Please don't change the format of dates. As a general rule, if an article has evolved using predominantly one format, the dates should be left in the format they were originally written in, unless there are reasons for changing it based on strong national ties to the topic. Please also note that Wikipedia does not use ordinal suffixes (e.g., st, nd, th), articles, or leading zeros on dates.
For more information about how dates should be written on Wikipedia, please see this page.
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Usage:
{{subst:Uw-date}}{{subst:Uw-date|Article}} references a specific article{{subst:Uw-date|Article|Additional text}} adds text onto the end of the message instead of "Thank you"{{subst:Uw-date||Additional text}}or{{subst:Uw-date|2=Additional text}} also adds text onto the end of the message instead of "Thank you", but doesn't link a page as specified by the article.{{subst:Uw-date}} rather than {{Uw-date}}.1=" if the article contains an equals sign and use "2=" if the additional text contains an equals sign (such as a URL).
