Template:Which calendar
Template documentationUsage
The {{Which calendar}} template is a variant of {{Clarify}} to be used specifically when the clarification that is needed is the calendar in which a particular date is expressed.
At various times in modern history, multiple calendars were in use at the same time. Therefore, in an article on Russian history, a date such as "March 1, 1881" may be ambiguous: it might mean March 1 [O.S. March 13] 1881, or it might mean February 17 [O.S. March 1] 1881.
You may use either of the following formats:
{{which calendar|{{subst:DATE}}}}
or
{{which calendar|date=November 2024}}
This template will place articles into Category:Articles containing ambiguous dates.
To fix the issue, use the {{OldStyleDate}} template to clarify the meaning of the date:
{{OldStyleDate|March 1|1881|March 13}}
which produces
- March 1 [O.S. March 13] 1881
TemplateData
TemplateData for Which calendar
<templatedata> {
"params": {
"link": {
"label": "Link target",
"description": "Change what \"which calendar?\" text links to",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"default": "MOS:OSNS"
},
"date": {
"suggested": true,
"label": "Month and year",
"description": "Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'",
"type": "string",
"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}"
}
},
"format": "inline",
"description": "For tagging ambiguous dates which might plausibly be interpreted differently according to multiple calendars in use at the time."
} </templatedata>
Redirects
- {{What calendar}}
- {{What calendar?}}
- {{Which calendar?}}
See also
- {{Clarify}}
- {{OldStyleDate}}
- {{OldStyleDateDY}}
- {{OldStyleDateNY}}
- {{Which}}
