Template:Now/doc

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

Usage

Creates a sentence with the information in {{Currentdate}}.


Type	Adjustable	Current	Last	Next
Date and Time	{{time}}	{{Currentdate}} (MDY) {{Plain now}} (DMY) {{Now}} (Plan now in as sentence)
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)
Banners		{{Right now}} (Blue with time and number of Wikipedia articles) {{Right now (User message)}} (Orange with time and number of Wikipedia articles
Timestamp		{{Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDHHMMSS)

Single units of time


Unit of time	Adjustable	Current	Last	Next
SECOND		{{CURRENTSECOND}}
MINUTE		{{CURRENTMINUTE}}
HOUR		{{Currenthour}}	{{Hour-1}}	{{Hour+1}}
WEEK		{{CURRENTWEEKOFYEAR}} {{CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}}
Day of Week	{{Dow}}	{{CURRENTWEEKDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAY}}	{{LASTWEEKDAYNAME}} {{LASTWEEKDAYABBREV}}	{{NEXTWEEKDAYNAME}} {{NEXTWEEKDAYABBREV}}
MONTH	{{MONTHNAME}} {{MONTHABBREV}} {{MONTHNUMBER}} {{MONTH}} (zero padded)	{{Currentmonth}} {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{CURRENTMONTHNUMBER}} {{CURRENTMONTHDAYS}}	{{LASTMONTH}} (Can make not zero-padded) {{LASTMONTHNAME}} {{LASTMONTHABBR}}	{{NEXTMONTH}} (Can make not zero-padded) {{NEXTMONTHNAME}} {{NEXTMONTHABBR}}
Day of Month		{{Currentday}}
YEAR		{{CURRENTYEARCC}} {{CURRENTYEARYY}} {{CURRENTISOYEAR}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}	{{LASTYEAR}}	{{NEXTYEAR}}
Day of Year		{{CURRENTDAYOFYEAR}}
CENTURY	{{CENTURY}}	{{CURRENTCENTURY}}	{{LASTCENTURY}}	{{NEXTCENTURY}}
MILLENNIUM	{{MILLENNIUM}}	{{Currentmillennium}}

Date and time Templates made for substitution:

Month:
{{Lmonth}} produces Oct
{{Nmonth}} produces Dec
{{LastMonth}} produces October 2024
{{NextMonth}} produces December 2024

Individual Templates

Categories of Templates