Template:Dowa

Add links
From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki

Name: dow = day of week, "a" refers to the alphabetic, not numeric result.

This template computes the ISO weekday for a given Gregorian date.

  • {{dowa|2007|3|11}} gives Sunday.
  • {{dowa|1907|3|11}} gives Monday.
  • {{dowa|1807|3|11}} gives Wednesday.

Compare:

  • {{#time:l|2007-3-11}} gives Sunday.
  • {{#time:l|1907-3-11}} gives Monday
  • {{#time:l|1807-3-11}} gives Wednesday

Syntax:

{{dowa|year|month|day}}
  • The year must be astronomical (0 is 1 BC, -1 is 2 BC, etc.).
  • The month is between 1 and 12 from January to December.
  • The day is normally between 1 and 31.

The template used to be especially useful for dates before 19700101, because they were outside the range of #time.

See also:


Retrieved from "https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Dowa&oldid=24680923"