आकृति:Date table sorting/doc

Date table sorting is used to correctly sort and display dates in a sortable table (see Help:Sorting).

What it solves

Dates in their customary formats, if simply treated as alphanumeric text strings, sort in nonsensical ways:

• 1 September 1998 sorts alphanumerically before 5 March 1967, because 1 is less than 5;
• February 5, 1922 sorts alphanumerically before January 3, 1922, because F comes before J.

Use of the YYYY-MM-DD format would solve this problem, but with minor exceptions that format is not used in articles (see WP:DATEFORMAT).

This template automatically attaches a "hidden key" to dates, causing them to sort correctly while still being displayed in one of the customary display formats such as February 5, 1922 or 5 Feb 1922.

Parameters

Dates

The year, month and day can either be entered separately or as a single date.

{{Date table sorting|year|month|day|BC}}

{{Date table sorting|date}}

1st parameter – Year (optional if month is given) Positive number (1 to 999,999,999,999) represent years AD or BC (dependant on the fourth parameter). Negative numbers (−1 to −999,999,999,999) represent years BC (without the fourth parameter). Year numbers must not contain commas or other formatting. 2nd parameter – Month (optional if the day is not given either) Full month name – e.g. February Abbreviated month name – e.g. Feb Month number – (either zero-padded or not) e.g. 2 or 02 3rd parameter – Day (optional) Day number – (either zero-padded or not) e.g. 7 or 07 4th parameter – (optional) May be BC, AD, BCE or CE Used with a positive year number

1st parameter – the full date By default YYYY-MM-DD format becomes month-day-year format and DD-MM-YYYY format becomes day-month-year while other formats remain in the order they are input. Abbreviated months are accepted and are abbreviated in the output. Capitalisation and comma mistakes are corrected. A single number is interpreted as a year, otherwise the date is parsed by the module. The following formats are accepted: YYYY-MM-DD DD-MM-YYYY DD Month YYYY Month DD, YYYY YYYY-MM DD Month Month DD Month YYYY YYYY Month Day and month numbers may be 1 or 2 digits, and year numbers may only be 3 or 4 digits. If you need to input a number less than 1000, use leading zeroes (e.g. "0700"). BC years can only be parsed if the date is only the year number. If you need to include the day or month for BC years or years greater than 9999, you must use separate parameters for year, month and day.

Examples

input style	input code	hidden sort key	visible output
{{Date table sorting|year}}	{{Date table sorting|1893}}		१८९३
	{{Date table sorting|-89}}		८९ BC
	{{Date table sorting|-10000}}		१०,००० BC
	{{Date table sorting|-1}}		१ BC
	{{Date table sorting| 1}}		१ (Note that year 0 does not exist and gives error message)
{{Date table sorting|month}}	{{Date table sorting|Oct}}		अक्टुबर
{{Date table sorting|month year}}	{{Date table sorting|February 1767}}		फरबरी १७६७
{{Date table sorting|day month year}}	{{Date table sorting|12 Aug 1987}}		१२ अगस्त १९८७
{{Date table sorting|month day, year}}	{{Date table sorting|July 1, 1867}}		जुलाई १, १८६७
{{Date table sorting|day month}}	{{Date table sorting|25 October}}		२५ अक्टुबर
{{Date table sorting|month day}}	{{Date table sorting|Jan 1}}		जनवरी १
{{Date table sorting|YYYY-MM-DD}}	{{Date table sorting|2014-12-09}}		दिसम्बर ९, २०१४
{{Date table sorting|DD-MM-YYYY}}	{{Date table sorting|15-05-2019}}		१५ मई २०१९
{{Date table sorting|year|month}}	{{Date table sorting|1990|10}}		अक्टुबर १९९०
	{{Date table sorting|1980|Dec}}		दिसम्बर १९८०
	{{Date table sorting|1970|August}}		अगस्त १९७०
{{Date table sorting|year|month|day}}	{{Date table sorting|2024|Jun|12}}		जुन १२, २०२४
	{{Date table sorting|-204|11|22}}		नवम्बर २२, २०४ BC
{{Date table sorting|year|month|day|era}}	{{Date table sorting|44|3|15|BC}}		मार्च १५, ४४ BC
	{{Date table sorting|94|Oct|17|AD}}		अक्टुबर १७, ९४
{{Date table sorting||month}}	{{Date table sorting||May}}		मई
{{Date table sorting||month|day}}	{{Date table sorting||Sep|12}}		सितम्बर १२

Formatting

Using format produces a format that depends on, but is not necessarily equal to the format of the supplied date. The format parameter can take nine values.

Examples

value	function	input code	hidden sort key	visible output
	format depends on the input	{{Date table sorting|26 Jan 1788}}		२६ जनवरी १७८८
		{{Date table sorting|March 12, 1557}}		मार्च १२, १५५७
		{{Date table sorting|1975-02-13}}		फरबरी १३, १९७५
dmy	displays the date in day-month-year format	{{Date table sorting|Sep 13, 1888|format=dmy}}		१३ सितम्बर १८८८
		{{Date table sorting|1983-01-03|format=dmy}}		३ जनवरी १९८३
dm	displays only the day and month in day-month format	{{Date table sorting|Feb 26, 1788|format=dm}}		२६ फरबरी
		{{Date table sorting|2020-10-15|format=dm}}		१५ अक्टुबर
mdy	displays the date in month-day-year format	{{Date table sorting|August 31, 1901|format=mdy}}		अगस्त ३१, १९०१
		{{Date table sorting|2006-11-08|format=mdy}}		नवम्बर ८, २००६
md	displays only the day and month in month-day format	{{Date table sorting|26 Jun 1988|format=md}}		जुन २६
		{{Date table sorting|2002-02-27|format=md}}		फरबरी २७
my	displays only the month and year in month-year format	{{Date table sorting|16 November 1488|format=my}}		नवम्बर १४८८
d	displays only the day	{{Date table sorting|6 July 1666|format=d}}		६
m	displays only the month	{{Date table sorting|1980-02-12|format=m}}		फरबरी
y	displays only the year	{{Date table sorting|-26|Jan|18|format=y}}		२६ BC
hide	hides the date	{{Date table sorting|15 October 1800|format=hide}}

Abbreviation

There are two ways of abbreviating the month name.

