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Usage

The template {{as of}} is used to mark potentially dated statements, and will add an article to the appropriate hidden sub-category of Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements. This allows editors to catalogue statements that may become dated over time. The date used for a given statement should be the date of the most recent reliable source (for currently valid statements), or the date on which the cited reference was produced (for example, when using census data). It should not be used for future dates (use {{update after}} instead). This template should not be substituted.

Notes:

This template MUST NOT be used in infoboxes that emit a microformat, as its emitted date markup will conflict with that.
This template is not necessary within quotations, and use of the template in such cases should be avoided.

This template does not generate a visible hyperlink in text where it is used.

Usage guidelines

Wikipedia:As of

Using this template with values such as {{as of|now}} or variables such as {{as of|{{CURRENTYEAR}}}} is equivalent to using "currently", which is generally against the precise language guideline.

Syntax

The template can be used in the following forms, with numeric date information:

{{As of|year}}

{{As of|year|month}}

{{As of|year|month|day}}

Leading zeroes are optional.

Please do not use {{As of|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|{{CURRENTMONTH}}}} or similar; that defeats the purpose of the template.

Several additional named parameters can also be used, including some non-numeric input (see below).

Parameters

Required

year (first parameter) – must be in full numerical four-digit format (yyyy)

Optional

month (second parameter) – full, abbreviated, or two-digit numerical formats supported (01 indicating January, 02 February, etc., but also accepting Jan and January)
day (third parameter) – numerical two- or one-digit format only (dd or d)

Named

alt – optional; allows substitution of different wording and case for the visible text output (including the date). If present with no value defined, this parameter is ignored; if a value is defined, values for |df and |lc and |since parameters are ignored.
df – "date format", optional; allows use of American date format with |df=US. This only has an effect when the full |year|month|day format is also used.
lc – "lower case", optional; if given any value at all (e.g. |lc=y) gives lower case "as of date", for use mid-sentence.
since – optional; if given any value at all (e.g. |since=y) it changes "As of" to "Since". Use of |lc=y with |since=y gives "since date. Use of |alt= will replace the entire output, including the "Since", as it will with the default "As of".
pre – text to insert before the date, and after "[A|a]s of" or "[S|s]ince", e.g. |pre=the first week of used like this: {{as of|1997|pre=the first week of}} produces "As of the first week of 1997^[update]".
post – text (almost always punctuation) to insert between the date and the superscripted note that is displayed if the user has ".asof-tag { display: inline !important; }," ".asof-tag.ref { display: inline !important; }" or ".asof-tag.ref { display: inline !important; }" added to their common.css page .
For these users,
Plantilla:Tnl no more bears were found

gives
"As of 24 Diciembre 2024,[update] no more bears were found"

(comma before the superscripted note)

while
Plantilla:Tnl, no more bears were found

produces the undesirable result (contrary to WP:REFPUNC) with regard to the location of the comma:
"As of 24 Diciembre 2024[update], no more bears were found"

Note: the ^[update] tag is a tag that shows when url is not specified and the user has ".asof-tag { display: inline !important; }" or ".asof-tag.update { display: inline !important; }" added to their common.css page. It contains a link to edit the page.

url – optional; adds an inline external link (hidden by default) suggesting a webpage for future editors to check for updates to the statement; use the full URL with no spaces.

Note: This will only show if the user has ".asof-tag { display: inline !important; }" or ".asof-tag.ref { display: inline !important; }" added to their common.css page. It will show as a hyperlinked ^[ref] tag after the template. See Wikipedia:As of#Article maintenance.

Examples

{{As of|2024}} – As of 2024

{{As of|2024|12}} – As of 2024

{{As of|2024|12|24}} – As of 24 2024

{{As of|2024|12|24|df=US}} – As of 24, 2024

{{As of|2024|12|24|lc=y}} – as of 24 2024

{{As of|2010|4|1|alt=as of the [[2010 United States Census]]}} – as of the 2010 United States Census

{{As of|2024|12|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/}} returns:

for logged in users, with links displayed (see Wikipedia:As of) – As of 2024^[ref]

for all other users – As of 2024

{{As of|2024|12|24|df=US|since=y}} – Since 24, 2024

{{As of|2024|12|24|lc=y|since=y}} – since 24 2024

Maintenance categories

Category:Pages using as of template with unknown parameters (0)

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for As of

Use this template to mark potentially dated statements. It will add the article to a corresponding monthly or yearly hidden subcategory of Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements. This allows editors to catalogue statements that may become dated over time. It should not be used for statements mentioning future dates (use {{Update after}} instead).

Parámetros de la plantilla
Es preferible escribir los parámetros en una sola línea.
Parámetro		Descripción	Tipo	Estado
Year	`1`	The year the statement is valid to (in full; yyyy) Ejemplo 2013	Número	obligatorio
Month	`2`	The month the statement is valid to. Full (January, january), abbreviated (Jan, jan) or numerical formats (01, 1) are supported. "01" provides the most consistency in wikitext, but all will be converted to "January" in articles and for categories. Ejemplo January, january, Jan, jan, 01, 1	Línea	sugerido
Day	`3`	The day the statement is valid to, in numerical format (01 or 1; both will be converted to 1). This will show to users, but it will not be used to categorise the article. Ejemplo 22	Número	opcional
Date format	`df`	If a day has been specified, enter "US" or "us" here to use the US date format (January 1, 2013). The default format is 1 January 2013. Ejemplo US, us Valor automático `US`	Línea	opcional
Lowercase	`lc`	Enter any text here to make the first letter of the template lowercase. Ejemplo y Valor automático `y`	Línea	opcional
Alternative text	`alt`	Text to replace the "As of [date]". This will override the display of the template, but the values under month and year will still be used to categorise the article. Wiki markup is allowed. Ejemplo As of Christmas 2018	Contenido	opcional
Since	`since`	Enter any text here to replace the text "As of" with "Since". Ejemplo y Valor automático `y`	Línea	opcional
URL	`url`	(Hidden by default) A URL containing future updates to the statement for other editors to check. This will only show if the user has ".asof-tag { display: inline !important; }" or ".asof-tag.ref { display: inline !important; }" added to their common.css page. It will show as a hyperlinked superscript "[ref]" tag after the template. Enter the full URL with no spaces.	URL	opcional
Pre-text	`pre`	Text to be added before the date Ejemplo the first week of	Cadena	opcional
Post-text	`post`	Text to be added after the date, usually punctuation. Only necessary if the user wishes to ensure the punctuation/text is positioned before the superscript tags that are enabled by adding ".asof-tag.ref { display: inline !important; }" to the commons.css page. Ejemplo .	Línea	opcional