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== [[:ce:Модуль:Dts]] ==

This template has no error checking for missing params, like day or month, and it should, since date can sort without them. It broke our [[Help:Sorting#Dates]] section, too! To convert existing tables in the DD-MM-YYYY format to something pretty, and to do it easily, it needs to be able to take the standard DD-MM-YYYY or DD-MM-YY format. In those cases, there would be no need to error check. Maybe it could just check parameter {{{1}}}, perhaps, for dashes and then directly print the full string hidden, then wikilinked, and Mediawiki will do the rest. Let me know if that part doesn't make sense. Sorry I can't figure out how to do that myself.—[[User:Wikibarista|Wikibarista]] 17:16, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Hello! Can someone help me fix the date format in Chechen? should be "2020 шеран 9 декабрь". [[User:Takhirgeran Umar|Takhirgeran Umar]] ([[User talk:Takhirgeran Umar|talk]]) 20:28, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

== Being used outside of sorted tables ==

== How to make date ranges sort to correct position in both ascending and descending displays? ==

The acronym is great, but unfortunately, it's being [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jissen_Pachi-Slot_Pachinko_Hissh%C3%B4h%C3%B4_%21_Hokuto_no_Ken&diff=prev&oldid=116744504 used incorrectly] already by people to just put in dates anywhere in an article. We should rename it to "sortdate" to avoid misuse, because the misuse will cause pages to be larger when they're converted to HTML. —[[User:Wikibarista|Wikibarista]] 18:02, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Is there any way to make a [[MOS:DATERANGE]] sort to the correct chronological position in both ascending and descending displays? For example in [[Jack Deam#Filmography]] the date ranges sort by the first date in the range, which is correct if sorting oldest first but gives incorrect chronological order when using date sorting to display most recent at the top where it is the end of the range date that determines correct chronological order. [[Special:Contributions/213.18.145.207|213.18.145.207]] ([[User talk:213.18.145.207|talk]]) 13:44, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

:I believe not although you might check at [[WP:VPT]]. As I far as I know, each column has a single sort key which is used for both ascending and descending ordering. For example, <code>2016–2022</code> cannot be sorted by 2016 in one direction and 2022 in the other. I don't think it matters much for the example given. If it were a big deal, two columns would be needed, one for the first date and another for the last. [[User:Johnuniq|Johnuniq]] ([[User talk:Johnuniq|talk]]) 02:53, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

== Invalid date error for 2524 BC ==

The [[Decolonisation of Asia]] article has a table with a cell containing the date 2524 BC. This template throws an error if used with this date. [[User:Wtmitchell|Wtmitchell]] [[User talk:Wtmitchell|(talk)]] <small>(earlier ''Boracay Bill'')</small> 00:16, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

:I believe the following works:

:*<code><nowiki>{{dts|2524|||BC}}</nowiki></code> → {{dts|2524|||BC}}

:The missing parameters 2 and 3 are for the month and day. The era (BC etc.) is parameter 4. [[User:Johnuniq|Johnuniq]] ([[User talk:Johnuniq|talk]]) 00:38, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

:{{ping|Wtmitchell}} I should probably have notified you. [[User:Johnuniq|Johnuniq]] ([[User talk:Johnuniq|talk]]) 03:37, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

::Thanks. I applied fixed [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Decolonisation_of_Asia&diff=1193505885&oldid=1192949085 here]. [[User:Wtmitchell|Wtmitchell]] [[User talk:Wtmitchell|(talk)]] <small>(earlier ''Boracay Bill'')</small> 04:39, 4 January 2024 (UTC)