Revision as of 16:25, 14 March 2019 edit Alumnum (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users 10,739 edits No edit summary ← Previous edit		Revision as of 19:57, 14 March 2019 edit undo EEng (talk \| contribs) Edit filter helpers, Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, New page reviewers, Pending changes reviewers, Template editors 99,779 edits no, there are facilities in tables for sorting dates in all formats Next edit →
Line 5: '''Day–month–year''' (DMY) format—e.g., {{xt\|{{#time:j F Y}}}} or {{xt\|{{#time:j M Y}}}}; '''Month–day–year''' (MDY) format—e.g., {{xt\|{{#time:F j, Y}}}} or {{xt\|{{#time:M j, Y}}}}; *'''Year–month–day''' (YMD) format—e.g., {{xt\|{{#time:Y-m-d}}}} — (also called the "all-numeric" format; used only in places where space is limited such as references and some tables and infoboxes, but not in article text proper~~. It is also preferable in sortable tables to sort items chronologically, since the two other formats may result in incorrect chronology~~). Which format should be used in a particular situation is controlled by the (somewhat confusing) interaction between three sub-provisions of MOS:DATEFORMAT. The priority among these provisions can be summarised as follows:

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