User:D'Ranged 1/script/MOSNUM dates.js

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// This script aligns dates into one of two formats allowed by [[WP:MOSNUM]].
// PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENTATION at [[User:Ohconfucius/script/MOSNUM dates]] (click on the link above) before using.
 
// Feedback and constructive criticism are welcome
// <nowiki><pre>
/**
 * Regex menu framework
 * by [[m:user:Pathoschild]] <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pathoschild/Scripts/Regex_menu_framework>
 * - adds a sidebar menu of user-defined scripts.
 */
mw.loader.load('//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Pathoschild/Scripts/Regex_menu_framework.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');
 
importScript("User:D'Ranged 1/script/MOSNUM_utils.js"); 
 
function ohc_fix_unambiguous_dates()
{
    // resolvable ambiguous date formats
    // UK style
    ohc_regex(/([^-\w/:\.])@DD\.@MM\.@YYYY(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY", function(d) {
        if (d.d == d.m) return true;
        if (d.d > 12) return true;
        return false;
        });
    ohc_regex(/([^-\w/:\.])@DD\/@MM\/@YYYY(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY", function(d) {
        if (d.d == d.m) return true;
        if (d.d > 12) return true;
        return false;
        });
 
    // US style
    ohc_regex(/([^-\w/:\.])@MM\.@DD\.@YYYY(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY", function(d) {
        if (d.d > 12) return true;
        return false;
        });
    ohc_regex(/([^-\w/:\.])@MM\/@DD\/@YYYY(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY", function(d) {
        if (d.d > 12) return true;
        return false;
        });
}
 
function ohc_US_slash_dates_to_mdy()
{
//ranges
    ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1$2 – @Mon2 @Day2, @Year2");
    ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1$2 – @Mon2 @Day2, @Year2");
    ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1$2 – @Mon2 @Day2, @Year2");
    ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1$2 – @Mon @Day2, @Year2");
 
// resolvable ambiguous date formats
    ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY');
    ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY');
    ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@MM[-–]@DD[-–]@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY');
    ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY');
    ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY');
//    ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@MM[-–]@DD[-–]@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY');
 
}
 
function ohc_UK_slash_dates_to_dmy()
{
//ranges
	ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1$2 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2");
	ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1$2 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2");
	ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1$2 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2");
	ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1$2 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2");
 
// resolvable ambiguous date formats
    ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY');
    ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY');
    ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@DD[-–]@MM[-–]@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w])/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY');
    ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY');
    ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY');
//    ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@DD[-–]@MM[-–]@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY');
 
}
 
function ohc_remove_leading_zeroes()
{
    ohc_regex(/(\D[^\w\/])@Month\s@ZD@th?,?\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day, @LYear");
    ohc_regex(/(\D[^\w\/])@Month\s@ZD@th?(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day");
    ohc_regex(/(\D[^\w\/])@ZD@th?\s@Month\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth @LYear");
    ohc_regex(/(\D[^\w\/])@ZD@th?\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth");
}
 
function ohc_delink_dates()
{
    //add missing space between wikilinks
    regex(/(\]\])(\[\[)(?!file:)/gi, '$1 $2');
 
     // rem redundant quote marks and parentheses
    regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)\'\'\'([^|}\[\]]*)\'\'\'(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2");
    regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)\'\'([^|}\[\]]*)\'\'(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2");
    regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)\"([^|}\[\]]*)\"(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2");
    regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)\(([^|}\[\]]*)\)(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2");
 
//rem linking date parameters
	regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)\[\[([^\|\]]+?)\]\](?=\s*[|}])/gi, '$1$2');
	regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)\[\[[^\|\]]+?\|([^\]]+?)\]\](?=\s*[|}])/gi, '$1$2');
	regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)\[\[(?:[^\|\]]+?\||)([^\]]+?)\]\]([^\[\|]*)\[\[(?:[^\|\]]+?\||)([^\]]+?)\]\](?:([^\[\|]*)\[\[(?:[^\|\]]+?\||)([^\]]+?)\]\]|)(?=\s*[|}])/gi, '$1$2$3$4$5$6');
 
   //delink piped md|dm, md|dd and my|m dates
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@month @dd(?:#[^\|]+|)\|([^\|\]]+)\]\]/gi, "$1");
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@dd @month(?:#[^\|]+|)\|([^\|\]]+)\]\]/gi, "$1");
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@month @yyyy(?:#[^\|]+|)\|([^\|\]]+)\]\]/gi, "$1");
 
    //delink yyyy-mm-dd dates
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@YYYY(?:\]\]-\[\[|-)@MM-@DD\]\]/gi, "@YYYY-@MM-@DD");
    ohc_regex(/@YYYY-\[\[@MM-@DD\]\]/gi, "@YYYY-@MM-@DD");
 
    //delink dates from automated templates
    regex(/\[\[(\{\{CURRENTDAY\}\} \{\{CURRENTMONTHNAME\}\})\]\]/gi, "$1");
    regex(/\[\[(\{\{CURRENTYEAR\}\})\]\]/gi, "$1");
 
    //delink full dates
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@Day[\s_](?:of[\s_])?@Month(?:\]\]\s?\[\[\| )@YYYY\]\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month (?:the\s)?@Day(?:\]\],? \[\[|, )@YYYY\]\]/gi, "@LMonth @Day, @YYYY");
 
    //delink single dm or 'dth the m'
    ohc_regex(/(?:the\s)?\[\[@Day[\s_](?:of[\s_])?@Month\]\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth");
    //delink single md or 'm the dth'
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month[\s_](?:the[\s_])?@Day\]\](?=\W)/gi, "@LMonth @Day");
 
    //Month+day_number "[[March 7]]th" -> "March 7"
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month\s@DD\]\]@th/gi, "@LMonth @Day");
 
    //month+day+year pseudo-ISO dates
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate)\s*=\s*@dd)-@Month-@YYYY/gi, "$1 @Month @YYYY");
 
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month @DD\|\d\d-\d\d\]\]-(?:\[\[)?@YYYY(?:\|@yyyy)?(?:\]\])/gi, "@Day @Month @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@DD\s@Month\|\d\d-\d\d\]\]-(?:\[\[)?@YYYY(\]\])?/gi, "@Day @Month @YYYY");
 
    //month+day piped
    ohc_regex(/(?:the\s)?\[\[@day[\s_](?:of[\s_])?@month\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1");
 
    //'[[month day|xxXxx]]Xyyyy ' to 'month day, year'
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month\s@Day\|@dd.@dd\]\].@YYYY/gi, "@LMonth @Day, @YYYY");
     //'[[day month|xxXxx]]Xyyyy' to 'day month year'
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@Day\s@Month\|@dd.@dd\]\].@YYYY/gi, "@Day @LMonth @YYYY");
 
   // century
    regex(/\[\[((?:first|second|third|(?:four|fif|six|seven|eigh|nin|ten|eleven|twelf|thirteen|fourteen|fifteen|sixteen|seventeen|eighteen|nineteen|twentie)th|twenty[\s\-]first[\s\-])centur(?:y|ies)(?:\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE))?)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    regex(/\[\[(?:first|second|third|(?:four|fif|six|seven|eigh|nin|ten|eleven|twelf|thirteen|fourteen|fifteen|sixteen|seventeen|eighteen|nineteen|twentie)th|twenty[\s\-]first)[\s\-_]centur(?:y|ies)(?:\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE))?\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, '$1');
    regex(/\[\[(\d{1,2}(?:st|[nr]d|th)[\s\-_])(centur(?:y|ies))(\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE)|)\]\]/gi, '$1$2$3');
    regex(/\[\[\d{1,2}(?:st|[nr]d|th)[\s\-_]centur(?:y|ies)(?:\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE)|)\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, '$1');
 
    // months
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month\]\]/gi, "@Month");
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@FullMonth\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1");
 
