ ]{1,2}@dd) (to|and|-|–)[ ]{1,2}@Month[ ]{1,2}@DD/, "$1 $2 @LDay", function(d1, d2) {
				return d1.m == d2.m;
			});
	},
	
	expand_ref_dates: function(text) {
		return text
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@FullMonth @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Day @Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @FullMonth @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@FullMonth @Day, @YYYY")
		
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)((?:[01-2]?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?((?:[01-3]?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2 @FullMonth1 @YYYY1 – $3@FullMonth2 @YYYY2")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Month @Day(, (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@FullMonth1 @Day1$2 – @FullMonth2 @Day2, @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Day @Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Day @Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day1 @FullMonth1$2 – @Day2 @FullMonth2 @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month,? @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@FullMonth1$2 – @FullMonth2 @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)((?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@$2 – @FullMonth @YYYY")
		
			.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))((?:[01-2]?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?((?:[01-3]?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@FullMonth1 @YYYY1 – $3@FullMonth2 @YYYY2")
			.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))@Month @Day(, (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@FullMonth1 @Day1$2 – @FullMonth2 @Day2, @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))@Day @Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Day @Month @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@Day1 @FullMonth1$2 – @Day2 @FullMonth2 @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))@Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month,? @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@FullMonth1$2 – @FullMonth2 @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))((?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2 – @FullMonth @YYYY");
	},
	
	expand_all_dates: function(text) {
		return text
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@Month @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, '$1@FullMonth @YYYY')
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@Day @Month @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, '$1@Day @FullMonth @YYYY')
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, '$1@FullMonth @Day, @YYYY')
		
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])((?:[01-2]?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?((?:[01-3]?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, "$1$2@FullMonth1 @YYYY1 – $3@FullMonth2 @YYYY2")
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@Month @Day(, (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, "$1@FullMonth1 @Day1$2 – @FullMonth2 @Day2, @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@Day @Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Day @Month @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, "$1@Day1 @FullMonth1$2 – @Day2 @FullMonth2 @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month,? @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, "$1@FullMonth1$2 – @FullMonth2 @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])((?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, "$1$2 – @FullMonth @YYYY")
		
			.ohc_regex(/([ ]\(|\|\s*)@Day @Month @YYYY(?=\)\W|\s*[|\n])/gi, "$1@Day @FullMonth @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ ]\(|\|\s*)@Month @Day,? @YYYY(?=\)\W|\s*[|\n])/gi, "$1@FullMonth @Day, @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ ]\((?:c\. |))@Month @YYYY ?(?:-|–|&nbsp;) ?@Day @Month @YYYY(?=\)\W)/gi, "$1@FullMonth1 @YYYY1 – @Day @FullMonth2 @YYYY2")
			.ohc_regex(/([ ]\((?:c\. |))@Month @YYYY ?(?:-|–|&nbsp;) ?@Month @YYYY(?=\)\W)/gi, "$1@FullMonth1 @YYYY1 – @FullMonth2 @YYYY2")
			.ohc_regex(/([ ]\((?:c\. |))@YYYY ?(?:-|–|&nbsp;) ?@Month @YYYY(?=\)\W)/gi, "$1@YYYY1 – @FullMonth @YYYY2")
			.ohc_regex(/([ ]\((?:c\. |))@Month ?(?:-|–|&nbsp;) ?@Month @YYYY(?=\)\W)/gi, "$1@FullMonth1 – @FullMonth2 @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/([ ]\((?:c\. |))@Month @YYYY(?=\)\W)/gi, "$1@FullMonth @YYYY");
	},
	
	abbrev_ref_dates: function(text) {
		return text
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate)\s*=\s*)@Day @Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Mon @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))([12]?\d|30|31) (Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)(?:r?uary|ch|il|[ey]|ust|(?:t?em|o)ber)( (?:19\d|20[01])\d)(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2 $3$4")
			.ohc_regex(/([ ]\()@Day @Month @YYYY([^-\w\/])/gi, "$1@Day @Mon @YYYY$2")
			
