Template:Old Style to New Style/doc

Usage

This template is used for displaying a date in both Old Style and New Style, including a discreet link to the article Old Style and New Style dates, in cases where the year is the same in both Styles. The significant difference from template:OldStyleDate is that this template gives the Old Style date first and then the New Style date in parentheses, whereas the other template does the reverse. The reason to do so is to permit historical records to be quoted verbatim, using the dating scheme used at the time.

{{Old Style to New Style|OS day and month|year|NS day and month}}

If it helps you remember the order of the parameters, you may optionally choose to think of it like this:

{{Old Style to New Style|OS day and month|OS year|NS day and month|NS year}}

Note that in this usage the fourth parameter will be ignored when the template is rendered.

Examples

• Usage: {{Old Style to New Style|20 January|1905|2 February}}
  • Result: 20 January [2 February N.S. ] 1905

• Usage: {{Old Style to New Style|January 20|1905|February 2}}
  • Result: January 20 [February 2 N.S. ] 1905

or

• Usage: {{Old Style to New Style|January 20|1905|February 2, }}
  • Result: January 20 [February 2, N.S. ] 1905

Shortcut: OS2NS

The formal name of the template is {{Old Style to New Style}} but the redirect template:OS2NS may be used instead:

• Usage: {{OS2NS|20 January|1905|2 February}}
  • Result: 20 January [2 February N.S. ] 1905

• Usage: {{OS2NS|January 20|1905|February 2}}
  • Result: January 20 [February 2 N.S. ] 1905

or

• Usage: {{OS2NS|January 20|1905|February 2, }}
  • Result: January 20 [February 2, N.S. ] 1905

to be written ...

See also

• {{OldStyleDateDY}} – for cases where the year is different in the Old Style and the New Style
  • Example: 17 January 1706 [O.S. 6 January 1705]

• {{OldStyleDateNY}} – for cases that require only the day and month, not the year
  • Example: 13 October [O.S. 2 October]

• {{which calendar}} – for use with dates where it is unclear if New Style or Old Style is used