Module:Citation/CS1/Date validation/doc

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This module contains routines that support the Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2 date formats for citations on Wikipedia. In particular, this module contains a suite of functions that validate date formats and content for the variety of date-holding parameters associated with cs1|2 citations.

These files comprise the module support for cs1|2 citation templates:

cs1 | cs2 modules
live	sandbox		description
Module:Citation/CS1	Module:Citation/CS1/sandbox	[edit]	Rendering and support functions
Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration	Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration/sandbox	[edit]	Translation tables; error and identifier handlers
Module:Citation/CS1/Whitelist	Module:Citation/CS1/Whitelist/sandbox	[edit]	List of active, deprecated, and obsolete cs1\|2 parameters
Module:Citation/CS1/Date validation	Module:Citation/CS1/Date validation/sandbox	[edit]	Date format validation functions
Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers	Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers/sandbox	[edit]	Functions that support the named identifiers (isbn, doi, pmid, etc)
Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities	Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities/sandbox	[edit]	Common functions and tables
Module:Citation/CS1/COinS	Module:Citation/CS1/COinS/sandbox	[edit]	Functions that render a cs1\|2 template's metadata
Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css	Module:Citation/CS1/sandbox/styles.css	[edit]	CSS styles applied to the cs1\|2 templates
Module:Citation/CS1/Suggestions	Module:Citation/CS1/Suggestions/sandbox	[edit]	List that maps common erroneous parameter names to valid parameter names