    // decades and years
    regex(/(\d{1,3}0)[‘`´’′]?s/g, '$1s');
    regex(/\[\[(\d{1,3}0)\'?s\]\]/g, '$1s');
    regex(/\[\[\d{1,3}0\'?s?\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/g, '$1');
    regex(/\[\[(\d{1,3}0)\'?(s)?\s(AD|BC|CE|BCE)\]\]/gi, '$1$2 $3');
    regex(/\[\[(\d{1,4}[\s_]?)(AD|BC|CE|BCE)\]\]/gi, '$1$2');
    regex(/\[\[(AD|BC|CE|BCE)([\s_]?)(\d{1,4})\]\]/gi, '$1$2$3');
    ohc_regex(/([-–])\[\[\s?@yyyy\s?\|\s?(\d{2,4})\s?\]\]/gi, '$1$2'); //piped year
    regex(/\[\[([12]\d{3}|[1-9]\d{0,2})\]\]/gi, '$1');
    regex(/\[\[\d{1,3}0\'?s?\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE)\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, '$1');
    regex(/\[\[\d{1,3}0\'?s?\s\(decade\)\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, '$1');
 
    //month+year
    //Identify surprise or 'Easter egg' diversions linking month+years to year articles. Turn them into month+year links to be dealt with below
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@yyyy in[^\|\]]+\|@Day @Month @YYYY\]\]/gi, "@Day @Month @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@yyyy in[^\|\]]+\|@Month @Day,? @YYYY\]\]/gi, "@Month @Day, @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@yyyy#[^\|\]]+\|(@month\s|)(@yyyy)\]\]/gi, "$1$2");
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@yyyy#[^\|\]]+\|(@month|@yyyy)\]\]/gi, "$1");
    ohc_regex(/\[\[(@month\s@yyyy)\]\]/gi, "$1");
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@month\s@yyyy\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1");
 
    ohc_regex(/(\[\[@yyyy[^\|\]]+\|@yyyy)(\]\])( season)/gi, "$1$3$2");
    ohc_regex(/@Month\s\[\[@yyyy[^\|\]]+\|@YYYY\]\]/gi, "@LMonth @Year");
 
    //removed piped years when in full date
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@DD\s@Month\]\],?\s?\[\[[^\|\]]{1,32}\|@Year\]\]/gi, '@DD @LMonth @Year');
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month\s@DD\]\],?\s?\[\[[^\|\]]{1,32}\|@Year\]\]/gi, '@LMonth @DD, @Year');
 
    //Identify surprise or 'Easter egg' diversions linking months to year or "year in" articles.
    ohc_regex(/\[\[\d{1,4}#[^\|\]]+\|@Month\]\]/gi, "@LMonth");
    ohc_regex(/@DD\s@Month,?\s?\[\[@yyyy \w[^\|\]]{3,12}\|@Year\]\]/gi, '@DD @LMonth @Year');
    ohc_regex(/@Month\s@DD,?\s?\[\[@yyyy \w[^\|\]]{3,12}\|@Year\]\]/gi, '@LMonth @DD, @Year');
 
    // month and day piped
    ohc_regex(/@YYYY-\[\[@month[\s_]@day\|@MM-@DD\]\]/gi, "@YYYY-@MM-@DD");
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@month[\s_]@day\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1");
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@day(?:\s|_|@th )(?:of[\s_]|)?@month\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1");
 
    //years piped
    regex(/\[\[\d{1,4}\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, '$1');
}
 
function ohc_fix_common_errors()
{
    // remove dashbot comment from dates
    regex(/<!-- ?DASHBot ?-->/gi, '');
	regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=\s*)ca?\.(\w)(?=[|}\n])/gi, '$1c. $2'); //add space
	regex(/(\|\s*)(?:date|year)(\s*=\s*(?:c\. |)@year)(?=[|}\n])/gi, '$1year$2'); //general fix
	regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=\s*)(1[7-9]\d|20[0-1])\?(?=[|}\n])/gi, '$1c. $20'); //common cs1 error
	regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=\s*)((?:@month |)@year)\?(?=[|}\n])/gi, '$1c. $2'); //common cs1 error
 
	regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=\s*)(?:not? |non-|un)date[ds]?\s*(?=[|}\n])/gi, '$1n.d.'); //common cs1 error
	regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=\s*)n\.?d\s*(?=[|}\n])/gi, '$1n.d.'); //common cs1 error
	regex(/(\|\s*)year(\s*=\s*)(?=n\.?d\.[|}\n])/gi, '$1date$2'); //common cs1 error
 
    // remove parasitic metadata -  days of the week/descriptives
    regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*)(?:posted|published)(?: by| on|)[\s:](?=\w)/gi, "$1");
    regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate|author|year)\s*=\s*)(?:accessed|retrieved|entered|posted|published|(?:last |)updated?|©)(?: by| on|)[\s:]*(?=\w)/gi, "$1");
    regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate|author|year)\s*=\s*)(?:by|on)[\s:]*(?=\w)/gi, "$1");
    regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate|author)\s*=\s*)(?:(?:Mon|Tues|Wednes|Thurs|Fri|Satur|Sun)day,?)\s/gi, "$1");
    regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate|author)\s*=\s*)(?:(?:Mon|Tues?|Wed|Thur?|Fri|Sat)[\.,]?)\s/gi, "$1"); //<!-- rem "Sun" - false positives -->
 
// typos
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)@Day @Month ?@th/gi, '$1@Day @Month'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)@Day @Month\w(?= \d{3,4})/gi, '$1@Day @Month'); 
 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )(Jan|Febr)[\w ]?[aur]{3,4}\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1$2uary'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )J[anu]{3,5}r\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1January');
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d) )Febua?r\w{1,2}(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1February');
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )M\w{2}ch(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1March'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30) )A[bpv\[]\w{2,3}l\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1April');
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )Ma[tui](?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1May'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30) )J\wn\w(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1June'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30) )J\w{1,2}e(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1June'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )Jul\w{1,2}(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1July'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )A[oug]{2,3}\w{1,4}t(\w|us)?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1August'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )(Sept|Nov|Dec)\w{2,4}b[er]{1,2}\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1$2ember'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30) )S\w{0,2}p[ \[]?\w{2,5}[er]{2,3}\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1September'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )O\w{0,2}t\w{1,3}[er]{2,3}\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1October'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30) )[MN]o[bv] ?\w{1,3}b[er]{1,2}(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1November'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )D[ie]?[cs] ?\w{1,4}b[er]{1,2}\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1December'); 
 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)@Month\w(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1@Month'); //rem stray digit at the end of year string
 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)(Jan|Febr)[\w ]?[aur]{3,4}\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1$2uary'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)J[anu]{3,5}r\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1January');
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)Febua?r\w{1,2}(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1February');
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)M\w{2}ch(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1March'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)A[bpv\[]\w{2,3}l\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1April');
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)Ma[tui](?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1May'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)J\wn\w(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1June'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)J\w{1,2}e(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1June'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)Jul\w{1,2}(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1July'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)A[oug]{2,3}\w{1,4}t(\w|us)?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1August'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)(Sept|Nov|Dec)\w{2,4}b[er]{1,2}\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1$2ember'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)S\w{0,2}p[ \[]?\w{2,5}[er]{2,3}\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1September'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)O\w{0,2}t\w{1,3}[er]{2,3}\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1October'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)[MN]o[bv] ?\\w{1,3}b[er]{1,2}(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1November'); 
    ohc_regex(/(date *= *)D[ie]?[cs] ?\w{1,4}b[er]{1,2}\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, '$1December'); 
 
//insert comma to separate date from army unit
    ohc_regex(/@FullMonth ((?:the |)\d\d*@th (?:Air(?:borne|)|Arm(?:ou?red|y)|Artillery|Battalion|Brigade|Co(?:mpan|)y|Division|Fleet|Group|Infantry|Land|Panzer|Regiment|Squadron|Sqn)\b)/g, "@Month, $1");
 
    // remove nowrap template from dm and md dates
    ohc_regex(/(date[ ]*=[ ]*)\{\{(?:j|nowrap)\|(?:@DD(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@Month)\}\}/gi, '$1@DD @Month');
    ohc_regex(/(date[ ]*=[ ]*)\{\{(?:j|nowrap)\|(?:@Month(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@DD)\}\}/gi, '$1@Month @DD');
 
    // remove parasitic metadata - time
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*@yyyy-@mm-@dd)\s?(?:T[0-2]\d:[0-5]\d:\d\d(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|Z))(?=\s*[|}])/g, "$1");
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*@month @day,? @yyyy)\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|))(?=\|)/g, "$1");
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*@day @month,? @yyyy)\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|))(?=\|)/g, "$1");
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*\w[\w\s]+@month @day,? @yyyy)\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|))(?=\|)/g, "$1");
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*\w[\w\s]+@day @month,? @yyyy)\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|))(?=\|)/g, "$1");
 
