Template:This date in recent years

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December 8 in recent years
2025 (Monday)
2024 (Sunday)
2023 (Friday)
2022 (Thursday)
2021 (Wednesday)
2020 (Tuesday)
2019 (Sunday)
2018 (Saturday)
2017 (Friday)
2016 (Thursday)

This template uses TemplateStyles:

Template:This date in recent years/styles.css

Description

This template is used to display a box on all of the date articles (January 1 ... December 31) listing the date in recent years. It also shows what day of the week the date was in previous years.

Usage

No parameter

This template can be used on without any parameter.

{{This date in recent years}}

On date articles the template defaults to the page name.
On other articles the template defaults to the current date.

Specifying a date

A specific date can be input as an unnamed parameter in either day-month or month-day format.

{{This date in recent years|January 1}}

{{This date in recent years|1 January}}

Float left

The default of the template is to float right. The template can be placed on the left using the |float= parameter.

{{This date in recent years|float=left}}

{{This date in recent years|January 1|float=left}}

{{This date in recent years|1 January|float=left}}

Technical details

This template uses a series of subtemplates. These are listed below.

next step

then

29 February split

Template:This date in recent years/table (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (for ordinary dates)
or: Template:This date in recent years/prevleap (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (for 29 February); Template:This date in recent years/1stleap (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (for 29 February),; Template:This date in recent years/2ndleap (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (for 29 February),; Template:This date in recent years/3rdleap (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (for 29 February),; Template:This date in recent years/4thleap (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (for 29 February),; Template:This date in recent years/5thleap (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (for 29 February),; Template:This date in recent years/6thleap (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (for 29 February)

and

calling

then: Template:This date in recent years/row (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (for all dates); Template:This date in recent years/entry (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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