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Syntax
- {{Format time|hour|minute|second}}
- {{Format time|hour|minute|second|TimeZone}}
Parameters
{{{hour}}}
is required, and is the hour in 24 hour format.- aliases:
{{{hh}}}
and{{{1}}}
(the first positional parameter)
- aliases:
{{{minute}}}
is recommended; it is the minute after the hour (default 0).- aliases:
{{{mm}}}
and{{{2}}}
(the second positional parameter)
- aliases:
{{{second}}}
is optional; seconds will only be rendered if this is not blank.- aliases:
{{{ss}}}
,{{{sec}}}
and{{{3}}}
(the third positional parameter)
- aliases:
{{{TimeZone}}}
may be a numerical value, or "Z" for UTC; see examples.- aliases:
{{{timezone}}}
,{{{tz}}}
and{{{4}}}
(the fourth positional parameter)
- aliases:
{{{hour_format}}}
can be blank, 'h', 'H', 'g' or 'G'; see §§ Hour format and below.
Examples:
- {{Format time|08|30}} returns "08:30"
- {{Format time|08|30|23}} returns "08:30:23"
- {{Format time|08|30}} returns "08:30 (UTC)"
- {{Format time|08|30|23}} returns "08:30:23 (+01:00)"
- {{Format time|08|30|23}} returns "08:30:23 (-07:00)"
Hour format
The hour format parameter {{{hour_format}}}
can be variously 'g', 'G', 'h', or 'H', specifying whether to use 12 hour time with AM/PM (g/G) or 24 hour time (h/H), and whether to truncate (g/h) numbers under 10 or not (G/H).
Examples:
- {{Format time|08|30}} returns "8:30 am"
- {{Format time|08|30}} returns "8:30"
- {{Format time|08|30}} returns "08:30 AM"
- {{Format time|08|30}} returns "08:30"
See also
- {{Format date}} for dates, with times optional
Template:Date and time templates
Template Data
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Formats a time of day
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hour | hour hh 1 | Hour of the day, in 24 hour format
| Number | required |
Minute | minute mm 2 | minutes after the hour
| Number | suggested |
Second | second ss sec 3 | Seconds after the minute | Number | optional |
Hour format | hour_format | Formats hours and whether to render AM/PM or a.m./p.m.
| String | suggested |
timezone | timezone tz TimeZone 4 | A numerical offset from UTC, or 'Z'. If non-empty, shows time zone
| String | optional |