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