    // remove redundant parentheses from dm and md dates (equivalent also exists in Sources script, line 71)
    ohc_regex(/(=[ ]*)\((?:@DD(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@Month,? @Year)\)/gi, '$1@DD @Month @Year');
    ohc_regex(/(=[ ]*)\((?:@Month(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@DD,? @Year)\)/gi, '$1@Month @DD, @Year');
 
//  add back spaces or comma or remove other single artefact after date string	
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)(?:on |)@Day\s{,2}@Month\s{,2}@YYYY(\s)?[^a-z|}]?(?=\s*[|}\n])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2");
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)(?:on |)@Month\s{,2}@Day,?\s{,2}@YYYY(\s)?[^a-z|}]?(?=\s*[|}\n])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY$2");
 
//remove extraneous bracket //from Batty
    ohc_regex(/{{(\s*[Cc]it(?:e|ation))([^}]+)(\s*\|\s*(?:archive|access|publication-?)?date\s*=\s*)([\w\s-]+)\](?=\s*[|}<])/gi, '{{$1$2$3$4');  
 
    //fix bda template redirect
    regex(/\{\{bda\|([^}]+)\}\}/gi, '{{birth date and age|$1}}');
    regex(/\{\{dda\|([^}]+)\}\}/gi, '{{death date and age|$1}}');
 
    //zap redundant {{date}}, {{accessdate}} {{retrieved}} and {{#dateformat}}
    regex(/{{#formatdate:([^}]+)}}/gi, "$1");
    regex(/\{\{#dateformat:([^\}\|]+)(?:\|dmy|\|mdy)?\}\}/gi, '$1');
    regex(/\{\{date\|([^\}\|]+)(?:\|l?(?:[dmy]{3}|iso|none|link))?\}\}/gi, '$1');
//	ohc_regex(/(date[ ]*=[ ]*)\{\{(?:Start|End) ?date(?:\|df=y(?:es|)|)\|@YYYY\|@MM\|@DD(?:\|df=y(?:es|)|)\}\}/gi, '$1@Month @DD, @YYYY');  //stripping start/end template notes inside "|date=" parameter (line 72)
	ohc_regex(/{{#formatdate:@YYYY-@MM-@DD(?:\|(?:[dmy]{3}|iso)|)}}/gi, "@Day @Month @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/\{\{date\|@YYYY-@MM-@DD\}\}/gi, "@Day @Month @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/\{\{date\|(@DD[\-\s]@Mon|@Mon[\-\s]@DD)\}\}/gi, "@Day @Month");
    ohc_regex(/[ ]*\{\{accessdate\|@YYYY-@MM-@DD[ ]*\}\}/gi, " Retrieved @YYYY-@MM-@DD");
    ohc_regex(/[ ]*\{\{retrieved[ ]*\|[ ]accessdate=([\-\w, ]*)\}\}/gi, " Retrieved $1");
    ohc_regex(/(date[ ]*=[ ]*|\w{2,}[ ]*)\{\{(?:start|end).date[^|}]*(?:\|df=y(?:es|)|)\|@YYYY(?:\|df=y(?:es|)|)\}\}/gi, '$1@YYYY');  //stripping start/end template
    ohc_regex(/<!--(?:Use)? \{\{(?:Start|End) date\|@YYYY\|@MM\|@DD\}\} -->/gi, '');  //stripping start/end template notes
 
    //underscore and nbsp in linked dates
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@DD(?:_|&nbsp;)@Month\]\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth");
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month(?:_|&nbsp;)@DD\]\]/gi, "@LMonth @Day");
 
    //remove leading zero and links from linked date
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@ZD@th\]\]/gi, "@LMonth @Day");
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@ZD@th(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@Month\]\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth");
 
//expand one and two-digit years in ranges
    regex(/(\()@Month @YYYY[-–]@Month @YYNN(\))/gi, '$1@Month1 @YYYY1 – @Month2 @YYYY2$2');
    regex(/(\(1[789])(\d)(1)[-–]([2-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4');
    regex(/(\(1[789])(\d)(2)[-–]([3-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4');
    regex(/(\(1[789])(\d)(3)[-–]([4-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4');
    regex(/(\(1[789])(\d)(4)[-–]([5-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4');
    regex(/(\(1[789])(\d)(5)[-–]([6-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4');
    regex(/(\(1[789])(\d)(6)[-–]([7-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4');
    regex(/(\(1[789])(\d)(7)[-–]([8-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4');
    regex(/(\(1[789])(\d)(8)[-–](9\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4');
    regex(/(\(20)([01])(1)[-–]([2-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4');
    regex(/(\(20)([01])(2)[-–]([3-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4');
    regex(/(\(20)([01])(3)[-–]([4-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4');
    regex(/(\(20)([01])(4)[-–]([5-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4');
    regex(/(\(20)([01])(5)[-–]([6-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4');
    regex(/(\(20)([01])(6)[-–]([7-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4');
    regex(/(\(20)([01])(7)[-–]([8-9]\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4');
    regex(/(\(20)([01])(8)[-–](9\))/gi, '$1$2$3–$2$4');
 
    //remove unlinked ordinal date formats
    ohc_regex(/(\W)@DD@th?, @DD@th?(\s(?:and|&|to|or)\s)@DD@th?(?:\sof\s?)?(?:[ ]|&nbsp;)@Month(?=\W)/gi, '$1@Day1, @Day2$2@Day3 @LMonth');
    ohc_regex(/(\W)@DD@th?(\s(?:and|&|to|or)\s|[-–])@DD@th?(?:\sof\s?)?(?:[ ]|&nbsp;)@Month(?=\W)/gi, '$1@Day1$2@Day2 @LMonth');
    ohc_regex(/(\W)(?:the |)@DD@th?(?:\sof|)\s@Month,? @YYYY(?=\W\D)/g, '$1@Day @LMonth @YYYY');
    ohc_regex(/(\W)(?:the |)@DD@th?(?:\sof|)\s@Month(?=\W\D)/g, '$1@Day @LMonth');
    ohc_regex(/(\W)@Day(?:\sof|)(?:[ _]|&nbsp;|{{nbsp}})@Month(?=[^\|\]\w\d])/gi, '$1@Day @LMonth');
    ohc_regex(/(\W)@DD<sup>@th?<\/sup>(?:\sof\s?)?\s(@Month)(?=\W\D)/gi, '$1@Day @LMonth');
    ohc_regex(/(\W)@Month\s(?:the\s)?@DD@th?,(?:\sthe\s)?(?: |&nbsp;)@DD@th?(\s(?:and|&|to|or)(?:[ _]|&nbsp;))(?:the\s)?@DD@th?(?=[^\]\|\w\d])/gi, '$1@LMonth @Day1, @Day2$2@Day3');
    ohc_regex(/(\W)(@month)\s(@day)((?:,\s@day){0,6}),?(\/|\s?[-–]\s?|\s(?:and|&|to|or)\s+?)@Day@th?(?:,?(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)|\sof\s)?(\d{3,4}\W\D)/gi, '$1$2 $3$4$5@Day, $6');
    ohc_regex(/(\W)(@month)\s(@day)((?:,\s@day){0,6}),?(\/|\s?[-–]\s?|\s(?:and|&|to|or)\s+?)@Day@th?(?=\W\D)/gi, '$1$2 $3$4$5@Day');
    ohc_regex(/(\W)@Month(?:[ ]|&nbsp;)(?:the\s)?@DD@th?(?=[^\]\|\w\d]\D)/gi, '$1@LMonth @Day');
    ohc_regex(/(\W)@Month(?:[ ]|&nbsp;)(?:the\s)?@DD<sup>@th<\/sup>(?=[^\]\|\w\d]\D)/gi, '$1@LMonth @Day');
    ohc_regex(/(\W)@Month @Day(?:\sof|,|)(?:[ _]|&nbsp;|{{nbsp}})@Year(?=[^\|\]\w\d])/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @Year');
 
    // consolidating/amalgamating date fields
    ohc_regex(/(\|[ ]*date[ ]*=[ ]*@day)\s*\|[ ]*month=[ ]*(@month)\s*\|[ ]*year=[ ]*(@yyyy[ ]*)(?=[|}\n])/gi, "$1 $2 $3");
    ohc_regex(/(\|[ ]*date[ ]*=[ ]*@day.?@month)\s*\|[ ]*year=[ ]*(@yyyy[ ]*)(?=[|}\n])/gi, "$1 $2");
    ohc_regex(/(\|[ ]*date[ ]*=[ ]*@month.?@day)\s*\|[ ]*year=[ ]*(@yyyy[ ]*)(?=[|}\n])/gi, "$1 $2");
 
