Template:Expiry icon/doc
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.
Usage
{{expicon}} indicates when an entry expires (task, event, etc.). It does so by displaying one of three different icons, depending on how the current date and time relates to the entered expiry time.
Limitations
This wiki caches its pages. In order to see any changes to entries using this template, you need to refresh the page. You can do so by choosing Refresh in the drop-down menu to the left of the wiki's search bar.
Parameters
There are 6 parameters, all unnamed, of which 3 are required and the remaining 3 are optional.
Syntax
The template's syntax is
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{{expicon|year (4 digits) |month (2 digits) |day (2 digits) |hours (2 digits) |minutes (2 digits) |size=size value }}
Expiry date
- The year, month and day of expiration are required.
Expiry time
- If only the hour of expiration is specified, the template will assume that the expiry time is at the start of that hour, i.e. at HH:00.
- If no expiry time is entered, the template will assume that the expiry time is at 23:59:59 (one second to midnight) at the specified date.
Required parameters
1
- Year
The year of the expiry date.
- Notes
- Must be entered as 4 digits; e.g. 2015, not 15 or '15.
- Since the template uses Unix time, the input year must conform to the Gregorian calendar.
- Usage
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{{expicon|1|2|3|4|5}}
2
- Month
The month of the expiry date.
- Notes
- Must be entered as 2 digits, units padded with a leading zero; e.g. 09, not 9, Sept or September.
- Since the template uses Unix time, the input month must conform to the Gregorian calendar.
- Usage
-
{{expicon|1|2|3|4|5}}
3
- Day
The day of the expiry date.
- Notes
- Must be entered as 2 digits, units padded with a leading zero; e.g. 09, not 9, Fri or Friday.
- Since the template uses Unix time, the input day must conform to the Gregorian calendar.
- Usage
-
{{expicon|1|2|3|4|5}}
Optional parameters
4
- Hours
The hour of the expiry time in the 24-hours format.
- Notes
- Must be entered as 2 digits, units padded with a leading zero; e.g. 09, not 9.
- Since the template uses Unix time, the input hour must conform to the 24-hours format; e.g. 19, not 7 or 7pm.
- Usage
-
{{expicon|1|2|3|4|5}}
5
- Minutes
The minute of the expiry time.
- Notes
- Must be entered as 2 digits, units padded with a leading zero; e.g. 09, not 9.
- Usage
-
{{expicon|1|2|3|4|5}}
size
- Icon size
It is possible to change the size of the icon. The value can be given in pixels (px) or em-units (em), use the decimal point for fractions.
- Notes
- There can't be any space character between the number value and its unit (px or em).
- Usage
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{{expicon|1|2|3|4|5|size=number value + px/em}}
Examples
| Case | What you type | What you see | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 2015|01|01}} |  |
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| 2024|11|05}} |  |
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| 2115|01|01}} |  |
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| Date and hour | 2015|01|01|18}} | |
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| 2024|11|05|00}} | |
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| 2115|01|01|18}} | |
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| Date and time | 2015|01|01|18|35}} | |
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| 2024|11|05|00|35}} | |
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| 2115|01|01|18|35}} | |
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| Change size | 2015|01|01|18|35|size=20px}} |  |
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| 2024|11|05|00|35|size=20px}} |  |
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| 2115|01|01|18|35|size=20px}} |  |
See also
