Template:As of

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See w:Template:As of.

Usage
The template as of is used to mark potentially dated statements, and will add an article to. This allows editors to catalogue statements that may become dated over time. The date used for a given statement should be the current date (for currently valid statements) or the date on which the cited reference was produced (for example, when using census data). This template should not be substituted.

This template does not generate a visible hyperlink in text where it is used.

Syntax
The template can be used in the following forms:



Please do not use  or similar; that defeats the point of the template.

Several additional named parameters can also be used (see below).

Parameters
 Required 


 * year (first parameter) – must be in full numerical format (yyyy)

 Optional 


 * month (second parameter) – full, abbreviated or numerical formats supported (mm recommended)
 * day (third parameter) – numerical format only, not included in link (dd)