Template:Adt/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Adt.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:Adt}}).

Adt creates the 'accessdate' field and value for most Citation templates.

Access dates may be implemented in three formats and should be consistent throughout the article:

D Month YYYY: 3 April 2025 ("DMY" – day followed by full month name, followed by year; no leading zeros)
Month D, YYYY: April 3, 2025 ("MDY" – full month name then day; comma separating the day and year; no leading zeros)
YYYY-MM-DD: 2025-04-03 ("ISO" — all numeric, with 2-digit day and month)

Usage

This template MUST be subst'd.

When subst'd, the template provides the accessdate parameter name, the = sign, and the formatted date. You may specify a date format to be consistent with the other citations in the article:

Markup	Generates	Renders as
`\|{{subst:adt}}` `\|{{subst:adt\|dmy}}` `\|{{subst:adt\|mdy}}` `\|{{subst:adt\|iso}}`	`\|accessdate=CURRENTDAY CURRENTMONTHNAME CURRENTYEAR` `\|accessdate=CURRENTDAY CURRENTMONTHNAME CURRENTYEAR` `\|accessdate=CURRENTMONTHNAME CURRENTDAY, CURRENTYEAR` `\|accessdate=CURRENTYEAR-CURRENTMONTH2-CURRENTDAY2`	`\|accessdate=7 April 2025` (default; the most common internationally) `\|accessdate=7 April 2025` (same as default) `\|accessdate=April 7, 2025` (chiefly US) `\|accessdate=2025-04-07` (ISO 8601; chiefly technical)

Note that the template does not include the leading pipe (|); always precede {{subst:adt}} with a pipe character as in the examples above.