Revision as of 15:25, 18 July 2015 edit Sroc (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers 9,727 edits simplify wording ← Previous edit		Revision as of 17:18, 18 July 2015 edit undo EEng (talk \| contribs) Edit filter helpers, Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, New page reviewers, Pending changes reviewers, Template editors 99,779 edits I've never been clear whether the list "references, tables, infoboxes" is /all/ the places "where brevity needed", or just examples, so I parroted the text in the date format table Next edit →
Line 1: {{essay}} ~~Wikipedia has [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Dates, months and years\|guidelines for formatting dates]] (~~[[MOS:DATEFORMAT]]), ~~divided~~sets ~~into~~out ~~various~~the ~~sections.~~appropriate use ~~They set out~~of the ~~acceptable~~three date formats ~~that may be~~ used in Wikipedia articles, namely: '''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}}}}~~—only~~ {{mdashb}}used only in ~~references and~~ places where space is limited (~~e.g.~~references, tables, infoboxes), not in ~~prose~~article text proper. The guidelines provide additional guidance on deciding which format should be used in particular cases. It can sometimes be confusing to understand which sections to apply in particular cases. The priority between these provisions can be summarised as follows:

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