TEMPLATE:COMPARE DATES DOC

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Usage

This template takes two mandatory unnamed parameters. The first is a date/time string and the second is a level of precision. It then returns a plain language comparison of the date/time to the current UTC date/time. If it's not the next, current, or previous one, the template just returns the date/time entered.

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Purge to update.

{{ Compare dates|22:48 3 June 2024|hour}} returns this hour
{{ Compare dates|3 June 2024|day}} returns today
{{ Compare dates|May 2024|month}} returns last month
{{ Compare dates|October 2024|month}} returns October 2024
{{ Compare dates|October 1887|month}} returns October 1887

Parameters

Returns a plain language comparison of a date or time to the present

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Date	`1`	The date or time being compared	Date	required
Precision	`2`	The level of precision at which the comparison is being made; handles the suggested values listed. Suggested values `hour` `day` `month` `year`	Unknown	required

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