Template:YMD to ISO
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Template:YMD to ISO converts a date in YMD format (e.g. 2000 January 17) to ISO 8601 format (e.g. 2000-01-17). Any input which is not a valid DMY date is passed through unchanged. This template is designed to preprocess dates for use with the #time parser function, which is unable to convert YMD dates, and for use with templates such as {{Date}} or {{ISO date}} which are implemented using the #time parser function.
Usage
{{YMD to ISO | <date in YMD format> }}
Examples
Full month names
{{YMD to ISO| 2000 January 17 }}→ 2000-01-17{{YMD to ISO|2000 February 29}}→ 2000-02-29{{YMD to ISO|2001 February 28}}→ 2001-02-28{{YMD to ISO|2000 december 17}}→ 2000-12-17{{YMD to ISO|2000 DECEMBER 17}}→ 2000-12-17
Abbreviated month names
{{YMD to ISO|2000 Sep 1}}→ 2000-09-01{{YMD to ISO|2000 Sept 1}}→ 2000-09-01{{YMD to ISO|2000 Sept. 1}}→ 2000-09-01{{YMD to ISO|2000 dec 1}}→ 2000-12-01{{YMD to ISO|2000 DEC. 1}}→ 2000-12-01
Dates in other formats (unchanged)
{{YMD to ISO|1 December 2000}}→ 1 December 2000{{YMD to ISO|December 1, 2000}}→ December 1, 2000
Used as input
With the {{#time}} parser function:
{{#time: r|{{YMD to ISO|2000 January 17}}}}→ Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0000- without {{YMD to ISO}}:
{{#time: r|2000 January 17}}→ Error: Invalid time.
With the {{Date}} template:
{{Date|{{YMD to ISO|2000 January 17}}|dmy}}→ 17 January 2000- without {{YMD to ISO}}:
{{Date|2000 January 17|dmy}}→ 2000 January 17 (not converted to dmy)
With the {{ISO date}} template:
{{ISO date|{{YMD to ISO|2000 January 17}}|dmy}}→ Template:ISO date- without {{YMD to ISO}}:
{{ISO date|2000 January 17|dmy}}→ Template:ISO date
See also
Date and time templates
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Multiple units of time
| Type | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and time | {{time}} | {{Currentdate}} (MDY) {{Plain now}} (DMY) {{Now}} (DMY in a complete sentence) {{Simple now}} |
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| 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) |
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| Banners | {{Right now}} (Blue with time and number of Bharatpedia articles) |
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| Timestamp | {{Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss) |
Single units of time
Date and time templates made for substitution:
Month:
{{Lmonth}} produces May
{{Nmonth}} produces Jul
{{LastMonth}} produces May 2025
{{NextMonth}} produces July 2025
Individual templates
- {{Calendar}}
- {{Calendar clock with Bharatpedia stats}}
- {{Clock}}
- {{Digital clock}}
- {{Digital clock and date}}