| Today (at UTC+00) | |
|---|---|
| Sunday | |
| Gregorian calendar | 31 August, AD 2025 |
| Islamic calendar | 7 Rabi' al-awwal, AH 1447 (using tabular method) |
| Hebrew calendar | 7 Elul, AM 5785 |
| Coptic calendar | 25 Mesori, AM 1741 |
| Solar Hijri calendar | 9 Shahrivar, SH 1404 |
| Bengali calendar | 16 Bhadro, BS 1432 |
| Julian calendar | 18 August, AD 2025 |
Purpose
editThis template provides today's date in a variety of calendars. Only calendars with a substantial user base are included.
At present, the date changes one minute after 23:59 UTC+00. For users in other time zones, this can be up to 13 hours after (New Zealand summer time) or 11 hours before (American Samoa) the date changes in local time.
Sources
editThe following calendars are listed:
- Gregorian calendar (uses MediaWiki's #time function for calculation)
- Islamic calendar (uses the
xmportion of MediaWiki's #time function for calculation) - Hebrew calendar (uses the
xjportion of MediaWiki's #time function for calculation) - Coptic calendar (uses {{COPTICDATE}} for calculation)
- Solar Hijri calendar (uses the
xiportion of MediaWiki's #time function for calculation) - Bengali calendar (uses {{BENGALIDATE}} for calculation)
- Julian calendar (uses {{JULIANCALENDAR}} for calculation)
Any problems with the calculated dates may be caused by the behavior of the templates or functions listed above.
As of July 2025[update], the algorithms used by MediaWiki to derive these figures are not documented although the code is available. However, the general principles used to compute them are described in
- Dershowitz, Nachum; Reingold, Edward M. (2008). Calendrical Calculations (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521885409. OCLC 144768713.
Usage
editThe template takes no parameters.