Template:LASTYEAR

2025

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Display the current year offset by one ie. current year - 1 year. If the first parameter is set (optional), it will offset by that number of years backwards.

example 1

{{LASTYEAR}}

displays

2025

example 2

{{LASTYEAR|4}}

displays

2022

See also

• {{CURRENTYEAR}}
• {{NEXTYEAR}}

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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}}
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 Bharatpedia articles)
Timestamp		{{Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss)

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Single units of time

Unit of time	Adjustable	Current	Last	Next
SECOND		{{CURRENTSECOND}}
MINUTE		{{CURRENTMINUTE}}
HOUR		{{CURRENTHOUR}}	{{Hour-1}}	{{Hour+1}}
WEEK		{{CURRENTWEEK}} {{CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}}
Day of Week	{{Dow}}	{{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAY}}	{{LASTWEEKDAYNAME}} {{LASTWEEKDAYABBREV}}	{{NEXTWEEKDAYNAME}} {{NEXTWEEKDAYABBREV}}
MONTH	{{MONTHNAME}} {{MONTHABBREV}} {{MONTHNUMBER}} {{MONTH}} (zero padded)	{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{CURRENTMONTH1}} {{CURRENTMONTHDAYS}}	{{LASTMONTH}} (Can make not zero-padded) {{LASTMONTHNAME}} {{LASTMONTHABBR}}	{{NEXTMONTH}} (Can make not zero-padded) {{NEXTMONTHNAME}} {{NEXTMONTHABBR}}
Day of Month		{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTDAY2}} (zero padded)
YEAR		{{CURRENTYEARCC}} {{CURRENTYEARYY}} {{CURRENTISOYEAR}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}	{{LASTYEAR}}	{{NEXTYEAR}}
Day of Year		{{CURRENTDAYOFYEAR}}
DECADE	{{DECADE}}	{{CURRENTDECADE}}	{{LASTDECADE}}	{{NEXTDECADE}}
CENTURY	{{CENTURY}}	{{CURRENTCENTURY}}	{{LASTCENTURY}}	{{NEXTCENTURY}}
MILLENNIUM	{{MILLENNIUM}}	{{Currentmillennium}}

Date and time templates made for substitution:

Month:
{{Lmonth}} produces Sep
{{Nmonth}} produces Nov
{{LastMonth}} produces September 2026
{{NextMonth}} produces November 2026

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Individual templates

• {{Calendar}}
• {{Calendar clock with Bharatpedia stats}}
• {{Clock}}
• {{Digital clock}}
• {{Digital clock and date}}

Categories of templates

• Category:Time, date and calendar templates
• Category:Date-computing templates
• Category:Date-computing templates based on current time
• Category:ISO date templates
• Category:Calendar templates

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