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{{DistinguishDistinguish2|[[Template:As of?]] which redirects to [[Template:When]]}}

The template {{tl|as of}} is used to mark potentially dated statements, and will add an article to the appropriate [[WP:HIDDENCAT|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). It also includes the [[WP:ISO 8601|ISO 8601]] format needed by [[hAtom]] (<code>class="updated"</code>) and [[hCalendar]] (<code>class="dtstart"</code>) [[microformat]]s through use of the {{tl|start date}} template. Unlike the {{tl|update after}} template, {{tl|as of}} does not require the editor to give a full date. This template should '''not''' be [[Wikipedia:Substitution|substituted]].

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

*'''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 ''<code>|df'' </code> and ''<code>|lc'' </code> and <code>|since</code> parameters are ignored.*'''df''' – optional; allows use of American date format with ''{{para|df=|US''}}.*'''lc''' – optional; if given any value at all (e.g. {{para|lc|y}}) gives lower case "as of ''date''" when defined; recommended syntax is , for use in mid-sentence.*'''since'''– optional; if given any value at all (e.g. {{para|since|y}}) it changes "As of" to "Since". Use of {{para|lc=|y}} with {{para|since|y}} gives "since ''date''. Use of {{para|alt}} will replace the entire output, including the "Since", as it will with the default "As of".

<!-- NOTE:<ttDO NOT copy and paste this code to use the template. Copy and paste what it renders for today's date -->:{{&#123;tlc|As of|{{!CURRENTYEAR}}}2010&#125;}</tt> – {{As of|2010{{CURRENTYEAR}}}}:<tt>{&#123;{tlc|As of|{{!CURRENTYEAR}}2010|{{!CURRENTMONTH}}}7&#125;}</tt> – {{As of|2010{{CURRENTYEAR}}|7{{CURRENTMONTH}}}}:<tt>{&#123;{tlc|As of|{{!CURRENTYEAR}}2010|{{!CURRENTMONTH}}7|{{!CURRENTDAY}}}5&#125;}</tt> – {{As of|2010{{CURRENTYEAR}}|7{{CURRENTMONTH}}|5{{CURRENTDAY}}}} :<tt>{&#123;{tlc|As of|{{!CURRENTYEAR}}2010|{{!CURRENTMONTH}}4|{{!CURRENTDAY}}1|df{{!=}}US}alt=as of the <nowiki>[[2010 United States Census]]</nowiki>&#125;}</tt> – {{As of|2010{{CURRENTYEAR}}|4{{CURRENTMONTH}}|1{{CURRENTDAY}}|altdf=as of the [[2010 United States Census]]US}}:<tt>{&#123;{tlc|As of|{{!CURRENTYEAR}}2010|{{!CURRENTMONTH}}7|{{!CURRENTDAY}}5|lc{{!=}}y}df=US&#125;}</tt> – {{As of|2010{{CURRENTYEAR}}|7{{CURRENTMONTH}}|5{{CURRENTDAY}}|dflc=USy}}:<tt!-- As this next example is referring to the census date, doesn't make sense to use current date -->:{{&#123;tlc|As of|2010|4|1|alt{{!=}}as of the <nowiki>[[2010{{!}}7{{!}}5{{!}}lc=y&#125;}United States Census]]</ttnowiki> }} – {{As of|2010|74|51|lcalt=as of the [[2010 United States Census]]}} :<tt>{&#123;{tlc|As of|{{!CURRENTYEAR}}2010|{{!CURRENTMONTH}}7|url{{!=}}url=<nowiki>http://en.wikipedia.org/</nowiki>&#125;}</tt> } returns::: ''for logged in users, with links displayed (see [[Wikipedia:As of#Article maintenance|Wikipedia:As of]])'' – As of July&nbsp;2010{{MONTHNAME|{{CURRENTMONTH}}}}{{space}}{{CURRENTYEAR}}<sup class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/ &#91;ref&#93;]</sup>:: ''for all other users'' – As of July&nbsp;2010{{MONTHNAME|{{CURRENTMONTH}}}}{{space}}{{CURRENTYEAR}}:{{tlc|As of|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|{{CURRENTMONTH}}|{{CURRENTDAY}}|df{{=}}US|since{{=}}y}} – {{As of|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|{{CURRENTMONTH}}|{{CURRENTDAY}}|df=US|since=y}}:{{tlc|As of|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|{{CURRENTMONTH}}|{{CURRENTDAY}}|lc{{=}}y|since{{=}}y}} – {{As of|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|{{CURRENTMONTH}}|{{CURRENTDAY}}|lc=y|since=y}}

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