Template:New year header/doc

Usage

This template is used every New Year's Day on the articles for the involved years while the year is changing over. The year changes at different times in different time zones, and this template automates the updates to keep the articles current hour-to-hour.

It works by calculating the time zone in which it was most recently midnight of a new year, and displaying appropriate text for the first sentence of the appropriate year article. This template gives accurate results between 0:00, December 31 UTC and 23:59, January 1 UTC; at other times the standard template should be used.

Usage: '''2018''' is {{New year header|new}}. It is {{Year article header/zc|2018}}.

Use "new" for the incoming year and "old" for the outgoing year. For testing, an optional second and third argument can provide a day of the month (31 or 1) and a time in hhmm format, no colon.

TemplateData

Header used for year articles on New Year's Day when the year changes over. The header updates automatically based on time zones which have most recently reached midnight.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Year	1 year	Specifies whether the year in question is the incoming or outgoing year. Suggested values new old Default 'new' if not specified Example 'new' or 'old' Auto value new	String	required
Day	2 day	The day of the month. Suggested values 31 1 Default Current day of the month if not specified Example '31' for 31 December, '1' for 1 January	Number	optional
Time (UTC)	3 time	The time in UTC, written in 24-hour 'hhmm' format. Suggested values 1600 0000 1200 Default Current time if not specified Example '1200' for noon, '0000' for midnight	Number	optional

See also

• Template:New decade header