Template:Last month/doc
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Usage
[edit]Gets the last month, given a year and (notionally "current") month. For example: 2021-05 → 2021-04; 2021-01 → 2020-12.
- year the "current" year
- month the "current" month
- n how many months to go back (optional, default is 1). Can be 0 (current month) or negative (which will go forward in time).
- format the strftime format to use. Optional, default is
%Y-%m(i.e. YYYY-MM).
Examples
[edit]{{Last month | year=2021 | month = 05}}
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2021-04 |
{{Last month | year=2021 | month = 01}}
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2020-12 |
{{Last month| year=2021 | month = 05 | n = 4}}
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2021-01 |
{{Last month| year=2021 | month = 05 | n = 0}}
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2021-05 |
{{Last month| year=2021 | month = 05 | n = -1}}
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2021-06 |
{{Last month| year=2021 | month = 5 | format = %Y}}
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2021 |
{{Last month| year=2021 | month = 5 | format = %m}}
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04 |
{{Last month| year=2021 | month = 5 | format = %B}}
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April |
{{Last month| year=2021 | month = 5 | format = %B %Y}}
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April 2021 |