Template:Countdown: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 19:28, 17 August 2007

This template displays the amount of days between two different dates.

Note: This template does not work across years.

Displays the difference between the two dates given.

Displays the difference between the given date and today.

Note: day and month parameters have to be specified in two digits, i.e. 8 becomes 08.

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This template does not work across year boundaries, i.e. {{Countdown|2008|01|08|2007|12|31}} returns -357

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-<includeonly>
+<includeonly>{{#expr:{{#time:z|{{{1}}}{{{2}}}{{{3}}}}}-{{#time:z|{{{4|{{CURRENTYEAR}}}}}{{{5|{{CURRENTMONTH}}}}}{{{6|{{CURRENTDAY2}}}}}}}}}</includeonly><noinclude>
-{{#expr:{{#time:z|{{{1}}}{{{2}}}{{{3}}}}}-{{#time:z|{{{4|{{CURRENTYEAR}}}}}{{{5|{{CURRENTMONTH}}}}}{{{6|{{CURRENTDAY}}}}}}}}}
-</includeonly><noinclude>
 == Documentation ==
 This template displays the amount of days between two different dates.
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 :{{tlp|{{PAGENAME}}|''year1''|''month1''|''day1''}}
 ::Displays the difference between the given date and today.
+:::'''Note:''' day and month parameters have to be specified in two digits, i.e. 8 becomes 08.
 === Examples ===
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 :{{tlp|{{PAGENAME}}|2007|11|24|2007|07|31}}
 ::{{{{PAGENAME}}|2007|11|24|2007|07|31}}
+=== Known issues ===
+* This template does not work across year boundaries, i.e. <code><nowiki>{{Countdown|2008|01|08|2007|12|31}}</nowiki></code> returns {{Countdown|2008|01|08|2007|12|31}}
 [[Category:Mathematical templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
 [[Category:Templates using ParserFunctions|{{PAGENAME}}]]
 </noinclude>