සැකිල්ල:Calendar template documentation

This template employs intricate features of template syntax.

You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages.
Remember that you can conduct experiments, and should test all improvements, in either the or your user space before changing anything here.

Usage

This template displays a January calendar for a specified year from 1970 to 2037 (it defaults to the current year). Calls Template:Calendar/Sun1stMonthStartසඳුදා or one of its sister templates, with the starting day for the calendar calculated using #time.

Optional parameters

Year

Parameter	Explanation
year	The four digit year of the specified year to be displayed (e.g. `year=2008`). Valid years are 1970–2037 (due to technical restrictions regarding Unix time) . The template currently defaults to {{CURRENTYEAR}}.

Layout

The following parameters can be used to change the layout of the calendar:

Parameter	Explanation
float	Use to float the calendar left or right (e.g. `float=left` or `float=right`). It defaults to `float=none`.
color	Use to change the default background color of the title bar with name of the month, and the bottom bar (e.g. `color=#2e8b57`).
color2	Use to change the default background color of the bar listing the days of the week (e.g. `color2=#2e8b57`).

Parameters to change the displayed links

The template contains the following default links:

The Month links to the specified month's respective article.
The left arrows link to the previous month's respective article.
The right arrows link to the next month's respective article.
The days link to each day’s respective article.
The bottom bar shows a piped link that points to the specified month's respective article, but displays roman numerals without looking redundant with the
Arabic-numeral expression of the year at the top.

The following parameters can be used to change the links on the calendar:

Parameter	Explanation
1	Adds a prefix to the days links.
1a	Adds a prefix to the links to the current month, previous month and the next month.
2	Adds a prefix to the link label in the piped link displaying the current month.
3	Adds a suffix to the links to the current month and the next month.
4	Adds a suffix to the days links.
5	Adds a suffix to the link to the previous month.
EndNote	Changes the text in the bottom bar.

Headings

Parameter	Explanation
curr_month	Will change the current month link to the text specified
prev_month	Will change the previous month link to the text specified
next_month	Will change the next month link to the text specified

Examples

{{January calendar}}

ඉරිදා	සඳුදා	අඟ.	බදාදා	බ්‍රහස්	සිකු.	සෙන.
<<	January 2024					>>
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31
MMXXIV

{{January calendar|year=2001|float=right|color=#ffcccc|color2=#cccccc}}

ඉරිදා	සඳුදා	අඟ.	බදාදා	බ්‍රහස්	සිකු.	සෙන.
<<	January 2001					>>
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31
MMXXIV

{{January calendar|year=2008|1=Wikipedia:Today's featured article/|1a=Wikipedia:Today's featured article/|2=Featured articles for |3= 2008|4=, 2008|5=2007|EndNote=<small>An archive of [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Wikipedia's featured articles]] that appeared on the Main Page.</small>}}

ඉරිදා	සඳුදා	අඟ.	බදාදා	බ්‍රහස්	සිකු.	සෙන.
<<	Featured articles for January 2008					>>
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31
An archive of Wikipedia's featured articles that appeared on the Main Page.