    // eliminating dates and time placed in author parameter
    //removing artefacts from Indian news sites (TNN Aug 30, 2012, 05.46AM)
	ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author=(?:[^\[\]|{}]*))(TNN|PTI) @month @day, @yyyy, [\d\.:]{4,5}(&nbsp;|)[AP]M IST(?=[ ]*\|)/g, '$1$2');
	ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author=(?:[^\[\]|{}]*))(TNN|PTI) @day @month @yyyy, [\d\.:]{4,5}(&nbsp;|)[AP]M IST(?=[ ]*\|)/g, '$1$2');
 
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*)@month @day,? @yyyy\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|)|)(?=\|)/g, "$1");
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*)@day @month,? @yyyy\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|)|)(?=\|)/g, "$1");
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*\w[\w\s]+)@month @day,? @yyyy(?:[^\[\]|{}]*)(?=[|}])/g, "$1");
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*\w[\w\s]+)@day @month,? @yyyy(?:[^\[\]|{}]*)(?=[|}])/g, "$1");
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*(?:\w[\w\s]+)?)@dd-@mm-@yyyy/gi, "$1");
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*(?:\w[\w\s]+)?)@YYYY-@MM-@DD ?/gi, "$1");
    regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate|author)\s*=\s*(?:\w[\w\s]+)?)[0-2]\d:[0-5]\d(?:[ ]|&nbsp;)?(?:[ap]m|[ap]\.m\.|)(?: ?(?:[A-Z]{1,2}T|UTC)[\.,]?|)/gi, "$1");
//    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*(?:\w[\w\s]+)?)\s*[0-2]\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:[\.:][0-5]\d|)/gi, "$1"); //let's see later if we need this
 
    // eliminating mm-dd-yyyy dates
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@MM[-–\/\.=\s](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY/gi, "$1@Month $2, @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Mon[-–\/\.=\s](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY/gi, "$1@Month $2, @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/[ ](?:Accessed|Retrieved)( on|:?)[ ]@MM[-–\/\.=\s](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY(?=\D)/gi, " Retrieved @Month $2, @YYYY");
//    ohc_regex(/[ ](?:Accessed|Retrieved)(?: on|:?)[ ]@YYYY,? @Month @DD(?=\D)/gi, " Retrieved @Day @Month @YYYY");
 
    ohc_regex(/([ =|])@Mon[-–\/\.=\s](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY"); 
    ohc_regex(/([ =|])@MM[-–\/\.=\s](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY");
 
    // eliminating dd-mm-yyyy dates (assumed default)
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@DD[-–\/\.=\s]@MM[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@DD[-–\/\.=\s]@Mon[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/[ ](?:Accessed|Retrieved)( on|:?)[ ]@DD[-–\/\.=\s]@MM[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY(?=\D)/gi, " Retrieved @Day @Month @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/[ ](?:Accessed|Retrieved)(?: on|:?)[ ]@YYYY,? @Month @DD(?=\D)/gi, " Retrieved @Day @Month @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD[-–\/\.=\s]@Mon[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Mon @YYYY"); 
    ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD[-–\/\.=\s]@MM[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Mon @YYYY");
	ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@DD[-–\/\.=\s]@Month[-–\/\.=\s]@YYNN(?=\s*[|}\n])/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY');
 
//convert yyyy-dd-mm to yyyy-mm-dd
    ohc_regex(/{{(\s*[Cc]it(?:e|ation))([^}]+)(\s*\|\s*(?:access|archive|)date\s*=\s*(?:1[0-9]|20)\d{2})[-/\.=\s](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-/\.=\s](0?\d|1[0-2])(\s*[\|}<])/gi, '{{$1$2$3-$5-$4$6'); //from Batty
 
// eliminating other errant formats
    ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)([0-2]?\d|30|31) @Month \2,? @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2 @Month @YYYY"); //repeated digits
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Day ?@Month ?200([01]\d)[^\s|}]?(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month 20$2");
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Month ?@Day,? ?200([01]\d)[^\s|}]?(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, 20$2");
 
    ohc_regex(/([ ]\()@DD-@MM-@YYYY(\)\W)/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2');
    ohc_regex(/([ ]\()@DD-@Month-@YYYY(\)\W)/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2');
    ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@Month, @DD, @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@DD[\.,] @Month,? @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY,? @Month @DD(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY,? @DD @Month(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/[ ]\(@YYYY,? @Month @DD\)/gi, " (@Day @Month @YYYY)");
    ohc_regex(/[ ]\(@YYYY @MM @DD\)/gi, " (@Day @Month @YYYY)");
    ohc_regex(/[ ]\(@YYYY, @DD @Month\)/gi, " (@Day @Month @YYYY)");
    ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY,? @Month(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Month @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/[ ]\(@YYYY, @Month\)/gi, " (@Month @YYYY)");
 
    //CS1 errors ISO-like dates (too few or too many digits)
    ohc_regex(/(date\s*=\s*)(?:\[\[)?@YYYY(?:\]\][–—‐]\[\[|[–—‐])@MM[\-–—‐]@DD(?:\]\])?(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@YYYY-@ZM-@ZD"); //ndashes and emdashes
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*accessdate\s*=\s*)@YYYY-0[–—]@DD(?=\s*[|}])/gi, ""); //rem nonsense access date
    ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY[-–—]@MM[-–—]@DD(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@YYYY-@ZM-@ZD"); //ndashes and emdashes
//    ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY[\-–—‐]@MM(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Month @YYYY"); //transform "yyyy-mm" to "month year"
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[–—]@MM[–—]@DD([^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Day @Month @YYYY$3");
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-]@MM[-]([1-9])([^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2$3 @Month @YYYY$4");  
 
    // spaces and commas between month and year
    ohc_regex(/@Month(?:,\s+|\s+of\s+|,?&nbsp;)@YYYY(\D)/gi, "@LMonth @YYYY$1");
 
// fix month names (capitalize, remove dots)
    ohc_regex(/(\W)@DD\s@FullMonth(\s+|\s*,)/gi, "$1@Day @FullMonth$2");
    ohc_regex(/(\W)@DD\s@Mon(\s+|\s*,)/gi, "$1@Day @Mon$2");
    ohc_regex(/(\W)@FullMonth\s@DD(\s+|\s*,)/gi, "$1@FullMonth @Day$2");
    ohc_regex(/(\W)@Mon\s@DD(\s+|\s*,)/gi, "$1@Mon @Day$2");
    regex(/(\d(?:st|nd|rd|th) )C(entur(?:ies|y))(?=[ ]*(=|BC|AD|CE))/g, '$1c$2');
//    regex(/(\d(?:st|nd|rd|th) )C(entur(?:ies|y))(?![ \-][A-Z]\w*|''|")/g, '$1c$2');
 
    //spaces and commas - in date formats
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W\[?\[?@dd)[ ]+(@month)(\]\])?[ ]*,[ ]*(\[?\[?@yyyy(\sAD|\sBC|\sCE|\sBCE|)\]?\]?\W\D)/gi, "$1 $2$3 $4");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W\[?\[?)(@month)[ ]+(@dd)(\]?\]?)(?:[ ]*,[ ]*)(\[?\[?@yyyy(\sAD|\sBC|\sCE|\sBCE|)\]?\]?\W\D)/gi, "$1$2 $3$4, $5");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W\[?\[?)(@month)[ ]+(@dd)(\]?\]?)[ ]+(\[?\[?@yyyy(\sAD|\sBC|\sCE|\sBCE|)\]?\]?\W\D)/gi, "$1$2 $3$4, $5");
 
    ohc_regex(/(@month)(?:, | of )(@yyyy\w)/gi, "$1 $2"); //repeat after delinking
 
    // spaces and commas - md-md and dm-dm date ranges
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@DD(&nbsp;|\s)(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?@Month\s@DD(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth1 @Day1$2– @LMonth2 @Day2");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@DD(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?@Month\s@DD(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth1 @Day1 – @LMonth2 @Day2");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@DD\s@Month(&nbsp;|\s)(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?@DD\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day1 @LMonth1$2– @Day2 @LMonth2");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@DD\s@Month(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?@DD\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day1 @LMonth1 – @Day2 @LMonth2");
 
