Template:Date range

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To use

{{Date range|Year of event start|Month of event start|Day of event start|Year of event end|Month of event end|Day of event end}}

For example:

{{Date range|1996|April|20|2002|June|9}}

yields

(1996-April-20) (2002-June-09)April 20, 1996 – June 9, 2002

and

{{Date range|1996|April|20|2002|June|9|df=y}}

yields

(1996-April-20) (2002-June-09)20 April 1996 – 9 June 2002

Days are optional, allowing

{{Date range|year1=1996|month1=Apr|year2=2002|month2=Jun}}

to yield

({{{year}}}-{{{month}}}-{{{day}}}) ({{{year}}}-{{{month}}}-{{{day}}})April 1996 – June 2002.

Template Data

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TemplateData for Date range

Represents a range of dates.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Start year	1 year1	Year the event started Example 1920	Number	required
Start month	2 month1	Month the event started Example June	String	required
Start day	3 day1	Day the event started Example 9	String	suggested
End year	4 year2	Year the event ended Example 1969	Number	required
End month	5 month2	Month the event ended Example April	String	required
End day	6 day2	Day of month the event ended Example 20	String	suggested
Day first?	df dayfirst	if 'y' or 'yes', day comes before month	String	optional

See also

• {{Date range and age}}
• {{Date range and age in years, months, weeks and days}}
• {{Age in years, months, weeks and days}}
• Wikipedia:Age calculation templates
• {{frac}}
• {{page range}}
• {{ratio}}

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