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate)\s*=\s*)@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Mon @Day, @YYYY")
			.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)(?:r?uary|ch|il|[ey]|ust|(?:t?em|o)ber) ([12]?\d|30|31),( (?:19\d|20[01])\d)(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2 $3,$4")
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w\/])@Month @Day, @YYYY([^-\w\/])/gi, '$1@Mon @Day, @YYYY$2');
	},
	
	//not currently used
	abbrev_all_dates: function(text) {
		return text
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@Day @Month @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, '$1@Day @Mon @YYYY')
			.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, '$1@Mon @Day, @YYYY');
	},
	
	//not currently used
	dmy_publication_dates: function(text) {
		return text
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Month @Day,? @YYYY/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY") // conversion of dates in references outside of the protection loop (eg for quotations etc.)
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|)date\s*=\s*)(?:\[\[)?@YYYY(?:\]\][-–]\[\[|[-–])@MM[-–]@DD(?:\]\])?(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
			//replace ISO dates (within parentheses) only within refs
			.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([ ]\()@YYYY-@MM-@DD(\))(\W[^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Day @Month @YYYY$3$4");
	},
	
	mdy_publication_dates: function(text) {
		return text
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Day @Month @YYYY/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY") // conversion of dates in references outside of the protection loop (eg for quotations etc.)
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|)date\s*=\s*)(?:\[\[)?@YYYY(?:\]\][-–]\[\[|[-–])@MM[-–]@DD(?:\]\])?(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY")
			//replace ISO dates (within parentheses) only within refs
			.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([ ]\()@YYYY-@MM-@DD(\))(\W[^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Month @Day, @YYYY$3$4");
	},
	
	iso_access_dates: function(text) {
		return text
			// Add a tag to the summary box
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:accessdate))\s*=\s*@Day @Month,? @YYYY(?=[\s]*[|}])/gi, "$1=@YYYY-@MM-@DD")
			.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:accessdate))\s*=\s*@Month @Day,? @YYYY(?=[\s]*[|}])/gi, "$1=@YYYY-@MM-@DD")
			
			.ohc_regex(/(?:Retrieved |Accessed)[ ]*(?:on |)@Day @Month,? @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "Retrieved @YYYY-@MM-@DD")
			.ohc_regex(/(?:Retrieved |Accessed)[ ]*(?:on |)@Month @Day,? @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "Retrieved @YYYY-@MM-@DD");
	},
	
	/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **/
	/// EDIT SUMMARIES & USE DMY TEMPLATE
	
	// format parameter must be 'dmy' or 'mdy'
	use_dates_template: function(text, format) {
		// current month-year
		var currentDate = new Date();
		var currmonth = currentDate.getMonth();
		var curryear  = currentDate.getFullYear();
		var myMonths = new Array("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
		var curryyyymm = myMonths[currmonth] + ' ' + curryear;
		
		// insert the uses dates template
		text = text
			.replace(/\{\{(?:use (?:dmy|mdy) dates|dmy|mdy)[ ]*(?:\|[^{}}]*)?\}\}/gi, '{{Use '+format+' dates|date='+curryyyymm+'}}')
			.replace(/\{\{(?:dmy|mdy)[ ]*(?:\|[^{}]*)?\}\}/gi, '{{Use '+format+' dates|date='+curryyyymm+'}}');
		
		var rxpdd = new RegExp("{{Use "+format+" dates\\|date="+curryyyymm+"}}", "gi");
		var dflagfound = text.search(rxpdd);
		if (dflagfound == -1) {
			text = '{{Use '+format+' dates|date='+curryyyymm+'}}\r\n'+text;
		}
		
		return text;
	},
	
	/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **/
	/// DATE PROTECTION
	
	protect_dates: function(text, linkmap) {
		// protects dates within links, quotes, etc
		// the sensitive part is stored and replaced with a unique identifier,
		// which is later replaced with the stored part.
		var protect_function = function(s, begin, replace, end) {
			linkmap.push(replace);
			return begin + "⍌"+(linkmap.length-1)+"⍍" + end;
		};
		
