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Line 1: {{Supplement\|[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)]]}} Since at least 2004, it has been possible for registered users to set a preference regarding the way dates appear to them. ~~Wikilinking~~In ~~all~~September ~~dates~~2008, /there ~~years~~were ~~purely~~four ~~for~~possible ~~the~~formats ~~use~~to ofchoose ~~autoformating is now discouraged (See [[MOS~~from:~~UNLINKDATES]]).~~ ~~Up until September 2008, there were four possible formats to choose from:~~ * '''MonthName Day, Year''' as in January 15, 2001 (symbolized as MMMM dD, YYYY) * '''Day MonthName Year''' as in 15 January 2001 (symbolized as dD MMMM YYYY) Line 9 ⟶ 7: * '''Year-MonthNumber-Day''' as in 2001-01-15 (symbolized as YYYY-MM-DD) Though not identified as such on the preferences page, this is the same way dates are displayed in [[ISO 8601]] format. ~~Although the feature has now been disabled, dates~~Dates that were wikilinked (see below) would ~~have~~then ~~been~~be autoformatted according to the preference that had been chosen. Autoformatting dates has had several disadvantages:

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