Template:Right now

Today is Monday, 25 November 2024, and the current time is 12:47 (UTC/GMT). There are currently 151 articles. this page for a new update.

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Usage

This template makes a blue box appear that includes the current time and the amount of articles on Wikipedia at this moment. Put this at the top of your user page or your talk page. It is meant as a user space page header.

Note that this template adheres to the preferences of the user viewing the page. If you are comfortable with the American date format (November 25, 2024) but are viewing the Commonwealth format (25 November 2024), then you may change it by going to your preferences, and clicking on the Date and Time tab.

Syntax

{{Right now
| collapsible = <!-- yes|no -->
| boxcolor    = 
| bordercolor = 
| roundvalue  = <!-- Only works in Mozilla-compatible web browsers -->
| textcolor   =
| width       = <!-- Default: 100% -->
}}

Examples

{{Right now}}	Today is Monday, 25 November 2024, and the current time is 12:47 (UTC/GMT). There are currently 151 articles. this page for a new update.
{{Right now | collapsible = yes | boxcolor = gray | bordercolor = black | roundvalue = 12 | textcolor = white }}	Right now Today is Monday, 25 November 2024, and the current time is 12:47 (UTC/GMT). There are currently 151 articles. this page for a new update.

See also

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• Category:Time, date and calendar templates
• Category:Date-computing templates
• Category:Date-computing templates based on current time
• Category:ISO date templates
• Category:Calendar templates
• Category:Clock templates

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• {{Currentdate}} – Time, day of week, and date in MDY format
• {{Date}} – Date in chosen format
• {{DATE}} – Month and year, prefixed by "date=" (for use with templates through substitution)
• {{Now}} – Same as {{Currentdate}} but in a sentence
• {{Plain now}} – Date in DMY format, and time
• {{Right now}} – Blue banner with time and current number of Wikipedia articles
• {{Right now (User message)}} – Orange banner with time and current number of Wikipedia articles
• {{TODAY}} – Date in DMY

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• {{NEXTYEAR}}
• {{CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}}
• {{CURRENTWEEKDAYNAME}}
• {{Day}}
• {{MONTH}}
• {{MONTHNAME}}
• {{MONTHABBREV}}
• {{MONTHNUMBER}}
• {{CURRENTWEEKDAY}}
• {{WEEKDAY}}
• {{WEEKDAYNAME}}
• {{WEEKDAYABBREV}}
• {{CURRENTYEARCC}}
• {{CURRENTYEARYY}}
• {{CURRENTCENTURY}}
• {{CURRENTMONTHDAYS}}
• {{CURRENTISOYEAR}}
• {{CURRENTMINUTE}}
• {{JULIANDAY}}

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• {{Calendar}}
• {{Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}}
• {{Clock}}
• {{Digital clock}}
• {{Digital clock and date}}

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