		return text
			.replace(/(<timeline>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/timeline>)/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/((?:{(?:Wikimedia |)Commons ?|C ?))(Cat(?:egory|))\|[^{}*](})/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(<ref)([^>]+)(>)/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/((?:Category|Image|File):)([^|\]]*)([|\]])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\{(?:See ?also|Main))(\|[^}]*)(\})/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\{\{(?:double ?|external ?|wide ?)image\s?\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\{\{(?:harvnb|wikisource)\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\[(?:https?:|ftp:))([^\]]*)(\])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(>[ ]*(?:https?:|ftp:))([^< >\]]*)([ ]*<)/gi, protect_function)
			//.replace(/(https?:|ftp:)([^\s\]]*)([\s\]])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(<blockquote>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/blockquote>)/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\{[^\{]{0,6}(?:quot[^|]{1,7}\s?|sic)\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/((?:image\d?|image_skyline|image[ _]location\d?|image[ _]name|image[ _]file|img|pic)\s*=)([^|}]*)([|}])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\|\{]\s*(?:file(?:name\d?|)|image\d?|image location\d?|img|pic|Cover|title|quote|chapter|journal|url|archiveurl|work|doi|club|at|volume|reporter)\s*=)([^|\}⍍]*)([|}])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\|\{]\s*(?:file(?:name\d?|)|image\d?|image location\d?|img|pic|Cover|title|quote|chapter|journal|url|archiveurl|work|doi|club|at|volume|reporter)\s*=)([^|\}⍍]*)([|}])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\|\{]\s*(?:season)\s*=)(\s*\[\[[^\]]*\]\]\s*)([|}])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\{\{navsource\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\{\{singlechart\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\{\{defaultsort:)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\s\(>]")([^"\n]*)(")/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\s\(>]“)([^”\n]*)(”)/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(.)(\(\{\{by\|[12]\d{3}\}\}[-–]\{\{by\|)([12]\d{3}[ ]*\}\}\))/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(.)(\(\{\{by\|[12]\d{3}\}\}(?:[-–]present|))(\))/gi, protect_function)
		
			//retraining redirects containing a date
			.replace(/(\[\[)(?:September 3 Society)(\]\]|\|)/gi, '$1Jiusan Society$2')
			.replace(/(\[\[)(?:June 4th incident)(\]\]|\|)/gi, '$1Tiananmen Square protests of 1989$2')
			.ohc_regex(/(\[\[)(?:5@th? October (?:\(Serbia\)|overthrow))(\]\]|\|)/gi, '$1Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević$2')
			.ohc_regex(/(\[\[)(?:October 5@th?(?: \(Serbia\)| overthrow|, 2000))(\]\]|\|)/gi, '$1Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević$2')
		
			//protect alternate meanings of 'may' and 'march' (note: not case insensitive)
			.ohc_regex(/([^\w])(@day,?\s{0,3}may)([^\w][^\d])/g, protect_function)
			.ohc_regex(/([^\w])(march\s@day)(\s(?:mile|kilomet|met))/g, protect_function)
		
			//protect all links containing a date and some text
			.ohc_regex(/(\[\[)(\s*\w[^\]\|\n]+?@day[^\]\|\n]+?@fullmonth[^\]\|\n]*)(\]\]|\|)/gi, protect_function)
			.ohc_regex(/(\[\[)([^\]\|\n]*?@day[^\]\|\n]+?@fullmonth(?:,? @year|) \D[^\]\|\n]+\w\s*)(\]\]|\|)/gi, protect_function)
			.ohc_regex(/(\[\[)(\s*\w[^\]\|\n]+?@fullmonth[^\]\|\n]+?@day[^\]\|\n]*)(\|)/gi, protect_function)
			.ohc_regex(/(\[\[)([^\]\|\n]*?@fullmonth[^\]\|\n]+?@day(?:, @year|) \D[^\]\|\n]+\w\s*)(\]\]|\|)/gi, protect_function)
		
