Template:I18n month/doc

This templates allows to render the name of a month (specified through a number between 1 and 12) in the user's preferred language.

Usage

{{I18n month|1Template:=|2Template:=}}

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Default	Status
1=	Number (1-12) of the month. Short (like "Jan") and full (like "January") names are also supported.	empty	Required
2=	Language code (only needs to be provided if the language shall be fixed and independent from the user's preferences)	Value of {{int:Lang}}	Optional
form=	Allows specification of grammatical case for the month, for languages that use them. Possible cases: "form=nom" for nominative case (or leave blank) "form=gen" for genitive case "form=loc" for locative case (supported for pl, cs & sl languages) "form=ins" for instrumental case (supported for pl, cs & sl languages) "form=dat" for dative case (supported for ru language) Also partitive case (ptv), inessive case (ine), elative case (ela) and illative case (ill) cases are supported for Finnish language, in addition to nominative case and genitive case (gen).	nom	Optional

Examples

Code	Output	Notes
{{I18n month|1}}	January	Month name in the language of the user
{{I18n month|2|de}}	Februar	German version
{{I18n month|3|fr}} {{I18n month|3|fr|form=gen}}	mars mars	Regular and genitive case in language that do not differentiate between them results in identical output
{{I18n month|4|ru}} {{I18n month|4|ru|form=gen}}	апрель апреля	Regular and genitive case in language that use uses different cases
{{I18n month|9}} {{I18n month|Sep}} {{I18n month|September}}	September September September	Alternative month specifications
{{I18n month|6|pl|form=loc}} {{I18n month|6|cs|form=loc}}	MediaWiki:June-loc/pl MediaWiki:June-loc/cs	locative case
{{I18n month|7|pl|form=ins}} {{I18n month|7|cs|form=ins}}	MediaWiki:July-ins/pl MediaWiki:July-ins/cs	instrumental case
{{I18n month|5}} {{I18n month|5|fi|form=gen}} {{I18n month|5|cs|form=ins}} {{I18n month|5|pl|form=loc}}	May toukokuun MediaWiki:May-ins/cs MediaWiki:May-loc/pl	May uses different code than other months, beceause it has no separate short and long forms in English.