Template:As of/doc

Not to be confused with Template:As of? which redirects to Template:When.

Usage

The template {{as of}} is used to mark potentially dated statements, and will add an article to the appropriate hidden sub-category of Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements. This allows editors to catalogue statements that may become dated over time. The date used for a given statement should be the current date (for currently valid statements) or the date on which the cited reference was produced (for example, when using census data). Unlike the {{update after}} template, {{as of}} does not require the editor to give a full date. This template should not be substituted.

Note: This template MUST NOT be used in infoboxes which emit a microformat, as its emitted date markup will conflict with that.

This template does not generate a visible hyperlink in text where it is used.

Syntax

The template can be used in the following forms:

{{As of|year}}

{{As of|year|month}}

{{As of|year|month|day}}

Please do not use {{As of|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|{{CURRENTMONTH}}}} or similar; that defeats the point of the template.

Several additional named parameters can also be used (see below).

Parameters

Required

• year (first parameter) – must be in full numerical format (yyyy)

Optional

• month (second parameter) – full, abbreviated or numerical formats supported (mm recommended)
• day (third parameter) – numerical format only, not included in link (dd)

Named

• alt – optional; allows substitution of different wording and case for the visible text output (including the date); if present but no value defined, this parameter is ignored; if a value is defined, values for |df and |lc and |since parameters are ignored.
• df – optional; allows use of American date format with |df=US.
• lc – optional; if given any value at all (e.g. |lc=y) gives lower case "as of date", for use in mid-sentence.
• since – optional; if given any value at all (e.g. |since=y) it changes "As of" to "Since". Use of |lc=y with |since=y gives "since date. Use of |alt= will replace the entire output, including the "Since", as it will with the default "As of".
• url – optional; adds an inline external link (hidden by default) suggesting a webpage for future editors to check for updates to the statement; use the full URL with no spaces. See Wikipedia:As of for displaying links.

Examples

{{As of|2025}} – As of 2025

{{As of|2025|10}} – As of October 2025

{{As of|2025|10|30}} – As of 30 October 2025

{{As of|2025|10|30|df=US}} – As of October 30, 2025

{{As of|2025|10|30|lc=y}} – as of 30 October 2025

{{As of|2010|4|1|alt=as of the [[2010 United States Census]]}} – as of the 2010 United States Census

{{As of|2025|10|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/}} returns:

for logged in users, with links displayed (see Wikipedia:As of) – As of October2025^[ref]

for all other users – As of October2025

{{As of|2025|10|30|df=US|since=y}} – Since October 30, 2025

{{As of|2025|10|30|lc=y|since=y}} – since 30 October 2025

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

As of

A template used to mark potentially dated statements, and will add an article to the appropriate hidden sub-category of Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements. This allows editors to catalogue statements that may become dated over time.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Year	1	The year the statement is valid to. Must be in full numerical format (yyyy)	Number	required
Month	2	The month the statement is valid to. Full, abbreviated or numerical formats supported (mm recommended)	Line	optional
Day	3	The day the statement is valid to (not included in link). Numerical format only (dd)	Number	optional
Alternate wording	alt	Use different wording for the visible text output; if set, values for 'Date format' (df) and 'Lower case' (lc) parameters are ignored	Line	optional
Date format	df	Set to US to use U.S. date format (mdy) (default is dmy) Default US	Line	optional
Lower case	lc	Specify y to use lower case	Line	optional
Since	since	Specify y to replace 'as of' with 'since'.	Line	optional
URL	url	A URL for an inline external link (hidden by default) suggesting a webpage for future editors to check for updates to the statement; use the full URL with no spaces	Line	optional

See also

• {{Category as of}}
• {{Show by date}}
• {{Start date and age}}
• {{Update}}
• {{Update after}}
• {{When}}
• Wikipedia:As of
• Wikipedia:Avoid statements that will date quickly
• Category:All articles containing potentially dated statements