Template:Get year/doc

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Purpose

Given a plain text date, returns the year. Accepts ISO 8601, a variety of date formats as well as a year-only date specification.

Limitations

Does [not?] understand BC / AD and may not deliver accurate results for single-digit dates.

Examples

{{Get year}} 1900
{{Get year|}} 2024
{{Get year|1946}} 1946
{{Get year|July 3, 1965}} 1965
{{Get year|16 November 1971}} 1971
{{Get year|1975-12-19}} 1975
{{Get year|3-7-2005}} 2005
{{Get year|3/27/2015}} 2015
{{Get year|1997 January 8}} Error: Invalid time.
{{Get year|0711}} 0711