Template:Time ago/doc

This is a template documentation subpage for Template:Time ago.
It contains usage information, categories, interlanguage links and other content that is not part of the original template page.

The Time ago template calculates the amount of time that has passed since a provided timestamp. The result is a string similar to one of the examples below. This template should not be used with "subst" unless you don't want the stamp to change as the user refreshes the page.

Note that due to Wikipedia's caching mechanisms, you may need to purge a page using this template to update the dynamic value. See the section Purge below.

The result is rounded down. "Month" is defined as 31 days.

Usage

• {{Time ago|timestamp}}

The timestamp can be almost any solid, readable format but to avoid ambiguity mistakes, one of the styles below is preferred.

• magnitude parameter can be set to explicitly use certain unit. Allowed values are: seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years.
• min_magnitude parameter can be set to use the specified unit or bigger units. Allowed values are: seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and years.
• ago parameter can be set to override the default usage of the text "ago". If the parameter is blank but not missing (i.e. {{time ago|2008|ago=}}), then the text "ago" is suppressed altogether. For future dates, setting "ago" as blank but not missing will suppress the text "time" (i.e. "2 years" instead of "2 years' time").

Spelling out numbers

Numbers from 1 to 100 can be spelled out in their equivalent English word by using the spellout parameter. If spellout is set to "yes", "y", "true" or "1", all numbers from 1 to 100 will be spelled out. If spellout is set to "auto", only numbers from 1 to 9 will be spelled out, as per the recommendations at MOS:NUMERAL.

It is also possible to set a custom maximum value for spelling out by using the spelloutmax parameter. For example, setting |spellout=yes and |spelloutmax=24 will result in all numbers less than or equal to 24 being spelled out, and all numbers greater than 24 appearing as numerals.

Purge link

Add the parameter |purge=yes to add a purge link.

Examples

• {{Time ago|-83 minutes}} → 83 minutes ago
• {{Time ago|-334 minutes}} → 5 hours ago
• {{Time ago|+334 minutes}} → 5 hours' time
• {{Time ago|{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}}} → 10 days ago
• {{Time ago|Jan 21, 2001 3:45 PM}} → 24 years ago
• {{Time ago|3:45 pm, 21 Jan 2001}} →
• {{Time ago|Nov 6 2008}} → 16 years ago
• {{Time ago|Nov 6 2008|3=magnitude=weeks}} → 878 weeks ago
• {{Time ago|Nov 6 2008|3=min_magnitude=days}} → 16 years ago
• {{Time ago|Nov 6 2008|3=min_magnitude=years}} → 16 years ago
• {{Time ago|Nov 6 2008|3=ago=in the past}} → 16 years in the past
• {{Time ago|Nov 6 2008|3=purge=yes}} → 16 years ago (purge)
• {{Time ago|2008-11-06}} → 16 years ago