Template:MONTHNUMBER
Appearance
![]() | This template is used on 922,000+ pages, or roughly 2% of all pages. To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
This template returns the cyclic integer month number (between 1 and 12) of the month whose real number is in parameter. Alternatively, the month can be given with its English name (complete or abbreviated to 3 characters, with capitals or small letters).
Syntax
{{MONTHNUMBER|
month}}
- The month value is interpreted modulo 12 (extra leading zeroes are ignored, negative numbers are accepted, all numbers are rounded to floor).
Examples for all standard English month names
{{MONTHNUMBER|january}}
returns 1{{MONTHNUMBER|february}}
returns 2{{MONTHNUMBER|march}}
returns 3{{MONTHNUMBER|april}}
returns 4{{MONTHNUMBER|may}}
returns 5{{MONTHNUMBER|june}}
returns 6{{MONTHNUMBER|july}}
returns 7{{MONTHNUMBER|august}}
returns 8{{MONTHNUMBER|september}}
returns 9{{MONTHNUMBER|october}}
returns 10{{MONTHNUMBER|november}}
returns 11{{MONTHNUMBER|december}}
returns 12
Examples for all abbreviated English month names
{{MONTHNUMBER|jan}}
returns 1{{MONTHNUMBER|feb}}
returns 2{{MONTHNUMBER|mar}}
returns 3{{MONTHNUMBER|apr}}
returns 4{{MONTHNUMBER|may}}
returns 5{{MONTHNUMBER|jun}}
returns 6{{MONTHNUMBER|jul}}
returns 7{{MONTHNUMBER|aug}}
returns 8{{MONTHNUMBER|sep}}
returns 9{{MONTHNUMBER|oct}}
returns 10{{MONTHNUMBER|nov}}
returns 11{{MONTHNUMBER|dec}}
returns 12
Examples for all standard month numbers
{{MONTHNUMBER|1}}
returns 1{{MONTHNUMBER|2}}
returns 2{{MONTHNUMBER|3}}
returns 3{{MONTHNUMBER|4}}
returns 4{{MONTHNUMBER|5}}
returns 5{{MONTHNUMBER|6}}
returns 6{{MONTHNUMBER|7}}
returns 7{{MONTHNUMBER|8}}
returns 8{{MONTHNUMBER|9}}
returns 9{{MONTHNUMBER|10}}
returns 10{{MONTHNUMBER|11}}
returns 11{{MONTHNUMBER|12}}
returns 12
Examples for month numbers with extra leading zero
{{MONTHNUMBER|01}}
returns 1{{MONTHNUMBER|02}}
returns 2{{MONTHNUMBER|03}}
returns 3{{MONTHNUMBER|04}}
returns 4{{MONTHNUMBER|05}}
returns 5{{MONTHNUMBER|06}}
returns 6{{MONTHNUMBER|07}}
returns 7{{MONTHNUMBER|08}}
returns 8{{MONTHNUMBER|09}}
returns 9
Examples for month number underflows and overflows, from computed values
{{MONTHNUMBER|-1200}}
returns 12{{MONTHNUMBER|-1201}}
returns 11{{MONTHNUMBER|-1212}}
returns 12{{MONTHNUMBER|-12}}
returns 12{{MONTHNUMBER|-11}}
returns 1{{MONTHNUMBER|-10}}
returns 2{{MONTHNUMBER|-9}}
returns 3{{MONTHNUMBER|-8}}
returns 4{{MONTHNUMBER|-7}}
returns 5{{MONTHNUMBER|-6}}
returns 6{{MONTHNUMBER|-5}}
returns 7{{MONTHNUMBER|-4}}
returns 8{{MONTHNUMBER|-3}}
returns 9{{MONTHNUMBER|-2}}
returns 10{{MONTHNUMBER|-1}}
returns 11{{MONTHNUMBER|-0.9999}}
returns 11{{MONTHNUMBER|-0.5}}
returns 11{{MONTHNUMBER|-0.0001}}
returns 11{{MONTHNUMBER|0}}
returns 12{{MONTHNUMBER|0.0001}}
returns 12{{MONTHNUMBER|0.5}}
returns 12{{MONTHNUMBER|0.9999}}
returns 12{{MONTHNUMBER|12.0001}}
returns 12{{MONTHNUMBER|12.5}}
returns 12{{MONTHNUMBER|12.9999}}
returns 12{{MONTHNUMBER|13}}
returns 1{{MONTHNUMBER|14}}
returns 2{{MONTHNUMBER|24}}
returns 12{{MONTHNUMBER|1200}}
returns 12{{MONTHNUMBER|1201}}
returns 1{{MONTHNUMBER|1212}}
returns 12
Example for invalid month name
{{MONTHNUMBER|xx}}
returns Expression error: Unrecognized word "xx".
See also
Multiple units of time
Type | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
---|---|---|---|---|
Date and time | {{time}} | {{Currentdate}} (MDY) {{Plain now}} (DMY) {{Now}} (DMY in a complete sentence) {{Simple now}} |
||
Date only | {{Dateonly}} {{Datedow}} (Has the day of the week) |
{{Date}} (Chose format) {{DATE}} (prefixed by date=) {{TODAY}} (DMY) |
{{Yesterday}} {{Day-1}} |
{{Tomorrow}} {{Day+1}} |
Month and year only | {{Monthyear}} | {{Monthyear-1}} | {{Monthyear+1}} | |
Time only | {{Timeonly}} | {{CURRENTTIME}} (12 h format) {{CURRENTTIME24}} (24 h format) |
||
Banners | {{Right now}} (Blue with time and number of Wikipedia articles) |
|||
Timestamp | {{Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss) |
Single units of time
Unit of time | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
---|---|---|---|---|
SECOND | {{CURRENTSECOND}} | |||
MINUTE | {{CURRENTMINUTE}} | |||
HOUR | {{CURRENTHOUR}} | |||
WEEK | {{CURRENTWEEK}} {{CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}} |
|||
Day of Week | {{DAYOFWEEK}} | {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAY}} |
||
MONTH | {{MONTHNAME}} {{MONTHABBREV}} {{MONTHNUMBER}} {{MONTH}} (zero padded) |
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{CURRENTMONTH1}} {{CURRENTMONTHDAYS}} |
{{LASTMONTHNAME}} | {{NEXTMONTHNAME}} |
Day of Month | {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTDAY2}} (zero padded) |
|||
YEAR | {{CURRENTYEARCC}} {{CURRENTYEARYY}} {{CURRENTISOYEAR}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} |
{{LASTYEAR}} | {{NEXTYEAR}} | |
Day of Year | {{CURRENTDAYOFYEAR}} | |||
DECADE | {{DECADE}} | {{CURRENTDECADE}} | ||
CENTURY | {{CENTURY}} | {{CURRENTCENTURY}} | ||
MILLENNIUM | {{MILLENNIUM}} |
Date and time templates made for substitution:
Month:
{{Lmonth}} produces Jul
{{Nmonth}} produces Sep
{{LastMonth}} produces July 2024
{{NextMonth}} produces September 2024
Individual templates
- {{Calendar}}
- {{Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}}
- {{Clock}}
- {{Digital clock}}
- {{Digital clock and date}}