    // spaces and commas - d-dm and md-d date ranges
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@DD(?:(?:\s*|&nbsp;)[-–]\s*)@DD(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth1 @Day1–@Day2");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@DD(?:(?:\s*|&nbsp;)[-–]\s*)@DD\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day1–@Day2 @LMonth1");
 
    //reformat dmy-dmy and mdy-mdy (birth-death ranges)
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@DD\s@Month,? @Year(&nbsp;|\s)(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\s@Month,? @Year(?=\D\W)/gi, "$1@Day1 @LMonth1 @Year1$2– @Day2 @LMonth2 @Year2");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@DD,? @Year(&nbsp;|\s)(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@Month\s@DD,? @Year(?=\D\W)/gi, "$1@LMonth1 @Day1, @Year1$2– @LMonth2 @Day2, @Year2");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@DD\s@Month,? @Year(?:,?(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\s@Month,? @Year(?=\D\W)/gi, "$1@Day1 @LMonth1 @Year1 – @Day2 @LMonth2 @Year2");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@DD,? @Year(?:,?(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@Month\s@DD,? @Year(?=\D\W)/gi, "$1@LMonth1 @Day1, @Year1 – @LMonth2 @Day2, @Year2");
 
    //nbsp in publication archive & access dates
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate)\s*=\s*@dd)&nbsp;(@month)/gi, '$1 $2');
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Month&nbsp;@DD(, @yyyy|)(?=[ ]*[|}])/gi, '$1@Month $2');
 
    // spaces and commas between month and year (again)
    ohc_regex(/@Month(?:,\s+|\s+of\s+)@YYYY(\w)/gi, "@LMonth @YYYY$1");
 
}
 
/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/// ISO to long format
 
function ohc_ISO_to_dmy_in_citations()
{
    //ISO dates within single citation
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate)\s*=\s*)@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY");
}
 
function ohc_ISO_to_mdy_in_citations()
{
    //ISO dates within single citation
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate)\s*=\s*)@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD(?=\W\D)/gi,  "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY");
}
 
function ohc_ISO_to_dmy_in_references()
{
    //multiple calls for multiple dates within single citation
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Day @Month @YYYY$3");
//    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Day @Month @YYYY$3");
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD(<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Day @Month @YYYY$3");
}
 
function ohc_ISO_to_mdy_in_references()
{
    //multiple calls for multiple dates within single citation
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Month @Day, @YYYY$3");
//    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Month @Day, @YYYY$3");
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD(<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Month @Day, @YYYY$3");
}
 
// currently unused
function ohc_ISO_to_dmy_anywhere()
{
    //multiple calls for multiple dates within single citation
    ohc_regex(/([^-\w\/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w\/])/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2');
    ohc_regex(/([^-\w\/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w\/])/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2');
    ohc_regex(/([^-\w\/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w\/])/gi, '$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2');
}
 
// currently unused
function ohc_ISO_to_mdy_anywhere()
{
    //multiple calls for multiple dates within single citation
    ohc_regex(/([^-\w\/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w\/])/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY$2');
    ohc_regex(/([^-\w\/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w\/])/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY$2');
    ohc_regex(/([^-\w\/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w\/])/gi, '$1@Month @Day, @YYYY$2');
}
 
function ohc_delink_ISO_to_dmy()
{
    ohc_ISO_to_dmy_in_citations();
    ohc_ISO_to_dmy_in_references();
    regex(/([^\w\/\-%,])@YYYY-@MM-@DD(<\s?\/ref.*?>)/g, '$1@Day @Month @Year$2');
    ohc_regex(/(\|\|[ ]*)@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([ ]*\|\|)/gi, '$1{{dts|format=dmy|@YYYY|@MM|@DD}}$2');  //dts template for sortable tables
    ohc_regex(/(\{\{dts\|format=)mdy\|/gi, '$1dmy|');  //flip dts template formats
}
 
function ohc_delink_ISO_to_mdy()
{
    ohc_ISO_to_mdy_in_citations();
    ohc_ISO_to_mdy_in_references();
    regex(/([^\w\/\-%,])@YYYY-@MM-@DD(<\s?\/ref.*?>)/g, '$1@Month @Day, @Year$2');
    ohc_regex(/(\|\|[ ]*)@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([ ]*\|\|)/gi, '$1{{dts|@YYYY|@MM|@DD}}$2');  //dts template for sortable tables (mdy is default)
    ohc_regex(/(\{\{dts\|)format=(?:mdy|dmy|) ?\|/gi, '$1');  //flip dts template formats
}
 
function ohc_delink_year_in_X()
{
    ohc_regex(/\{\{(?:avyear|by|baseball\syear|fy|ly|mlby|mlb\syear|scy|sdy)\|(@year)\}\}/gi, "$1");
    ohc_regex(/\{\{(?:avyear|by|baseball\syear|fy|ly|mlby|mlb\syear|scy|sdy)\|@year\|(@year)\}\}/gi, "$1");
    ohc_regex(/\[\[@yyyy\sin\s[^\|\]]+\|((?:(?:@day |)@month |)@yyyy)\]\]/gi, '$1');
    regex(/\[\[(?:\d{4}[-–]\d{2} in English football)\|((?:(?:@Day |)@Month |)@YYYY)\]\]/gi, '$1'); 
 
    regex(/\[\[\d{4} Major League Baseball season\|(\d{4})(\sseason)?\]\]/gi, '$1$2');
}
 
// format parameter must be 'dmy' or 'mdy'
function ohc_fix_dts_template(format)
{
    // dts - format=dmy in this case (per D12000)
    // per {{dts}} doc, remove the obsolete link=off param
    regex(/(\{\{dts[^}]*)(?:\|link=off)/gi, '$1');
    ohc_regex(/(\{\{dts\s*\|\s*@year\s*\|\s*@month\s*\|\s*@day\s*\|\s*format=)(?:dmy|mdy)(\}\})/gi, '$1'+format+'$2');
    ohc_regex(/(\{\{dts\s*\|\s*format=)(?:dmy|mdy)(\s*\|\s*@year\s*\|\s*@month\s*\|\s*@day\s*\}\})/gi, '$1'+format+'$2');
    ohc_regex(/(\{\{dts\s*\|\s*@year\s*\|\s*@month\s*\|\s*@day\s*)(\}\})/gi, '$1|format='+format+'$2');
 
   // stripping – {{dts}} serves no purpose inside date parameters
    ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)\{\{dts\s*\|\s*format=(?:dmy|mdy)\s*\|\s*([|}]*)\}\}(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2");
    ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)\{\{dts\s*\|\s*([|}]*)(?:\|\s*format=(?:dmy|mdy)\s*|)\}\}(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2");
    ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)\{\{dts\s*\|\s*format=(?:dmy|mdy)\s*\|\s*@YYYY(\s*\|\s*|-)@MM(\s*\|\s*|-)@DD\s*\}\}(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@YYYY-@MM-@DD ");
    ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)\{\{dts\s*\|\s*@YYYY(\s*\|\s*|-)@MM(\s*\|\s*|-)@DD\s*\|\s*format=(?:dmy|mdy)\s*\}\}(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@YYYY-@MM-@DD ");
 
}
 
// format parameter must be 'dmy' or 'mdy'
function ohc_fix_gr_template(format)
{
    // GR - date formatting parameter
    // per {{GR}} doc, insert date formatting param
    regex(/(\{\{GR\|\d\d?)(?!\|date)/gi, '$1|dateform=' + format);
}
 
function ohc_dates_to_dmy()
{
    regex(/\|format=mdy/gi, '|format=dmy');
    //change start and end templates; vgrelease new v=2 or mdy is default
    regex(/(\{\{(?:start.date|end.date)[^|}]*\|)df=ye?s?\|([^}]*df=ye?s?)/gi, '$1$2');
    regex(/(\{\{vgrelease new[^|}]*\|)(?:v=1\||)([A-Z]{2,3}\|)/g, '$1v=2|$2');
 