			//protects certain dates
			.replace(/(\[\[)(4AD)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\s\S])(March (?:8|14) Alliance)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\s\S])(23rd March 1931: Shaheed)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\s\S])(Long March [1-7])([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\s\S])(Bombay March 12)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\s\S])(movement 2 June)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\s\S])(6th\sof October City)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\s\S])(Party Workers' Liberation Front 30th of May)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\s\S])(4th\sof August regime)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\s\S])(19th\sof April movement)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\s\S])(June 4th incident)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\s\S])(The Battle Of Marston Moor \(July 2nd,? 1644\))([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\s\S])(Night of January 16th)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\s\S])(Observance of 5th November Act)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\[\[)(13 May incident)(\|)/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\[\[|\'\'\')(22nd\sof May)([|\]\'])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\[\[)(November 1828)(\]\])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(.)(4th\sof July)(.)/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\[\[)((?:2300|2000)\s?AD)(\]\])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\[\[)(29 February)(\]\])/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\[\[)(February 29)(\]\])/gi, protect_function)
		
			// works names
			//.replace(/(.)(protect string)(.)/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(.)(11\/22\/63)(.)/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(.)(1\.1\.1994)(.)/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/([\s\S])(2\.13\.61)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
			//.replace(/(.)(4th of July, Asbury)(.)/gi, protect_function) //protected above globally
			.replace(/(.)(26 October 1993)(.)/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\[\[|\'\')(June 1, 1974)(.)/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\[\[|\'\')(July 15, 1972)(.)/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\[\[|\'\')(August 1914)(.)/gi, protect_function)
			.ohc_regex(/(\[\[|\'\')(@fullmonth @dd@th? \((?:@yyyy |)film\)(?:\|@fullmonth @dd@th?|))([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
			.ohc_regex(/(\[\[|\'\')(@dd@th? @fullmonth \((?:@yyyy |)film\)(?:\|@dd@th? @fullmonth|))([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
			//.replace(/(Les Bains Douches 18)( December 1979)(.)/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(August)( 7, 4:15)(.)/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(In Concert, Zürich, October)( 28, 1979)(.)/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(CBGB OMFUG Masters: Live June)( 29, 2001)(.)/gi, protect_function)
			.ohc_regex(/(Live at [\w ]*,? [1-3]\d)( @fullmonth)(.)/gi, protect_function)
			.ohc_regex(/(Live at [\w ]*,? @fullmonth)( @dd)(.)/gi, protect_function)
			.ohc_regex(/(Bootmoon Series: [\w ]*[-–] @fullmonth)( @day, @YYYY)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		
			.replace(/(\W)((?:\d{3}|3[2-9]|[4-9]\d)\/\d dec(?:l\.?|))(\W)/gi, protect_function)
			.replace(/(\W)((?:\d{2,3})\/\d dec(?:l\.?|))( \(\d\d? overs)/gi, protect_function);
	},
	
	unprotect_dates: function(text, linkmap) {
		return text
			//unprotect all dates
			.replace(/[♫]/g, '')
			.replace(/⍌([0-9]+)⍍/g, function(x, n) {
				var res = linkmap[n];
				res = res.replace(/⍌([0-9]+)⍍/g, function(x, n) {
					var res = linkmap[n];
					res = res.replace(/⍌([0-9]+)⍍/g, function(x, n) {
						var res = linkmap[n];
						res = res.replace(/⍌([0-9]+)⍍/g, function(x, n) {
							return linkmap[n];
						});
						return res;
					});
					return res;
				});
				return res;
			});
	},
	
	mosnum_edit_summary: function() {
		var $minorEdit = $('#wpMinoredit'), $summary = $('#wpSummary');
		
