Template:DatesWD/doc

Usage

An asterisk "^*" marks non-specified parameters, and which in this case are taken equal to their current values.

• {{DatesWD|1}} gives first Thursday^* in July^* of 2026^* — 2026-07-02
• {{DatesWD|2|4}} gives second Thursday in July^* of 2026^* — 2026-07-09
• {{DatesWD|-1|0|12|date=wiki}} gives last Sunday in December of 2026^* in a short wiki link format — December 27
• {{DatesWD|4|3|9|2011|format=%a %d %b %Y}} gives fourth Wednesday in September of 2011 in some #Lua date format — Wed 28 Sep 2011
• {{DatesWD|1|2|3|date=1}} gives first Tuesday of March in next year — March 02, 2027
• {{DatesWD|3|5|2|date=-1}} gives third Friday of February in last year — February 21, 2025
• {{DatesWD|-2|6|7|{{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1}}|date=wiki_long}} gives penultimate Saturday in July for last year in a long wiki link format — June 21, 2025

Lua date format

If you use the |date= parameter, then this format does not work.

• %a abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Wed)
• %A full weekday name (e.g., Wednesday)
• %b abbreviated month name (e.g., Sep)
• %B full month name (e.g., September)
• %x date (e.g., 09/16/98)
• %d day of the month (16) [01-31]
• %m month (09) [01-12]
• %w weekday (3) [0-6 = Sunday-Saturday]
• %Y full year (1998)
• %y two-digit year (98) [00-99]

Template Data

Calculation of non-fixed dates on the nth day of the week in a given month (and a year).

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Nth	1	1 = first, 2 = second, etc. -1 = last, -2 = penultimate, etc Default default value	Number	required
Day of the week	2	0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, ... 6 = Saturday Default current	Number	suggested
Month	3	1 = January, 2 = February, ... 12 = December Default current	Number	suggested
Year	4	Fore digits year Default current	Number	optional
Wiki date output formats	date	MD/wiki for [[January 1]] format, MDY/wiki_long for [[December 31, 2018]] format	Line	optional
Lua output format	format	%x for date format MM/DD/YY or others, default YYYY-MM-DD Default %Y-%m-%d	Line	optional