    //change deprecated birth and death templates
    regex(/(\{\{(?:Birth|Death date|launch|release|start|end)[^}]*)\|mf=ye?s?/gi, '$1'); //rem pipe symbol to treat cases where mf is at the end
    regex(/(\{\{(?:Birth|Death date|launch|release|start|end|film date|Wayback)[^|}]*\|)(?=[^dmy])/gi, '$1df=yes|'); //lookahead for df or mf parameter
    regex(/(\{\{(?:Birth|Death date|launch|release|start|end|film date|Wayback)[^|}]*\|)df=ye?s?\|([^}]*df=ye?s?)/gi, '$1$2');
    regex(/(\{\{(?:start.date|end.date)\|)df=ye?s?\|((?:1[789]|20)\d{2}\}\})/gi, '$1$2');
 
    //convert date ranges (md,d,d-dy to d,d,d-dmy; md,d,d-d to d,d,d-dm; md,d,d to d,d,dm)
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month((?:\s@day?,?){1,6}),?(\/|\s?(?:[-–]|&ndash;)\s?|(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)(?:and|&|to|or)(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)+?)@Day,?\s(?:of\s)?(@yyyy\W\D)/gi, "$1$2$3@Day @LMonth $4");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month((?:\s@day?,?){1,6}),?(\/|\s?(?:[-–]|&ndash;)\s?|(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)(?:and|&|to|or)(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)+?)@Day(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1$2$3@Day @LMonth");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month((?:\s@day?,?){1,6}) @Day(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1$2 @Day @LMonth");
 
    //'md, md,' to 'dm, dm,'
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month @Day, @Month @Day(?=[,\.]\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day1 @LMonth1, @Day2 @LMonth2");
 
    //convert simple mdy dates to dmy
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@Day,?\s@Year(\s?(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE)\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth @Year$2");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@Day,?\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth @Year");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@Day(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth");
 
    //Month+day_number " 7th March" -> "7 March"
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day\s@Month\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth @Year");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth");
 
    //remove comma
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day\s@Month,\s?@Year(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth @Year");
 
    //    remove "the" from "on the dd month"
    ohc_regex(/(on |by )the @Day\s@Month(?=[ ,\)\.])/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth");
 
    //remove space from date range conversion
    ohc_regex(/(\D ) @Day(\/|\s?(?:[-–]|&ndash;)\s?|(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)(?:and|&|to|or)(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)+?)/gi, "$1@Day$2");
}
 
function ohc_dates_to_mdy()
{
    //change birth and death templates – mf=y is the default; vgrelease new v=2 or mdy is default
    regex(/\|df=y(?:es|)/gi, '');
    regex(/(mf=y(?:es|)\|[^\}]*\|)(?:mf=y(?:es|)\|)/gi, '$1');
    regex(/(\{\{vgrelease new[^|}]*\|)(?:v=2\||)([A-Z]{2,3}\|)/g, '$1$2');
 
    //convert date ranges (d,d,d-dmy to md,d,d-dy; d,d,d-dm to md,d,d-d; dm,d,d to md,d,d)
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day((?:, @day){0,5})(\/|\s?(?:[-–]|&ndash;)\s?|\s(?:and|&|to|or)\s+?)@Day\s@Month,? @YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day1$2$3@Day2, @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day((?:, @day){0,5})(\/|\s?(?:[-–]|&ndash;)\s?|\s(?:and|&|to|or)\s+?)@Day\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day1$2$3@Day2");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day((?:, @day){0,5})\s@Month,? @YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day1$2, @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day((?:, @day){0,5})\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day1$2");
 
    //'dm, dm,' to 'md, md,'
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day @Month, @Day @Month(?=[,\.]?\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth1 @Day1, @LMonth2 @Day2");
 
    //convert simple dmy dates to mdy
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day[\s]{1,3}@Month,?\s@Year(\s?(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE)\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day, @Year$2");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day[\s]{1,3}@Month,?\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day, @Year");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day[\s]{1,3}@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day");
 
    //Month+day_number "March 7th" -> "March 7"
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@Day,?\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day, @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@Day(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day");
 
    //add comma where missing
    ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@Day(?=\s@yyyy\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day,");
    //rem superfluous comma where applicable
    ohc_regex(/(\D[^\w\/])@Month\s@ZD,,(?=\W\D|\b)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day,");
 
}
 
function ohc_fix_dmy_redundancies()
{
    //month-range redundancies (repeating month names)
    ohc_regex(/([\D]@dd) @Month[ ]{1,2}((?:to|and|-|–)[ ]{1,2}@dd) @Month/, "$1 $2 @LMonth", function(d1, d2) {
        if (d1.m == d2.m) return true;
        return false;
    });
}
//not currently used
function ohc_fix_mdy_redundancies()
{
    //month-range redundancies (repeating month names)
    ohc_regex(/(@Month[ ]{1,2}@dd) (to|and|-|–)[ ]{1,2}@Month[ ]{1,2}@DD/, "$1 $2 @LDay", function(d1, d2) {
        if (d1.m == d2.m) return true;
        return false;
    });
}
 
function ohc_expand_ref_dates()
{
	ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@FullMonth @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Day @Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @FullMonth @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@FullMonth @Day, @YYYY");
 
	ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)((?:[01-2]?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?((?:[01-3]?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2 @FullMonth1 @YYYY1 – $3@FullMonth2 @YYYY2");
	ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Month @Day(, (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@FullMonth1 @Day1$2 – @FullMonth2 @Day2, @YYYY");
	ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Day @Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Day @Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day1 @FullMonth1$2 – @Day2 @FullMonth2 @YYYY");
	ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)@Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month,? @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@FullMonth1$2 – @FullMonth2 @YYYY");
	ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication-|archive|access|)date\s*=\s*)((?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@$2 – @FullMonth @YYYY");

    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))@Month @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@FullMonth @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))@Day @Month @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@Day @FullMonth @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@FullMonth @Day, @YYYY");

    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))((?:[01-2]?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?((?:[01-3]?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@FullMonth1 @YYYY1 – $3@FullMonth2 @YYYY2");
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))@Month @Day(, (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@FullMonth1 @Day1$2 – @FullMonth2 @Day2, @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))@Day @Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Day @Month @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@Day1 @FullMonth1$2 – @Day2 @FullMonth2 @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))@Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month,? @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@FullMonth1$2 – @FullMonth2 @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))((?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2 – @FullMonth @YYYY");
}
 
function ohc_expand_all_dates()
{
    ohc_regex(/([^-\w\/])@Day @Month @YYYY([^-\w\/])/gi, '$1@Day @FullMonth @YYYY$2');
    ohc_regex(/([^-\w\/])@Month @Day, @YYYY([^-\w\/])/gi, '$1@FullMonth @Day, @YYYY$2');
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))@Day @Month @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@Day @FullMonth @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@FullMonth @Day, @YYYY");
}
 
function ohc_abbrev_ref_dates()
{
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate)\s*=\s*)@Day @Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Mon @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))@Day @Month @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@Day @Mon @YYYY$2");
    ohc_regex(/([ ]\()@Day @Month @YYYY([^-\w\/])/gi, "$1@Day @Mon @YYYY$2");
 
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate)\s*=\s*)@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Mon @Day, @YYYY");
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@Mon @Day, @YYYY$2");
    ohc_regex(/([^-\w\/])@Month @Day, @YYYY([^-\w\/])/gi, '$1@Mon @Day, @YYYY$2');
}
 
//not currently used
function ohc_abbrev_all_dates()
{
    ohc_regex(/([^-\w\/])@Day @Month @YYYY(?=[^-\w\/])/gi, '$1@Day @Mon @YYYY');
    ohc_regex(/([^-\w\/])@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=[^-\w\/])/gi, '$1@Mon @Day, @YYYY');
}
 
//not currently used
function ohc_dmy_publication_dates()
{
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate)\s*=\s*)@Month @Day,? @YYYY/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY"); // conversion of dates in references outside of the protection loop (eg for quotations etc.)
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate)\s*=\s*)(?:\[\[)?@YYYY(?:\]\][-–]\[\[|[-–])@MM[-–]@DD(?:\]\])?(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY");
    //replace ISO dates (within parentheses) only within refs
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([ ]\()@YYYY-@MM-@DD(\))(\W[^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Day @Month @YYYY$3$4");
 
}
 
function ohc_mdy_publication_dates()
{
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate|accessdate)\s*=\s*)@Day @Month @YYYY/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY"); // conversion of dates in references outside of the protection loop (eg for quotations etc.)
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|archivedate)\s*=\s*)(?:\[\[)?@YYYY(?:\]\][-–]\[\[|[-–])@MM[-–]@DD(?:\]\])?(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY"); 
    //replace ISO dates (within parentheses) only within refs
    ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([ ]\()@YYYY-@MM-@DD(\))(\W[^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Month @Day, @YYYY$3$4");
 