		//Add a tag to the summary box
		$minorEdit.attr('checked', true);
		$summary.val(($summary.val() + ', date formats per [[MOS:DATEFORMAT]] by [[WP:MOSNUMscript|script]]').replace(/^, /, ''));
	},
	
	slash_edit_summary: function() {
		var $minorEdit = $('#wpMinoredit'), $summary = $('#wpSummary');
		
		//Add a tag to the summary box
		$minorEdit.attr('checked', true);
		$summary.val(($summary.val() + ', resolved [[WP:MOSNUM|ambiguous date formats]]').replace(/^, /, ''));
	},
	
	expand_edit_summary: function() {
		var $minorEdit = $('#wpMinoredit'), $summary = $('#wpSummary');
		
		//Add a tag to the summary box
		$minorEdit.attr('checked', true);
		$summary.val(($summary.val() + ', expand month names').replace(/^, /, ''));
	},
	
	abbrev_edit_summary: function() {
		var $minorEdit = $('#wpMinoredit'), $summary = $('#wpSummary');
		
		//Add a tag to the summary box
		$minorEdit.attr('checked', true);
		$summary.val(($summary.val() + ', abbrev month names').replace(/^, /, ''));
	},
	
	/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **/
	/// CUSTOMIZATION POINTS
	customize_all_to_dmy: function(text) { return text; },
	customize_all_to_mdy: function(text) { return text; },
	customize_body_to_dmy: function(text) { return text; },
	customize_body_to_mdy: function(text) { return text; },
	customize_iso_to_dmy: function(text) { return text; },
	customize_iso_to_mdy: function(text) { return text; },
	
	/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **/
	/// DRIVER FUNCTIONS
	/**
	 * Builds a TemplateScript callback that applies a driver function to the text.
	 * @param {function} callback A driver function that modifies the text. The first argument passed is the text to change.
	 * @param {boolean} showDiff Whether to show the edit diff after applying the changes.
	 */
	apply_driver: function(callback, showDiff) {
		return function(editor) {
			var text = callback(editor.get(), []);
			editor.set(text);
			if(showDiff !== false)
				editor.clickDiff();
		};
	},
	
	body_dates_to_dmy: function(text) {
		text = ohc.dates.use_dates_template(text, 'dmy');
		text = ohc.dates.fix_common_errors(text);
		text = ohc.dates.fix_dts_template(text, 'dmy');
		text = ohc.dates.fix_gr_template(text, 'dmy');
		text = ohc.dates.dates_to_dmy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.remove_leading_zeroes(text);
		text = ohc.dates.fix_dmy_redundancies(text);
		return text;
	},
	
	body_dates_to_mdy: function(text) {
		text = ohc.dates.use_dates_template(text, 'mdy');
		text = ohc.dates.fix_common_errors(text);
		text = ohc.dates.fix_dts_template(text, 'mdy');
		text = ohc.dates.fix_gr_template(text, 'mdy');
		text = ohc.dates.dates_to_mdy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.remove_leading_zeroes(text);
		text = ohc.dates.fix_mdy_redundancies(text);
		return text;
	},
	
	fix_unambiguous_dates_driver: function(text) {
		return ohc.dates.fix_unambiguous_dates(text);
	},
	
	iso_access_dates_driver: function(text) {
		return ohc.dates.iso_access_dates(text);
	},
	
	all_to_dmy_driver: function(text, linkmap) {
		text = ohc.dates.delink_dates(text);
		text = ohc.dates.protect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.fix_unambiguous_dates(text);
		text = ohc.dates.body_dates_to_dmy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.delink_iso_to_dmy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.delink_year_in_x(text);
		text = ohc.dates.customize_all_to_dmy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.unprotect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.iso_to_dmy_in_citations(text);

		ohc.dates.mosnum_edit_summary();
		return text;
	},
	
	all_to_mdy_driver: function(text, linkmap) {
		text = ohc.dates.delink_dates(text);
		text = ohc.dates.protect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.fix_unambiguous_dates(text);
		text = ohc.dates.body_dates_to_mdy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.delink_iso_to_mdy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.delink_year_in_x(text);
		text = ohc.dates.customize_all_to_mdy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.unprotect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.iso_to_mdy_in_citations(text);

