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imported>Aflin
(Was not returning empty string - fixed by comparing to actual output of time: error message)
imported>RockMFR
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{{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{#ifeq:{{#time:F Y|{{{1}}}}}|{{#time:F Y|^unparsable&&garbage^}}||{{#time:F Y|{{{1}}}}}}}}}<noinclude>
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{{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{#iferror:{{#time:F Y|{{{1}}}}}||{{#time:F Y|{{{1}}}}}}}}}<noinclude>
This template is used to check whether the given parameter is a month. It is useful for templates such as {{tl|Articleissues}} that sort articles into [[:Category:Wikipedia cleanup categories|cleanup categories]] by month.
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{{pp-template|small=yes}}
 
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{{documentation}}
If the parameter is a month/date/time formatted in the way recognized by [http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php PHP's strtotime()], this template returns the month in the format <code>Month Year</code>, where <code>Month</code> is written in full and <code>Year</code> is written in 4 digits.
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</noinclude>
 
 
If the parameter is not a month/date/time, the empty string is returned.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! Input
 
! Output
 
|-
 
| <nowiki>{{checkdate|April 2003}}</nowiki>
 
| {{checkdate|April 2003}}
 
|-
 
| <nowiki>{{checkdate|2003 April}}</nowiki>
 
| {{checkdate|2003 April}}
 
|-
 
| <nowiki>{{checkdate|Apr 2003}}</nowiki>
 
| {{checkdate|Apr 2003}}
 
|-
 
| <nowiki>{{checkdate|April 3 2003}}</nowiki>
 
| {{checkdate|April 3 2003}}
 
|-
 
| <nowiki>{{checkdate|April 03}}</nowiki>
 
| {{checkdate|April 03}} (thinks it is April 3 of the current year)
 
|-
 
| <nowiki>{{checkdate|Garbage^&*text}}</nowiki>
 
| {{checkdate|Garbage^&*text}}
 
|}</noinclude>
 

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This template is used to check whether the given parameter is a month. It is useful for templates such as {{Multiple issues}} that sort articles into cleanup categories by month.

If the parameter is a month/date/time formatted in the way recognized by PHP's strtotime(), this template returns the month in the format Month Year, where Month is written in full and Year is written in 4 digits.

If the parameter is not a month/date/time, the empty string is returned.

Input Output
{{Check date|April 2003}} April 2003
{{Check date|2003 April}} April 2003
{{Check date|Apr 2003}} April 2003
{{Check date|April 3 2003}} April 2003
{{Check date|April 03}} April 2026 (thinks it is April 3 of the current year)
{{Check date|Garbage^&*text}}