Template:As of
As of 18 July 2026[ref]
Usage
[edit source]The template {{as of}} is used to mark potentially dated statements, and will add an article to the appropriate hidden sub-category of Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements. This allows editors to catalogue statements that may become dated over time. The date used for a given statement should be the current date (for currently valid statements) or the date on which the cited reference was produced (for example, when using census data). Unlike the {{update after}} template, {{as of}} does not require the editor to give a full date. This template should not be substituted.
Notes:
- This template MUST NOT be used in infoboxes that emit a microformat, as its emitted date markup will conflict with that.
- This template is not necessary within quotations, and use of the template in such cases should be avoided.
This template does not generate a visible hyperlink in text where it is used.
Syntax
[edit source]The template can be used in the following forms:
{{As of|year}}{{As of|year|month}}{{As of|year|month|day}}
Please do not use {{As of|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|{{CURRENTMONTH}}}} or similar. That defeats the point of the template.
Several additional named parameters can also be used (see below).
Parameters
[edit source]Required
- year (first parameter) – must be in full numerical four-digit format (yyyy)
Optional
- month (second parameter) – full, abbreviated or two-digit numerical formats supported (mm recommended,
01indicating January,02February, etc., but also acceptingJanandJanuary) - day (third parameter) – numerical two-digit format only, not included in link (dd)
Named
- alt – optional; allows substitution of different wording and case for the visible text output (including the date). If present with no value defined, this parameter is ignored; if a value is defined, values for
|dfand|lcand|sinceparameters are ignored. - df – "date format", optional; allows use of American date format with
|df=US. - lc – "lower case", optional; if given any value at all (e.g.
|lc=y) gives lower case "as of date", for use in mid-sentence. - since – optional; if given any value at all (e.g.
|since=y) it changes "As of" to "Since". Use of|lc=ywith|since=ygives "since date. Use of|alt=will replace the entire output, including the "Since", as it will with the default "As of". - pre – text to insert before the date, and after "[A|a]s of" or "[S|s]ince", e.g.
|pre=the first week ofused like this:{{asof|1997|pre=the first week of}}produces "Template:Asof". - post – text (almost always punctuation) to insert between the date and the superscripted note that is displayed if
|url=is used and- the user's common.css page uses any of
.asof-tag,.asof-tag.ref, or.asof-tag.update(see Wikipedia:As of).
- For example,
Template:Tnl no more bears were found
- gives
- "As of 18 July 2026,[update][update] no more bears were found"
- (comma "," before the superscripted note)
- while
Template:Tnl, no more bears were found
- produces the undesirable result (contrary to WP:REFPUNC) with regard to the location of the comma:
- "As of 18 July 2026[update][update], no more bears were found".
- url – optional; adds an inline external link (hidden by default) suggesting a webpage for future editors to check for updates to the statement; use the full URL with no spaces. See Wikipedia:As of for displaying links.
Examples
[edit source]{{As of|2026}}– As of 2026[update]{{As of|2026|07}}– As of July 2026[update]{{As of|2026|07|18}}– As of 18 July 2026[update]{{As of|2026|07|18|df=US}}– As of July 18, 2026[update]{{As of|2026|07|18|lc=y}}– as of 18 July 2026[update]{{As of|2010|4|1|alt=as of the [[2010 United States Census]]}}– as of the 2010 United States Census[update]{{As of|2026|07|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/}}returns:- for logged in users, with links displayed (see Wikipedia:As of) – As of July 2026[ref]
- for all other users – As of July 2026
{{As of|2026|07|18|df=US|since=y}}– Since July 18, 2026[update]{{As of|2026|07|18|lc=y|since=y}}– since 18 July 2026[update]
TemplateData
[edit source]TemplateData for As of
A template used to mark potentially dated statements, and will add an article to the appropriate hidden sub-category of Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements. This allows editors to catalogue statements that may become dated over time.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1 | The year the statement is valid to. Must be in full numerical format (yyyy) | Number | required |
| Month | 2 | The month the statement is valid to. Full, abbreviated or numerical formats supported (mm recommended) | Line | optional |
| Day | 3 | The day the statement is valid to (not included in link). Numerical format only (dd) | Number | optional |
| Alternate wording | alt | Use different wording for the visible text output; if set, values for 'Date format' (df) and 'Lower case' (lc) parameters are ignored | Line | optional |
| Date format | df | Set to US to use U.S. date format (mdy) (default is dmy)
| Line | optional |
| Lower case | lc | Specify y to use lower case | Line | optional |
| Since | since | Specify y to replace 'as of' with 'since'. | Line | optional |
| URL | url | A URL for an inline external link (hidden by default) suggesting a webpage for future editors to check for updates to the statement; use the full URL with no spaces | Line | optional |
See also
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