Template:Circa

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This template allows to specify "circa" for a date, in a format that is localizable.

Usage

{{Circa |1= |2= |3= |4= }}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
1	year	year	empty	required
2	month	month	empty	optional
3	day	day	empty	optional
4 lang	language	language code (only needs to be provided if the language shall be fixed and independent of the user's preferences)	value of {{int:Lang}}	optional
era	era	Era: for dates before birth of Christ use BC (Before Christ) or BCE (Before Common Era) for dates after birth of Christ use CE (Common Era) or AD (Anno Domini) (if you would like era to be specified)	empty	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: all namespaces

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Relies on:
module:Complex date

See also

{{Other date}}, {{Lifetime date}}

Translations at module:i18n/complex date

The template is similar to one of the options of Template:Other date.

If parameters 2 and 3 are empty or undefined, parameter 1 can contain not just a year but any text. In this case the local term for "circa" is prefixed or postfixed, depending on the language, but the text is not changed.

Examples

Code	Output
{{circa|1999}} {{circa|1999|2}} {{circa|1999|2|3}}	circa 1999 date QS:P,+1999-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 circa February 1999 circa 3 February 1999