Template:FULLDATE

October 8, 2026

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{{FULLDATE}} returns the full or short English date at current time (UTC time, as set on the Wikipedia server).

Usage

The type parameter is optional and can be any of:
- dmy: display the current day of month, month name, and year
- short: display the current month name and day of month
- medium: display the current month name, day of month, and year (default)
- long: display the current month name, day of month, year, and UTC time
- rfc-2822: displays the time in rfc-2822 format
- iso-8601: displays the time in iso-8601 format
- wiki: displays the time in wiki format
The time parameter is optional, and can be used to get a date of other reference (like yesterday, today, tomorrow etc..) Do not use dates before 1970-01-02.

Code	Result
`{{FULLDATE}}`	October 8, 2026
`{{FULLDATE\|type=dmy}}`	8 October 2026
`{{FULLDATE\|type=short}}`	October 8
`{{FULLDATE\|type=shortish}}`	Oct. 8, 2026
`{{FULLDATE\|type=medium}}`	October 8, 2026
`{{FULLDATE\|type=long}}`	October 8, 2026 16:59:33
`{{FULLDATE\|type=day}}`	Thursday, 08 October 2026
`{{FULLDATE\|type=longer}}`	Thursday, 08 October 2026 16:59:33 (UTC)
`{{FULLDATE\|type=rfc-2822}}`	Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:59:33 +0000
`{{FULLDATE\|type=iso-8601}}`	2026-10-08T16:59:33+00:00
`{{FULLDATE\|type=wiki}}`	16:59:33, 8 October 2026 (UTC)
`{{FULLDATE\|type=date}}`	2026-10-08
`{{FULLDATE\|type=date\|time=yesterday}}`	2026-10-07
`{{FULLDATE\|type=date\|time=today}}`	2026-10-08
`{{FULLDATE\|type=date\|time=tomorrow}}`	2026-10-09
`{{FULLDATE\|type=date\|time=1970-01-02}}`	1970-01-02
`{{FULLDATE\|type=date\|time=1970-12-31}}`	1970-12-31
`{{FULLDATE\|type=iso-8601\|time=1970-01-01 00:00:01}}`	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00