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Magic Words look like template calls (surrounded by double curly braces) but most have no parameters and return a system variable value. Traditionally they are always typed in all-caps to make them easy to see in the template code, but they are actually case-insensitive.
URL MagicMagic Word | Meaning | Example |
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{{PAGENAME}} | Returns the title of the current wiki page, without any leading namespace: | Magic Words |
{{PAGENAMEE}} | Returns the url-encoded title of the current wiki page, without any leading namespace: | Magic_Words |
{{PAGENAMENS}} | Returns the title of the current wiki page, without any leading namespace: or following (suffix) | Magic Words |
{{NAMESPACE}} | Returns the url-encoded namespace portion of the current wiki page title (without the colon) | Wiki |
About the following Magic Words:
- If you are not a registered user or are not logged in, Time is given as UTC.
- If you are logged in the timezone value in your profile is used to adjust the date/time to your local timezone.
Date/Time MagicMagic Word | Meaning | Example |
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{{CURRENTTIME}} | Returns the current time | 06:49 |
{{CURRENTHOUR}} | Returns the current hour | 06 |
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} | Returns the current date and time | 202410100649 |
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP2}} | Returns the current date and time in a prettier format | Thu Oct 10, 2024, 6:49:23 AM |
{{CURRENTDAY}} | Returns the current day of the month | 10 |
{{CURRENTDOW}} | Returns the current day of the week | Thu |
{{CURRENTDOWNAME}} | Returns the name of the current day of the week | Thursday |
{{CURRENTDOY}} | Returns the current day of the year | 284 |
{{CURRENTMONTH}} | Returns the number of the current month (zero-padded to 2 characters) | 10 |
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} | Returns the name of the current month | October |
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} | Returns the abbreviated name of the current month | Oct |
{{CURRENTYEAR}} | Returns the current year | 2024 |
This page last modified 2011-02-22 13:48:47.