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Calendar template

Usage

This template displays a January calendar for a specified year from 1970 to 2037 (it defaults to the current year). Calls Template:Calendar/Sun1stMonthStartMon or one of its sister templates, with the starting day for the calendar calculated using #time.

Optional parameters

Year

Parameter	Explanation
year	The four digit year of the specified year to be displayed (e.g. year=2008). Valid years are 1970–2037 (due to technical restrictions regarding Unix time) . The template currently defaults to {{CURRENTYEAR}}.

Layout

The following parameters can be used to change the layout of the calendar:

Parameter	Explanation
float	Use to float the calendar left or right (e.g. float=left or float=right). It defaults to float=none.
color	Use to change the default background color of the title bar with name of the month, and the bottom bar (e.g. color=#2e8b57).
color2	Use to change the default background color of the bar listing the days of the week (e.g. color2=#2e8b57).

Parameters to change the displayed links

The template contains the following default links:

• The Month links to the specified month's respective article.
• The left arrows link to the previous month's respective article.
• The right arrows link to the next month's respective article.
• The days link to each day’s respective article.
• The bottom bar shows a piped link that points to the specified month's respective article, but displays roman numerals without looking redundant with the
  Arabic-numeral expression of the year at the top.

The following parameters can be used to change the links on the calendar:

Parameter	Explanation
1	Adds a prefix to the days links.
1a	Adds a prefix to the links to the current month, previous month and the next month.
2	Adds a prefix to the link label in the piped link displaying the current month.
3	Adds a suffix to the links to the current month and the next month.
4	Adds a suffix to the days links.
5	Adds a suffix to the link to the previous month.
EndNote	Changes the text in the bottom bar.

Headings

Parameter	Explanation
curr_month	Will change the current month link to the text specified
prev_month	Will change the previous month link to the text specified
next_month	Will change the next month link to the text specified

Examples

{{January calendar}}

<<	January 2024					>>
Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31
MMXXIV

---

{{January calendar|year=2001|float=right|color=#ffcccc|color2=#cccccc}}

<<	January 2001					>>
Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31
MMXXIV

---

{{January calendar|year=2008|1=BoyWiki:Today's featured article/|1a=BoyWiki:Today's featured article/|2=Featured articles for |3= 2008|4=, 2008|5=2007|EndNote=<small>An archive of [[BoyWiki:Featured articles|BoyWiki's featured articles]] that appeared on the Main Page.</small>}}

<<	BoyWiki:Today's featured article/January Featured articles for 2008					>>
Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31
An archive of BoyWiki's featured articles that appeared on the Main Page.

See also

{{January calendar}}

{{February calendar}}

{{March calendar}}

{{April calendar}}

{{May calendar}}

{{June calendar}}

{{July calendar}}

{{August calendar}}

{{September calendar}}

{{October calendar}}

{{November calendar}}

{{December calendar}}