Module:Date period/doc

Usage

For templates, you might want to use Template:T instead.

{{#invoke:Date period|_main|dateA|dateB}}

Automatically formats two given dates with a space and and en dash. Dates can be of any format supported by Module:Date.

If the month is the same, it is only shown once. If the month and day is the same, it will not show a second part at all. If the year is different, it will show the year no matter what.

Date A	Date B	Output
2021-02-19	present	February 19 – present
present	2021-02-25	present – February 25
2021-02-19	2021-02-25	February 19 – 25
2021-02-19	2021-03-25	February 19 – March 25
2020-02-19	2021-02-25	February 19, 2020 – February 25, 2021

The year can be forcefully shown with the show-year parameter (third parameter of p._main).

Date A	Date B	show-year	Output
2021-02-19	2021-02-25	no	February 19 – 25
2021-02-19	2021-02-25	yes	February 19 – 25
2020-02-19	2021-02-25	no	February 19, 2020 – February 25, 2021
2020-02-19	2021-02-25	yes	February 19, 2020 – February 25, 2021

If one of the dates is invalid, the raw text will be displayed instead.

Date A	Date B	Output
2021-02-19	Sometime far in the future.	February 19 – Sometime far in the future.
Long ago	2021-02-25	Long ago – February 25