Module:Parsedate/doc

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The module “Parsedate” contains one available calls that will accept an input string and return a string that:

for a valid date, wraps a hidden copy of the date in ISO format in a microformat
returns the input.

Usage

{{#invoke:Parsedate|parse_date|input_string}}

Parameters

Positional parameter – the value of frame.args[1] is passed after function name and vertical bar and is the string to be parsed for a valid date.

Examples

{{#invoke: Parsedate | parse_date | 28 August 2013}}

will produce (2013-08-28)28 August 2013 - inspect the html to see the microformat.

There are several test cases at User:RexxS/DateDataTest which use extra code to illustrate the parsing.