Template:Timestamp
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{Timestamp} is the template equivalent for the magic word (also known as variable) {CURRENTTIMESTAMP}. The template invokes this variable when called. Due to MediaWiki and browser caching, these variables frequently show when the page was cached rather than the current time.
Alternative: To generate a formatted date stamp with the current date and time, use five tildes (~~~~~) to output: 16:39, 23 March 2025 (UTC)
. In some templates, five tildes is the preferred way to add the date.
See also
Multiple units of time
| Type | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Feb
{Nmonth} produces Apr
{Last month} produces February 2025
{Next month} produces April 2025
Parser functions
- mw:Special:MyLanguage/time permits a custom time specifier string, similar to the C date and time functions
Individual templates
- {Calendar}
- {Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}
- {Clock}
- {Digital clock}
- {Digital clock and date}
- {Infobox calendar date today}
- {Raph Williams65/digiclock}