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{{for|the article header for year articles|Template:Year article header}}<br />
{{High-use}}<br />
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== Usage ==<br />
{{Tlx|YEAR|{{var|string formatted as a valid date}}}}<br />
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Specify optional parameter {{param|2}} to get soft error rather than a hard {{t|error}}<br />
{{YEAR/demo|1999}}<br />
{{YEAR/demo|1999-12-12}}<br />
{{YEAR/demo|January 1999}}<br />
{{YEAR/demo|1 January 1999}}<br />
{{YEAR/demo|January 1, 1999}}<br />
{{YEAR/demo|1-2-1990}}<br />
{{YEAR/demo|1/2/1990}}<br />
{{YEAR/demo|2239-10-23}}<br />
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Reports "Error" if given bad input:<br />
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{{YEAR/demo|1-14-1990}}<br />{{in5}}Reason for the error: there are not 14 months.<br />
{{YEAR/demo|61 January 1999}}<br />{{in5}}Reason for the error: no month has 61 days.<br />
{{YEAR/demo|1 MyMonth 1999}}<br />{{in5}}Reason for the error: there is no such month name.<br />
{{YEAR/demo|some text which is not a date}}<br />{{in5}}Reason for the error: no date information to parse.<br />
{{YEAR/demo|on approximately 1999-12-12}}<br />{{in5}}Reason for the error: includes extraneous content.<br />
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If used with a year range, it returns only the first match:<br />
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* {{YEAR/demo|1999-2001}}<br />
This presently only works when the year range is specified with a hyphen; if correctly given with an en dash, it reports an error (this will probably not be fixed, because handling ranges is not the template's function; that it kinda-sorta works on something like <code>1999-2001</code> with a hyphen is basically just an accident):<br />
* {{YEAR/demo|1999–2001}}<br />
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If used without input, it simply outputs the current year:<br />
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*{{YEAR/demo|}}<br />
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It can be cleanly [[WP:SUBST|substituted]] for this purpose. If fed invalid data when substituted, it produces a larger, red error.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* {{tlx|date}} – outputs the current date in various parameter-controlled formats<br />
* {{tlx|DATE}} – a subst-only convenience template used inside cleanup/dispute templates; {{tlsx|DATE}} produces: <samp>date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}</samp><br />
* [[:Category:Time, date and calendar templates]] – numerous date computing, formatting, annotating, and navigation templates<br />
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