Template:Digital clock and date/doc
 | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Digital clock and date. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
 | This template does not put a working clock on your page. This template adds a clock that shows the time when the page was last updated (or re-cached) and will not update each minute.If you do want a clock that constantly updates, then go to your Preferences and enable the item: "Add a clock to the personal toolbar that displays the current time in UTC and provides a link to purge the current page" under Appearance. |
Usage
[change source]- Copy and paste {{subst:Template:Digital clock and date}} to use this template.
- The clock must then be manually set to your local time, or another time of your choice, which is done per the following procedure:
- 1. Refer to the en:List of UTC time offsets article and find your geographic location
- 2. Edit the page where you have placed the clock, and where it states "offset=" within this template, enter the corresponding offset relative to your geographic location.
- For example, to set the clock to the time in New York City, set the offset parameter to -4.
- 3. If you live in an area where daylight saving time is observed, additional adjustments to the offset parameter may be necessary for the clock to match your time.
Related pages
[change source][] all subsections that follow:
 | This template does not put a working clock on your page. The clock will not update the time on your screen every minute. Instead, it records the date and time that the page was most recently edited or purged. If you want a clock that constantly updates, then go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets and enable the Appearance item, "Add a clock to the personal toolbar that displays the current time in UTC and provides a link to purge the current page". |
Multiple units of time
[change source]| Type | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
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| Date and Time | {{time}} | {{Currentdate}} (MDY) {{Plain now}} (DMY) {{Now}} (DMY in a complete sentence) |
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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}} |
| 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) {{Right now (User message)}} (Orange with time and number of Wikipedia articles |
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| Timestamp | {{Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss) |
Single units of time
[change source]| Unit of time | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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:
[change source]Month:
{{Lmonth}} produces Oct
{{Nmonth}} produces Dec
{{LastMonth}} produces October 2025
{{NextMonth}} produces December 2025
Individual Templates
[change source]- {{Calendar}}
- {{Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}}
- {{Clock}}
- {{Digital clock and date}}
Categories of Templates
[change source]- Category:Time, date and calendar templates
- Category:Date-computing templates
- Category:Date-computing templates based on current time
- Category:ISO date templates
- Category:Calendar templates