Template:MONTHABBREV/doc

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This template returns the English abbreviation (between "Jan" and "Dec") of the month whose number is in parameter. Alternatively, the English name or abbreviation (in any letter case) can be provided.

Syntax

{{MONTHABBREV|month}}

The month value is interpreted modulo 12 (extra leading zeroes and decimals are ignored).

Examples for all standard English month names

{{MONTHABBREV|january}} returns Jan

{{MONTHABBREV|february}} returns Feb

{{MONTHABBREV|march}} returns Mar

{{MONTHABBREV|april}} returns Apr

{{MONTHABBREV|may}} returns May

{{MONTHABBREV|june}} returns Jun

{{MONTHABBREV|july}} returns Jul

{{MONTHABBREV|august}} returns Aug

{{MONTHABBREV|september}} returns Sep

{{MONTHABBREV|october}} returns Oct

{{MONTHABBREV|november}} returns Nov

{{MONTHABBREV|december}} returns Dec

Examples for all abbreviated English month names

{{MONTHABBREV|JAN}} returns Jan

{{MONTHABBREV|FEB}} returns Feb

{{MONTHABBREV|MAR}} returns Mar

{{MONTHABBREV|APR}} returns Apr

{{MONTHABBREV|MAY}} returns May

{{MONTHABBREV|JUN}} returns Jun

{{MONTHABBREV|JUL}} returns Jul

{{MONTHABBREV|AUG}} returns Aug

{{MONTHABBREV|SEP}} returns Sep

{{MONTHABBREV|OCT}} returns Oct

{{MONTHABBREV|NOV}} returns Nov

{{MONTHABBREV|DEC}} returns Dec

Examples for all standard month numbers

{{MONTHABBREV|1}} returns Jan

{{MONTHABBREV|2}} returns Feb

{{MONTHABBREV|3}} returns Mar

{{MONTHABBREV|4}} returns Apr

{{MONTHABBREV|5}} returns May

{{MONTHABBREV|6}} returns Jun

{{MONTHABBREV|7}} returns Jul

{{MONTHABBREV|8}} returns Aug

{{MONTHABBREV|9}} returns Sep

{{MONTHABBREV|10}} returns Oct

{{MONTHABBREV|11}} returns Nov

{{MONTHABBREV|12}} returns Dec

Examples for month numbers with extra leading zero

{{MONTHABBREV|01}} returns Jan

{{MONTHABBREV|02}} returns Feb

{{MONTHABBREV|03}} returns Mar

{{MONTHABBREV|04}} returns Apr

{{MONTHABBREV|05}} returns May

{{MONTHABBREV|06}} returns Jun

{{MONTHABBREV|07}} returns Jul

{{MONTHABBREV|08}} returns Aug

{{MONTHABBREV|09}} returns Sep

Examples for month number underflows and overflows, from computed values

{{MONTHABBREV|-1200}} returns Dec

{{MONTHABBREV|-1201}} returns Nov

{{MONTHABBREV|-1212}} returns Dec

{{MONTHABBREV|-12}} returns Dec

{{MONTHABBREV|-11}} returns Jan

{{MONTHABBREV|-10}} returns Feb

{{MONTHABBREV|-9}} returns Mar

{{MONTHABBREV|-3}} returns Oct

{{MONTHABBREV|-2}} returns Oct

{{MONTHABBREV|-1}} returns Nov

{{MONTHABBREV|0}} returns Dec

{{MONTHABBREV|13}} returns Jan

{{MONTHABBREV|14}} returns Feb

{{MONTHABBREV|15}} returns Mar

{{MONTHABBREV|16}} returns Apr

{{MONTHABBREV|23}} returns Nov

{{MONTHABBREV|24}} returns Dec

{{MONTHABBREV|25}} returns Jan

{{MONTHABBREV|1200}} returns Dec

{{MONTHABBREV|1201}} returns Jan

{{MONTHABBREV|1212}} returns Dec

Multiple units of time


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

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