		ohc.dates.mosnum_edit_summary();
		return text;
	},
	
	dmy_publication_dates_driver: function(text, linkmap) {
		text = ohc.dates.delink_dates(text);
		text = ohc.dates.protect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.body_dates_to_dmy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.customize_body_to_dmy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.unprotect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.dmy_publication_dates(text);

		ohc.dates.mosnum_edit_summary();
		return text;
	},
	
	mdy_publication_dates_driver: function(text, linkmap) {
		text = ohc.dates.delink_dates(text);
		text = ohc.dates.protect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.body_dates_to_mdy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.customize_body_to_mdy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.unprotect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.mdy_publication_dates(text);

		ohc.dates.mosnum_edit_summary();
		return text;
	},
	
	body_to_dmy_driver: function(text, linkmap) {
		text = ohc.dates.delink_dates(text);
		text = ohc.dates.protect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.body_dates_to_dmy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.customize_body_to_dmy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.unprotect_dates(text, linkmap);

		ohc.dates.mosnum_edit_summary();
		return text;
	},
	
	body_to_mdy_driver: function(text, linkmap) {
		text = ohc.dates.delink_dates(text);
		text = ohc.dates.protect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.body_dates_to_mdy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.customize_body_to_mdy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.unprotect_dates(text, linkmap);

		ohc.dates.mosnum_edit_summary();
		return text;
	},
	
	iso_to_dmy_driver: function(text, linkmap) {
		text = ohc.dates.protect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.delink_iso_to_dmy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.customize_iso_to_dmy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.unprotect_dates(text, linkmap);

		//  ohc.dates.mosnum_edit_summary();
		return text;
	},
	
	iso_to_mdy_driver: function(text, linkmap) {
		text = ohc.dates.protect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.delink_iso_to_mdy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.customize_iso_to_mdy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.unprotect_dates(text, linkmap);

		//  ohc.dates.mosnum_edit_summary();
		return text;
	},
	
	delink_year_in_x_driver: function(text) {
		return ohc.dates.delink_year_in_x(text);
	},
	
	unambiguous_dates_driver: function(text, linkmap) {
		text = ohc.dates.protect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.fix_unambiguous_dates(text);
		text = ohc.dates.unprotect_dates(text, linkmap);

		ohc.dates.slash_edit_summary();
		return text;
	},
	
	us_slash_dates_driver: function(text, linkmap) {
		text = ohc.dates.protect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.us_slash_dates_to_mdy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.unprotect_dates(text, linkmap);

		ohc.dates.slash_edit_summary();
		return text;
	},
	
	uk_slash_dates_driver: function(text, linkmap) {
		text = ohc.dates.protect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.uk_slash_dates_to_dmy(text);
		text = ohc.dates.unprotect_dates(text, linkmap);

		ohc.dates.slash_edit_summary();
		return text;
	},
	
	expand_ref_dates_driver: function(text, linkmap) {
		text = ohc.dates.expand_ref_dates(text);
		text = ohc.dates.protect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.unprotect_dates(text, linkmap);

		ohc.dates.expand_edit_summary();
		return text;
	},
	
	expand_all_dates_driver: function(text, linkmap) {
		text = ohc.dates.expand_ref_dates(text);
		text = ohc.dates.protect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.expand_all_dates(text);
		text = ohc.dates.unprotect_dates(text, linkmap);

		ohc.dates.expand_edit_summary();
		return text;
	},
	
	abbrev_ref_dates_driver: function(text, linkmap) {
		text = ohc.dates.protect_dates(text, linkmap);
		text = ohc.dates.abbrev_ref_dates(text);
		text = ohc.dates.unprotect_dates(text, linkmap);

		ohc.dates.abbrev_edit_summary();
		return text;
	}
};