Template:Year/doc

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This template returns the current year of a student, or the year a non-student character graduated. It uses the Current Date Module to determine the current date. Enter the Birth year as the first value and the birth month as the second value.

Syntax

{{Year|birthYear|birthmonth}}

The Year template can also take a Hogwarts House specifier. g=Gryffindor, r=Ravenclaw, h=Hufflepuff, s=Slytherin. Also d=Durmstrang Institute, b=Beauxbatons Academy, w=Salem Witches Institute

{{Year|birthYear|birthmonth|firstletterofhouse}}

Example

{{Year|2006|8|g}} returns "pre-school-aged child" Note: Does not output anything if the age is not old enough to be a student or to have already graduated.

{{Year|1997|8|g}} returns "Gryffindor Graduate (Class of 2015)"

{{Year|1998|3}} returns "Graduate (Class of 2016)"

{{Year|1994|9}} returns "Graduate (Class of 2013)"

{{Year|1990|06}} returns "Graduate (Class of 2008)"

{{Year|1981|7|r}} returns "Ravenclaw Graduate (Class of 1999)"

{{Year|1960|11}} returns "Graduate (Class of 1979)"

The year template invokes Module:Year. It also makes use of Module:Date and Module:CurrentDate to set the date by which the year is calculated.