This is the documentation page for Module:Parsedate
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The module “Parsedate” contains one available calls that will accept an input string and return a string that:
- for a valid date, wraps a hidden copy of the date in ISO format in a microformat
- returns the input.
Usage
{{#invoke:Parsedate|parse_date|input_string}}
Parameters
- Positional parameter – the value of frame.args[1] is passed after function name and vertical bar and is the string to be parsed for a valid date.
Examples
{{#invoke: Parsedate | parse_date | 28 August 2013}}
will produce 28 August 2013 - inspect the html to see the microformat.
There are several test cases at User:RexxS/DateDataTest which use extra code to illustrate the parsing.
