User:Ohconfucius/MOSNUM script test
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|+ Examples of unacceptable dates and how to fix them | ||
| Issue | Unacceptable | Acceptable |
|---|---|---|
| Hyphen in date range (use en dash) | | |date=2002-2003 | | |date=2002–2003 |
| Slash in date range (use en dash) | | |date=2002/2003 or |date=July/August 2003 | |date=2002–2003 or |date=July–August 2003 |
| Hyphen in date range (use en dash) | | |date=April-May 2004 | | |date=April–May 2004 |
| Missing space around en dash for range of full dates | | |date=April 2003–May 2004 | | |date=April 2003 – May 2004 |
| Month capitalization | | |date=28 february 1900 | | |date=28 February 1900 |
| Month capitalization | | |date=28 FEBRUARY 1900 | | |date=28 February 1900 |
| Season capitalization | | |date=spring 2011 | | |date=Spring 2011 |
| Future date (typo) | | |date=2102 | | |date=2012
|
| Access date impossibly far in the past (typo) | ||access-date=1 January 2000 | any access-date before 2001 is systematically removed |
| Access date only specifies month | ||access-date=January 2015 | |access-date becomes the first day of that month |
| Ambiguous date range or year and month | | |date=2002-03 | *|date=2002–2003
|
| Bad abbreviation | | |date=Febr. 28, 1900 | *|date=Feb 28, 1900
|date=February 28, 1900 |
| Nonexistent date | | |date=February 29, 1900 | |
| Undated | | |date=Undated | | |date=n.d. |
| Comma in month and year | | |date=February, 1900 | | |date=February 1900 |
| Comma in season | | |date=Winter, 1900–1901 | | |date=Winter 1900–1901 |
| Missing comma in format which requires it | | |date=February 28 1990 | | |date=February 28, 1990 or |date=28 February 1990 |
| Non-date text | | |date=2008, originally 2000 | | |date=2008 {{para|plain=y|orig-year|2000}} |
| Zero-padding | | |date=January 04, 1987 | | |date=January 4, 1987 |
| Date with slashes | | |date=12/6/87 | *ambiguous date needing human intervention
|date=December 6, 1987|date=12 June 1987 |
| Two-digit year | | |date=87-12-06 | | |date=1987-12-06 |
| One-digit month or day | | |date=2007-3-6 | | |date=2007-03-06 |
| Wikilinked date | | |date=April 1, 1999 | | |date=April 1, 1999 |
| "mm-dd-yyyy" or "dd-mm-yyyy" date format | | |date=07-12-2009 | | |date=7 December 2009 or |date=12 July 2009or |date=July 12, 2009 or |date=December 7, 2009 |
| Approximate or uncertain dates | | |date=circa 1970 or |date= | ||date=c. 1970 |