Template:TODAY
(Redirected from Template:Today)
1 August 2026
 | This template may be substituted by using {{subst:TODAY}}. |
{{TODAY}} returns the current date, in UTC time, as typical dmy format.
Please be sure to study Help:Substitution § Limitation before using this template in references or VisualEditor.
Note that the same date can be shown for up to a week on a page since Wikipedia caches pages and only re-renders them under one of the follow circumstances:
- Someone visits the page and it has not been re-rendered in a week;
- Someone visits the page and manually purges or edits it.
Usage
Syntax
{{TODAY}}or{{tdy}}{{subst:TODAY}}or{{subst:tdy}}for a substituted date.
Implementation
{{TODAY}} expands to:
{{safesubst:#time:j F Y}}
produces: 1 August 2026
Today's day month year, in that order (DMY) with the month written out.
See also
- Help:Time function, about using the #time parser function
Multiple units of time
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Single units of time
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Date and time templates made for substitution
Parser functions
- mw:Special:MyLanguage/time permits a custom time specifier string, similar to the C date and time functions
Individual templates
- {{Calendar}}
- {{Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}}
- {{Clock}}
- {{Digital clock}}
- {{Digital clock and date}}
- {{Infobox calendar date today}}