Template:Datetime/doc

Add the "time" HTML element around a date, time, or date & time text for better search engine results and to help people using accessibility technologies.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Datetime	1	String with a date, time, or date and time. Example 2022-12-31, 23:21:59, 2000-01-02T03:04:05.006	String	required
Display text	2	Text to display instead of the date or time. Example last year, tomorrow, January 1st, in February	String	optional

Please refer to the <time>: The (Date) Time element on MDN Web Docs for the exact specification of the datetime string and more examples.

Usage

• With date only: {{Template_Sandbox/Demian/Datetime|datetime}}
• With date and text: {{Template_Sandbox/Demian/Datetime|datetime|display text}}

Examples

Usage examples, including an invalid one.

Code	Result
{{Datetime|2022-01-02}}	2022-01-02
{{Datetime|2022-02-01|On February 1st}}	On February 1st
{{Datetime|12:30|half past noon}}	half past noon
{{Datetime|2022-01-01T00:00:01}}	2022-01-01T00:00:01
{{Datetime}}	ERROR: No value given to datetime template!