Template:Adt

accessdate=22 December 2024

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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 December 2024 ("DMY" – day followed by full month name, followed by year; no leading zeros)
• Month D, YYYY: December 3, 2024 ("MDY" – full month name then day; comma separating the day and year; no leading zeros)
• YYYY-MM-DD: 2024-12-03 ("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=22 December 2024  (default; the most common internationally)  |accessdate=22 December 2024  (same as default)  |accessdate=December 22, 2024  (chiefly US)  |accessdate=2024-12-22  (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.