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Usage

{{YEAR|string formatted as a valid date}}

Specify optional parameter to get soft error rather than a hard {{error}} Template:YEAR/demo Template:YEAR/demo Template:YEAR/demo Template:YEAR/demo Template:YEAR/demo Template:YEAR/demo Template:YEAR/demo Template:YEAR/demo

Reports "Error" if given bad input:

Template:YEAR/demo
Reason for the error: there are not 14 months. Template:YEAR/demo
Reason for the error: no month has 61 days. Template:YEAR/demo
Reason for the error: there is no such month name. Template:YEAR/demo
Reason for the error: no date information to parse. Template:YEAR/demo
Reason for the error: includes extraneous content.

If used with a year range, it returns only the first match:

Template:YEAR/demo

This presently only works when the year range is specified with a hyphen; if correctly given with an en dash, it reports an error (this will probably not be fixed, because handling ranges is not the template's function; that it kinda-sorta works on something like 1999-2001 with a hyphen is basically just an accident):

Template:YEAR/demo

If used without input, it simply outputs the current year:

Template:YEAR/demo

It can be cleanly substituted for this purpose. If fed invalid data when substituted, it produces a larger, red error.

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 Reports "Error" if given bad input:
-{{YEAR/demo|1-14-1990}}<br />{{in5}}Reason for the error: there are not 14 months.
+{{YEAR/demo|1-14-1990}}<br />Reason for the error: there are not 14 months.
-{{YEAR/demo|61 January 1999}}<br />{{in5}}Reason for the error: no month has 61 days.
+{{YEAR/demo|61 January 1999}}<br />Reason for the error: no month has 61 days.
-{{YEAR/demo|1 MyMonth 1999}}<br />{{in5}}Reason for the error: there is no such month name.
+{{YEAR/demo|1 MyMonth 1999}}<br />Reason for the error: there is no such month name.
-{{YEAR/demo|some text which is not a date}}<br />{{in5}}Reason for the error: no date information to parse.
+{{YEAR/demo|some text which is not a date}}<br />Reason for the error: no date information to parse.
-{{YEAR/demo|on approximately 1999-12-12}}<br />{{in5}}Reason for the error: includes extraneous content.
+{{YEAR/demo|on approximately 1999-12-12}}<br />Reason for the error: includes extraneous content.
 If used with a year range, it returns only the first match: