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Usage

The template {{as of}} is used to mark potentially dated statements, and will add an article to the appropriate hidden sub-category of Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements. This allows editors to catalogue statements that may become dated over time. The date used for a given statement should be the current date (for currently valid statements) or the date on which the cited reference was produced (for example, when using census data). Unlike the {{update after}} template, {{as of}} does not require the editor to give a full date. This template should not be substituted.

Note: This template MUST NOT be used in infoboxes which emit a microformat, as its emitted date markup will conflict with that.

This template does not generate a visible hyperlink in text where it is used.

Syntax

The template can be used in the following forms:

{{As of|year}}

{{As of|year|month}}

{{As of|year|month|day}}

Please do not use {{As of|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|{{CURRENTMONTH}}}} or similar; that defeats the point of the template.

Several additional named parameters can also be used (see below).

Parameters

Required

• year (first parameter) – must be in full numerical format (yyyy)

Optional

• month (second parameter) – full, abbreviated or numerical formats supported (mm recommended)
• day (third parameter) – numerical format only, not included in link (dd)

Named

• alt – optional; allows substitution of different wording and case for the visible text output (including the date); if present but no value defined, this parameter is ignored; if a value is defined, values for |df and |lc and |since parameters are ignored.
• df – optional; allows use of American date format with |df=US.
• lc – optional; if given any value at all (e.g. |lc=y) gives lower case "as of date", for use in mid-sentence.
• since – optional; if given any value at all (e.g. |since=y) it changes "As of" to "Since". Use of |lc=y with |since=y gives "since date. Use of |alt= will replace the entire output, including the "Since", as it will with the default "As of".
• url – optional; adds an inline external link (hidden by default) suggesting a webpage for future editors to check for updates to the statement; use the full URL with no spaces. See Wikipedia:As of for displaying links.

Examples

{{As of|2024}} – As of 2024^[update]

{{As of|2024|05}} – As of May 2024^[update]

{{As of|2024|05|1}} – As of 1 May 2024^[update]

{{As of|2024|05|1|df=US}} – As of May 1, 2024^[update]

{{As of|2024|05|1|lc=y}} – as of 1 May 2024^[update]

{{As of|2010|4|1|alt=as of the [[2010 United States Census]]}} – as of the 2010 United States Census^[update]

{{As of|2024|05|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/}} returns:

for logged in users, with links displayed (see Wikipedia:As of) – As of MayScript error: No such module "String".2024^[ref]

for all other users – As of MayScript error: No such module "String".2024

{{As of|2024|05|1|df=US|since=y}} – Since May 1, 2024^[update]

{{As of|2024|05|1|lc=y|since=y}} – since 1 May 2024^[update]

TemplateData

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   "label": "Year",
   "description": "The year the statement is valid to. Must be in full numerical format (yyyy)",
   "type": "number",
   "required": true
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 "2": {
   "label": "Month",
   "description": "The month the statement is valid to. Full, abbreviated or numerical formats supported (mm recommended)",
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   "label": "Day",
   "description": "The day the statement is valid to (not included in link). Numerical format only (dd)",
   "type": "number",
   "required": false
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   "label": "Alternate wording",
   "description": "Use different wording for the visible text output; if set, values for 'Date format' (df) and 'Lower case' (lc) parameters are ignored",
   "type": "string/line",
   "required": false
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   "label": "Date format",
   "description": "Set to US to use U.S. date format (mdy) (default is dmy)",
   "type": "string/line",
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   "required": false
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   "label": "Lower case",
   "description": "Specify y to use lower case",
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   "description": "Specify y to replace 'as of' with 'since'.",
   "type": "string/line",
   "required": false
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 "url": {
   "label": "URL",
   "description": "A URL for an inline external link (hidden by default) suggesting a webpage for future editors to check for updates to the statement; use the full URL with no spaces",
   "type": "string/line",
   "required": false
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See also

• {{Category as of}}
• {{Show by date}}
• {{Start date and age}}
• {{Update}}
• {{Update after}}
• {{When}}
• Wikipedia:As of
• Wikipedia:Avoid statements that will date quickly
• Category:All articles containing potentially dated statements