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Bobogoobo at 00:14, 11 October 2025

2025-10-11T00:14:12Z

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	This template is used to calculate the number of days between two given dates, or one date and the current date. (More features can be added as needed.)		This template is used to calculate the number of days between two given dates, or one date and the current date. (More features can be added as needed.)

	Use the "formatnum" [[mw:Help:Magic words\|magic word]] to add thousands separators when desired. Note that it is technically more efficient when there is an end date to replace the template call with its result.		Use the "formatnum" [[mw:Help:Magic words\|magic word]] to add thousands separators when desired. Note that it is technically more efficient when there is an end date to replace the template call with its result, which can be accomplished more easily with the subst: magic word (see [[mw:Help:Substitution]]).

	This template makes use of Lua code at [[Module:Date difference]]. Please use the template rather than invoking the module directly.		This template makes use of Lua code at [[Module:Date difference]]. Please use the template rather than invoking the module directly.

Bobogoobo at 00:12, 11 October 2025

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	This template is used to calculate the number of days between two given dates, or one date and the current date. (More features can be added as needed.)		This template is used to calculate the number of days between two given dates, or one date and the current date. (More features can be added as needed.)

	Use the "formatnum" [[mw:Help:Magic words\|magic word]] to add thousands separators when desired.		Use the "formatnum" [[mw:Help:Magic words\|magic word]] to add thousands separators when desired. Note that it is technically more efficient when there is an end date to replace the template call with its result.

	This template makes use of Lua code at [[Module:Date difference]]. Please use the template rather than invoking the module directly.		This template makes use of Lua code at [[Module:Date difference]]. Please use the template rather than invoking the module directly.

Bobogoobo at 12:31, 13 July 2021

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	Use the "formatnum" [[mw:Help:Magic words\|magic word]] to add thousands separators when desired.		Use the "formatnum" [[mw:Help:Magic words\|magic word]] to add thousands separators when desired.

			This template makes use of Lua code at [[Module:Date difference]]. Please use the template rather than invoking the module directly.

	==Parameters==		==Parameters==

Bobogoobo: cat

2021-07-13T11:21:29Z

cat

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	*<code><nowiki>{{date difference\|August 31, 2015\|November 17, 2016}}</nowiki></code> produces: {{date difference\|August 31, 2015\|November 17, 2016}}		*<code><nowiki>{{date difference\|August 31, 2015\|November 17, 2016}}</nowiki></code> produces: {{date difference\|August 31, 2015\|November 17, 2016}}

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Bobogoobo: create

2020-10-01T07:53:15Z

create

New page

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This template is used to calculate the number of days between two given dates, or one date and the current date. (More features can be added as needed.)

Use the "formatnum" [[mw:Help:Magic words|magic word]] to add thousands separators when desired.

==Parameters==
*first unnamed parameter: the start date.
*second unnamed parameter: (optional) the end date; defaults to the current date.

Each parameter must be in one of the following formats in order for the software to recognize the date unambiguously:
*January 31, 2020
*31 January 2020
*2020-01-31

==Examples==
*<code><nowiki>{{date difference|January 27, 2006}}</nowiki></code> produces: {{date difference|January 27, 2006}}
*<code><nowiki>{{formatnum:{{date difference|January 27, 2006}}}}</nowiki></code> produces: {{formatnum:{{date difference|January 27, 2006}}}}
*<code><nowiki>{{date difference|August 31, 2015|November 17, 2016}}</nowiki></code> produces: {{date difference|August 31, 2015|November 17, 2016}}

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