Template:TODAY
31 January 2025
Template documentation{TODAY} returns the current date, in UTC time, as typical dmy format.
Please be sure to study Help:Substitution § Limitation before using this template in references or VisualEditor.
See also
- Help:Time function, about using the #time parser function
[] all subsections that follow:
Multiple units of time
| Type | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 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 Dec
{Nmonth} produces Feb
{LastMonth} produces December 2024
{NextMonth} produces February 2025