}
 
function ohc_ISO_access_dates(){
// Add a tag to the summary box
 var txt=document.editform.wpTextbox1;
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:accessdate))\s*=\s*@Day @Month @YYYY(?=[\s]*[|}])/gi, "$1=@YYYY-@MM-@DD");
    ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:accessdate))\s*=\s*@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=[\s]*[|}])/gi, "$1=@YYYY-@MM-@DD");
 
    ohc_regex(/(?:Retrieved |Accessed)[ ]*(?:on |)@Day @Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "Retrieved @YYYY-@MM-@DD");
    ohc_regex(/(?:Retrieved |Accessed)[ ]*(?:on |)@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "Retrieved @YYYY-@MM-@DD");
}
 
/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **/
/// EDIT SUMMARIES & USE DMY TEMPLATE
 
// format parameter must be 'dmy' or 'mdy'
function ohc_use_dates_template(format)
{
    var txt=document.editform.wpTextbox1;
    // current month-year
    var currentDate = new Date();
    var currmonth = currentDate.getMonth();
    var curryear  = currentDate.getFullYear();
    var myMonths = new Array("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
    var curryyyymm = myMonths[currmonth] + ' ' + curryear;
 
    // insert the uses dates template
    regex(/\{\{(?:use (?:dmy|mdy) dates|dmy|mdy)[ ]*(?:\|[^{}}]*)?\}\}/gi, '{{Use '+format+' dates|date='+curryyyymm+'}}');
    regex(/\{\{(?:dmy|mdy)[ ]*(?:\|[^{}}]*)?\}\}/gi, '{{Use '+format+' dates|date='+curryyyymm+'}}');
 
    var rxpdd = new RegExp("{{Use "+format+" dates\\|date="+curryyyymm+"}}", "gi");
    var dflagfound = txt.value.search(rxpdd);
    if (dflagfound == -1)
    {
        txt.value='{{Use '+format+' dates|date='+curryyyymm+'}}\r\n'+txt.value;
    }
}
/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **/
/// DATE PROTECTION
 
var linkmap=[];
function ohc_protect_dates()
{
    // protects dates within links, quotes, etc
    // the sensitive part is stored and replaced with a unique identifier,
    // which is later replaced with the stored part.
 
    var protect_function = function(s, begin, replace, end) {
        linkmap.push(replace);
        return begin + "⍌"+(linkmap.length-1)+"⍍" + end;
    };
 
    regex(/(<timeline>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/timeline>)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/((?:{(?:Wikimedia |)Commons ?|C ?))(Cat(?:egory|))\|[^{}*](})/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(<ref)([^>]+)(>)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/((?:Category|Image|File):)([^|\]]*)([\|\]])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(\{(?:See ?also|Main))(\|[^\}]*)(\})/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(\{\{(?:external|wide )image\s?\|)([^\}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(\{\{(?:harvnb|wikisource)\|)([^\}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(\[(?:https?:|ftp:))([^\]]*)(\])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(>[ ]*(?:https?:|ftp:))([^< >\]]*)([ ]*<)/gi, protect_function);
//    regex(/(https?:|ftp:)([^\s\]]*)([\s\]])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(<blockquote>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/blockquote>)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(\{[^\{]{0,6}(?:quot[^\|]{1,7}\s?|sic)\|)([^\}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/((?:image\d?|image_skyline|image[ _]location\d?|image[ _]name|image[ _]file|img|pic)\s*=)([^\|\}]*)([|}])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\|\{]\s*(?:file(?:name\d?|)|image\d?|image location\d?|img|pic|Cover|title|quote|chapter|journal|url|archiveurl|work|doi|club|at|volume|reporter)\s*=)([^\|\}⍍]*)([|}])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\|\{]\s*(?:file(?:name\d?|)|image\d?|image location\d?|img|pic|Cover|title|quote|chapter|journal|url|archiveurl|work|doi|club|at|volume|reporter)\s*=)([^\|\}⍍]*)([|}])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\|\{]\s*(?:season)\s*=)(\s*\[\[[^\]]*\]\]\s*)([|}])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(\{\{navsource\|)([^\}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(\{\{singlechart\|)([^\}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(\{\{defaultsort:)([^\}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\(>]")([^"\n]*)(")/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\(>]“)([^”\n]*)(”)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(.)(\(\{\{by\|[12]\d{3}\}\}[-–]\{\{by\|)([12]\d{3}[ ]*\}\}\))/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(.)(\(\{\{by\|[12]\d{3}\}\}(?:[-–]present|))(\))/gi, protect_function);
 
    //retraining redirects containing a date
    regex(/(\[\[)(?:September 3 Society)(\]\]|\|)/gi, '$1Jiusan Society$2');
    regex(/(\[\[)(?:June 4th incident)(\]\]|\|)/gi, '$1Tiananmen Square protests of 1989$2');
    ohc_regex(/(\[\[)(?:5@th? October (?:\(Serbia\)|overthrow))(\]\]|\|)/gi, '$1Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević$2');
    ohc_regex(/(\[\[)(?:October 5@th?(?: \(Serbia\)| overthrow|, 2000))(\]\]|\|)/gi, '$1Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević$2');
 
    //protect alternate meanings of 'may' and 'march' (note: not case insensitive)
    ohc_regex(/([^\w])(@day,?\s{0,3}may)([^\w][^\d])/g, protect_function);
    ohc_regex(/([^\w])(march\s@day)(\s(?:mile|kilomet|met))/g, protect_function);
 
    //protect all links containing a date and some text
    ohc_regex(/(\[\[)(\s*\w[^\]\|\n]+?@day[^\]\|\n]+?@fullmonth[^\]\|\n]*)(\]\]|\|)/gi, protect_function);
    ohc_regex(/(\[\[)([^\]\|\n]*?@day[^\]\|\n]+?@fullmonth(?:,? @year|) \D[^\]\|\n]+\w\s*)(\]\]|\|)/gi, protect_function);
    ohc_regex(/(\[\[)(\s*\w[^\]\|\n]+?@fullmonth[^\]\|\n]+?@day[^\]\|\n]*)(\|)/gi, protect_function);
    ohc_regex(/(\[\[)([^\]\|\n]*?@fullmonth[^\]\|\n]+?@day(?:, @year|) \D[^\]\|\n]+\w\s*)(\]\]|\|)/gi, protect_function);
 
    //protects certain dates
    regex(/(\[\[)(4AD)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\S])(March (?:8|14) Alliance)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\S])(23rd March 1931: Shaheed)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\S])(Long March [1-7])([\s\S])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\S])(Bombay March 12)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\S])(movement 2 June)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\S])(6th\sof October City)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\S])(Party Workers' Liberation Front 30th of May)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\S])(4th\sof August regime)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\S])(19th\sof April movement)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\S])(June 4th incident)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\S])(July 4 \(film\)(?:\|July 4|))([\s\S])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\S])(The Battle Of Marston Moor \(July 2nd,? 1644\))([\s\S])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\S])(July 31st \(film\))([\s\S])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\S])(2\.13\.61)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\S])(Night of January 16th)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/([\s\S])(Observance of 5th November Act)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(\[\[)(13 May incident)(\|)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(\[\[)(November 1828)(\]\])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(\[\[)(4th\sof July)(.)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(\[\[)((?:2300|2000)\s?AD)(\]\])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(\[\[)(29 February)(\]\])/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(\[\[)(February 29)(\]\])/gi, protect_function);
 
