This template is used to check whether the given parameter is a month. It is useful for templates such as {{Multiple issues}} that sort articles into cleanup categories by month.
If the parameter is a month/date/time formatted in the way recognized by PHP's strtotime(), this template returns the month in the format Month Year, where Month is written in full and Year is written in 4 digits.
If the parameter is not a month/date/time, the empty string is returned.
| Input | Output |
|---|---|
| {{Check date|April 2003}} | April 2003 |
| {{Check date|2003 April}} | April 2003 |
| {{Check date|Apr 2003}} | April 2003 |
| {{Check date|April 3 2003}} | April 2003 |
| {{Check date|April 03}} | April 2025 (thinks it is April 3 of the current year) |
| {{Check date|Garbage^&*text}} |