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This is a documentation subpage for Template:MONTHNUMBER (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template returns the cyclic integer month number (between 1 and 12) of the month whose real number is in parameter. Alternatively, the month can be given with its english name (complete or abbreviated to 3 characters, with capitals or small letters).

Syntax:
{{MONTHNUMBER|month}}
  • The month value is interpreted modulo 12 (extra leading zeroes are ignored, negative numbers are accepted, all numbers are rounded to floor).
Examples for all standard English month names:
{{MONTHNUMBER|january}} returns 1
{{MONTHNUMBER|february}} returns 2
{{MONTHNUMBER|march}} returns 3
{{MONTHNUMBER|april}} returns 4
{{MONTHNUMBER|may}} returns 5
{{MONTHNUMBER|june}} returns 6
{{MONTHNUMBER|july}} returns 7
{{MONTHNUMBER|august}} returns 8
{{MONTHNUMBER|september}} returns 9
{{MONTHNUMBER|october}} returns 10
{{MONTHNUMBER|november}} returns 11
{{MONTHNUMBER|december}} returns 12
Examples for all abbreviated English month names:
{{MONTHNUMBER|jan}} returns 1
{{MONTHNUMBER|feb}} returns 2
{{MONTHNUMBER|mar}} returns 3
{{MONTHNUMBER|apr}} returns 4
{{MONTHNUMBER|may}} returns 5
{{MONTHNUMBER|jun}} returns 6
{{MONTHNUMBER|jul}} returns 7
{{MONTHNUMBER|aug}} returns 8
{{MONTHNUMBER|sep}} returns 9
{{MONTHNUMBER|oct}} returns 10
{{MONTHNUMBER|nov}} returns 11
{{MONTHNUMBER|dec}} returns 12
Examples for all standard month numbers:
{{MONTHNUMBER|1}} returns 1
{{MONTHNUMBER|2}} returns 2
{{MONTHNUMBER|3}} returns 3
{{MONTHNUMBER|4}} returns 4
{{MONTHNUMBER|5}} returns 5
{{MONTHNUMBER|6}} returns 6
{{MONTHNUMBER|7}} returns 7
{{MONTHNUMBER|8}} returns 8
{{MONTHNUMBER|9}} returns 9
{{MONTHNUMBER|10}} returns 10
{{MONTHNUMBER|11}} returns 11
{{MONTHNUMBER|12}} returns 12
Examples for month numbers with extra leading zero:
{{MONTHNUMBER|01}} returns 1
{{MONTHNUMBER|02}} returns 2
{{MONTHNUMBER|03}} returns 3
{{MONTHNUMBER|04}} returns 4
{{MONTHNUMBER|05}} returns 5
{{MONTHNUMBER|06}} returns 6
{{MONTHNUMBER|07}} returns 7
{{MONTHNUMBER|08}} returns 8
{{MONTHNUMBER|09}} returns 9
Examples for month number underflows and overflows, from computed values:
{{MONTHNUMBER|-1200}} returns 12
{{MONTHNUMBER|-1201}} returns 11
{{MONTHNUMBER|-1212}} returns 12
{{MONTHNUMBER|-12}} returns 12
{{MONTHNUMBER|-11}} returns 1
{{MONTHNUMBER|-10}} returns 2
{{MONTHNUMBER|-9}} returns 3
{{MONTHNUMBER|-8}} returns 4
{{MONTHNUMBER|-7}} returns 5
{{MONTHNUMBER|-6}} returns 6
{{MONTHNUMBER|-5}} returns 7
{{MONTHNUMBER|-4}} returns 8
{{MONTHNUMBER|-3}} returns 9
{{MONTHNUMBER|-2}} returns 10
{{MONTHNUMBER|-1}} returns 11
{{MONTHNUMBER|-0.9999}} returns 11
{{MONTHNUMBER|-0.5}} returns 11
{{MONTHNUMBER|-0.0001}} returns 11
{{MONTHNUMBER|0}} returns 12
{{MONTHNUMBER|0.0001}} returns 12
{{MONTHNUMBER|0.5}} returns 12
{{MONTHNUMBER|0.9999}} returns 12
{{MONTHNUMBER|12.0001}} returns 12
{{MONTHNUMBER|12.5}} returns 12
{{MONTHNUMBER|12.9999}} returns 12
{{MONTHNUMBER|13}} returns 1
{{MONTHNUMBER|14}} returns 2
{{MONTHNUMBER|24}} returns 12
{{MONTHNUMBER|1200}} returns 12
{{MONTHNUMBER|1201}} returns 1
{{MONTHNUMBER|1212}} returns 12
Example for invalid month name:
{{MONTHNUMBER|xxx}} returns Expression error: Unrecognised word "xxx"

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