    // works names
//    regex(/(.)(protect string)(.)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(.)(11\/22\/63)(.)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(.)(1\.1\.1994)(.)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(.)(4th of July, Asbury)(.)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(.)(26 October 1993)(.)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/((?:\[\[|\'\')June)( 1, 1974)(.)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/((?:\[\[|\'\')July)( 15, 1972)(.)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/((?:\[\[|\'\')April)( 18(?: \(film\)|))(.)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/((?:\[\[|\'\')15th)( August(?: \(film\)|))(.)/gi, protect_function);
//    regex(/(Les Bains Douches 18)( December 1979)(.)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(August)( 7, 4:15)(.)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(In Concert, Zürich, October)( 28, 1979)(.)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(CBGB OMFUG Masters: Live June)( 29, 2001)(.)/gi, protect_function);
    ohc_regex(/(Live at [\w ]*,? [1-3]\d)( @fullmonth)(.)/gi, protect_function);
    ohc_regex(/(Live at [\w ]*,? @fullmonth)( @dd)(.)/gi, protect_function);
    ohc_regex(/(Bootmoon Series: [\w ]*[-–] @fullmonth)( @day, @YYYY)(.)/gi, protect_function);
 
    regex(/(\W)((?:\d{3}|3[2-9]|[4-9]\d)\/\d dec(?:l\.?|))(\W)/gi, protect_function);
    regex(/(\W)((?:\d{2,3})\/\d dec(?:l\.?|))( \(\d\d? overs)/gi, protect_function);
 
}
 
 
function ohc_unprotect_dates()
{
 
    //unprotect all dates
    regex(/[♫]/g, '');
    regex(/⍌([0-9]+)⍍/g, function(x, n) {
        var res = linkmap[n];
        res = res.replace(/⍌([0-9]+)⍍/g, function(x, n) {
            var res = linkmap[n];
            res = res.replace(/⍌([0-9]+)⍍/g, function(x, n) {
                var res = linkmap[n];
                res = res.replace(/⍌([0-9]+)⍍/g, function(x, n) {
                    return linkmap[n];
                });
                return res;
            });
            return res;
        });
        return res;
    });
}
 
function ohc_MOSNUM_edit_summary()
{
    //Add a tag to the summary box
    setoptions(minor='true');
    setreason('date formats per [[WP:MOSNUM]] by [[WP:MOSNUMscript|script]]', 'append');
    doaction('diff');
}
 
function ohc_slash_edit_summary()
{
    //Add a tag to the summary box
    setoptions(minor='true');
    setreason('resolved [[WP:MOSNUM|ambiguous date formats]]', 'append');
    doaction('diff');
}
 
function ohc_expand_edit_summary()
{
    //Add a tag to the summary box
    setoptions(minor='true');
    setreason('expand month names', 'append');
    doaction('diff');
}
 
function ohc_abbrev_edit_summary()
{
    //Add a tag to the summary box
    setoptions(minor='true');
    setreason('abbrev month names', 'append');
    doaction('diff');
}
 
/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **/
/// CUSTOMIZATION POINTS
function ohc_customize_all_to_dmy() {}
function ohc_customize_all_to_mdy() {}
function ohc_customize_body_to_dmy() {}
function ohc_customize_body_to_mdy() {}
function ohc_customize_ISO_to_dmy() {}
function ohc_customize_ISO_to_mdy() {}
 
/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **/
/// DRIVER FUNCTIONS
 
function ohc_body_dates_to_dmy()
{
    ohc_use_dates_template('dmy');
 
    ohc_fix_common_errors();
    ohc_fix_dts_template('dmy');
    ohc_fix_gr_template('dmy');
    ohc_dates_to_dmy();
    ohc_remove_leading_zeroes();
    ohc_fix_dmy_redundancies();
}
 
function ohc_body_dates_to_mdy()
{
    ohc_use_dates_template('mdy');
 
    ohc_fix_common_errors();
    ohc_fix_dts_template('mdy');
    ohc_fix_gr_template('mdy');
    ohc_dates_to_mdy();
    ohc_remove_leading_zeroes();
    ohc_fix_mdy_redundancies();
}
 
/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **/
 
function ohc_all_to_dmy_driver()
{
	ohc_delink_dates();
	ohc_protect_dates();
	ohc_fix_unambiguous_dates();
	ohc_body_dates_to_dmy();
	ohc_delink_year_in_X();
	ohc_expand_ref_dates(); 
	ohc_unprotect_dates();
	ohc_dmy_publication_dates();
	ohc_delink_ISO_to_dmy();
    ohc_MOSNUM_edit_summary();
}
 
function ohc_all_to_mdy_driver()
{
	ohc_delink_dates();
	ohc_protect_dates();
	ohc_fix_unambiguous_dates();
	ohc_body_dates_to_mdy();
	ohc_delink_year_in_X();
	ohc_expand_ref_dates(); 
	ohc_unprotect_dates();
	ohc_mdy_publication_dates();
	ohc_delink_ISO_to_mdy();
    ohc_MOSNUM_edit_summary();
}
 
function ohc_body_to_dmy_driver()
{
    ohc_protect_dates();
    ohc_body_dates_to_dmy();
    ohc_customize_body_to_dmy();
    ohc_unprotect_dates();
 
    ohc_MOSNUM_edit_summary();
}
 
function ohc_body_to_mdy_driver()
{
    ohc_protect_dates();
    ohc_body_dates_to_mdy();
    ohc_customize_body_to_mdy();
    ohc_unprotect_dates();
 
    ohc_MOSNUM_edit_summary();
}
 
function ohc_delink_year_in_X_driver()
{
    ohc_delink_year_in_X();
}
 
function ohc_unambiguous_dates_driver()
{
    ohc_protect_dates();
    ohc_fix_unambiguous_dates();
    ohc_unprotect_dates();
 
    ohc_slash_edit_summary();
}
 
function ohc_US_slash_dates_driver()
{
    ohc_protect_dates();
    ohc_US_slash_dates_to_mdy();
    ohc_unprotect_dates();
 
    ohc_slash_edit_summary();
}
 
function ohc_UK_slash_dates_driver()
{
    ohc_protect_dates();
    ohc_UK_slash_dates_to_dmy();
    ohc_unprotect_dates();
 
    ohc_slash_edit_summary();
}
 
function ohc_expand_ref_dates_driver()
{
    ohc_expand_ref_dates();
    ohc_protect_dates();
    ohc_unprotect_dates();
    ohc_expand_edit_summary();
}
 
function ohc_expand_all_dates_driver()
{
    ohc_expand_ref_dates();
    ohc_protect_dates();
    ohc_expand_all_dates();
    ohc_unprotect_dates();
    ohc_expand_edit_summary();
}
 
function ohc_abbrev_ref_dates_driver()
{
//    ohc_protect_dates();
    ohc_abbrev_ref_dates();
//    ohc_unprotect_dates();
    ohc_abbrev_edit_summary();
}
 
addOnloadHook(function () {
    if(document.forms.editform) {
    mw.util.addPortletLink('p-tb', 'javascript:ohc_all_to_dmy_driver()', 'ALL dates to dmy', 'ca-unitfixer', 'Align all dates to dmy', '', '');
    mw.util.addPortletLink('p-tb', 'javascript:ohc_all_to_mdy_driver()', 'ALL dates to mdy', 'ca-unitfixer', 'Align all dates to mdy', '', '');
    mw.util.addPortletLink('p-tb', 'javascript:ohc_body_to_dmy_driver()', 'Body dates to dmy', 't-dmy', 'day month', '', '');
    mw.util.addPortletLink('p-tb', 'javascript:ohc_body_to_mdy_driver()', 'Body dates to mdy', 't-mdy', 'month day', '', '');
    mw.util.addPortletLink('p-tb', 'javascript:ohc_delink_year_in_X_driver()'  , 'Del year-in-X dates', 't-yearinX',  'Year in X', '', '');
    mw.util.addPortletLink('p-tb', 'javascript:ohc_expand_ref_dates_driver()', 'Expand ref dates', 't-expand', 'Expand month names within citation templates', '', '');
    mw.util.addPortletLink('p-tb', 'javascript:ohc_expand_all_dates_driver()', 'Expand all dates', 't-expand', 'Expand month names throughout', '', '');
    mw.util.addPortletLink('p-tb', 'javascript:ohc_abbrev_ref_dates_driver()', 'Abbrev ref dates', 't-expand', 'Abbreviate month names within refs', '', '');
    mw.util.addPortletLink('p-tb', 'javascript:ohc_ISO_access_dates()', 'Accessdate to YYYY-MM-DD', 'access', 'Accessdate to yyyy-mm-dd', '', '');
    mw.util.addPortletLink('p-tb', 'javascript:ohc_US_slash_dates_driver()', 'US-slash dates', 't-US', 'US-slash', '', '');
    mw.util.addPortletLink('p-tb', 'javascript:ohc_UK_slash_dates_driver()', 'UK-slash dates', 't-UK', 'UK-slash', '', '');
    }
});
// </pre></nowiki>