User:Lariat2301/SandBox2
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With normal transclusion:
{{CURRENTDAY}}-{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}-{{CURRENTYEAR}} {{CURRENTTIME}}
produces...
22-December-2024 20:07
With subclusion:
{{subst:CURRENTDAY}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}-{{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}}
produces...
11-June-2009 12:17
But in the latter case, the actual source of this page has been changed permanently.
Try it: edit this page and replace the date-and-time information shown under subclusion with the protected version just above it. Then save the page and reopen it.
The question is: can this be used to automate wiki-readable timestamps?
Imagine that a subclusion'd version of the month and date were in a template in such a way that they automatically time-stamped a DangerReport when a user updated it. Comparisons between the 'current' month and date and those so timestamped could be used to automate aging of DangerReports... or at least I think so.
Other tools to be used in this: {{PREVIOUSMONTH}} turns into Template:PREVIOUSMONTH.