1. Directly input an abbreviated month name.
2. Use the abbr=on parameter.

Examples

abbreviation method	input code	hidden sort key	visible output
none	{{Date table sorting|2000-01-01}}		जनवरी १, २०००
	{{Date table sorting|2000|1|1}}		जनवरी १, २०००
	{{Date table sorting|1 January 2000}}		१ जनवरी २०००
	{{Date table sorting|2000|January|1}}		जनवरी १, २०००
abbreviated input	{{Date table sorting|1 Jan 2000}}		१ जनवरी २०००
	{{Date table sorting|2000|Jan|1}}		जनवरी १, २०००
abbr=on	{{Date table sorting|1 January 2000|abbr=on}}		१ जनवरी २०००
	{{Date table sorting|2000|January|1|abbr=on}}		जनवरी १, २०००
	{{Date table sorting|2000-01-01|abbr=on}}		जनवरी १, २०००
	{{Date table sorting|2000|1|1|abbr=on}}		जनवरी १, २०००

Additional sort key

In case two dates in a table are identical they may be ordered using the addkey parameter.

Examples

input code	hidden sort key	visible output
{{Date table sorting|2010-10-10|addkey=3}}		अक्टुबर १०, २०१०
{{Date table sorting|2010-10-09}}		अक्टुबर ९, २०१०
{{Date table sorting|2010-10-10|addkey=1}}		अक्टुबर १०, २०१०
{{Date table sorting|2010-10-10}}		अक्टुबर १०, २०१०
{{Date table sorting|2010-10-10|addkey=4}}		अक्टुबर १०, २०१०
{{Date table sorting|2010-10-11}}		अक्टुबर ११, २०१०
{{Date table sorting|2010-10-10|addkey=2}}		अक्टुबर १०, २०१०

Wrapping

To turn off the suppression of word wraps, use the nowrap=off parameter.

TemplateData

Date table sorting is used to correctly sort and display dates in a sortable table.

साँचे के पैरामीटर्स

पैरामीटर		विवरण	प्रकार	स्थिति
Full date or year	1	Full date if second to fourth parameters are not specfied, otherwise year. Full date can be either in "YYYY-MM-DD", "DD-MM-YYYY", "DD Month YYYY", "Month DD, YYYY", "YYYY-MM", "DD Month", "Month DD", "Month YYYY" or "Month" format. Year is either a positive number or a negative number. If fourth parameter is not specified negative numbers are interpreted as years of BC era. Parameter is optional if the second parameter is specified. उदाहरण "1893", "-89", "-10000", "Oct", "February 1767", "12 Aug 1987", "July 1, 1867", "25 October", "Jan 1", "2014-12-09"	स्ट्रिंग	वैकल्पिक
Month	2	Full or abbreviated month name or alternatively, a month number which can be zero-padded. Parameter is optional if the third parameter is not specified. उदाहरण February, Feb, 2 or 02	स्ट्रिंग	वैकल्पिक
Day	3	Day, optionally zero-padded उदाहरण 7 or 07	संख्या	वैकल्पिक
Era	4	BC, AD, BCE or CE. Takes effect only if the first parameter is a positive number.	स्ट्रिंग	वैकल्पिक
Format	format	Controls the output format. Can be "dmy", "dm", "mdy", "md", "my", "d", "m", "y" or "hide".	स्ट्रिंग	वैकल्पिक
Abbreviation	abbr	Abbreviates the month name डिफ़ॉल्ट off उदाहरण on	स्ट्रिंग	वैकल्पिक
Additional sort key	addkey	Adds another sort key to resolve conflicts between rows with the same date उदाहरण 3	संख्या	वैकल्पिक
Wrapping	nowrap	To turn off the suppression of word wraps, use the "off" parameter डिफ़ॉल्ट off उदाहरण off	बूलियन	वैकल्पिक

Notes

Sorting for incomplete dates

Whole months or years

A whole year or month (and year) is sorted according to its first day.

Missing years

If the year is not specified, the date will be sorted as if the year were the current year.

Blank dates

For no date input at all, the maximum possible sort key is used, so the entry will sort last.

Error handling

Errors are tracked in Category:Date table sorting templates with errors.

Calendar choice

The template is not capable of distinguishing Julian and Gregorian calendar dates. Also, it is not capable of taking a date in one calendar as input and outputting a date in the other calendar. Thus, to insure proper sorting, editors must either use one calendar for all dates, or pick a specific changeover date (for example, deciding that 4 October 1582 is Julian and all later dates are Gregorian); this would be done on an article-by article basis. Editors are also responsible for explaining to the reader whether the visible dates are Julian or Gregorian, if there is any possibility of confusion.

Linking

The template formerly linked dates automatically, with link=off used to suppress linking. In accordance with current guidelines linking of dates is no longer supported and instances of link=off should be removed.

See also

• {{sort}}, sorting by a specified key (also good for complicated numbers, e.g. scientific notation)
• {{sortname}}, full name sorting (using "last name, first name" as default sort key)
• {{tts}}, for sorting times in result tables of athletic events (only needed in certain cases - see template documentation)
• {{Number table sorting}}, for numbers