Module:Parsedate/doc

The module “” contains one available calls that will accept an input string and return a string that:
 * for a valid date, wraps a hidden copy of the date in ISO format in a microformat
 * returns the input.

Usage
&#123;{#invoke:|parse_date|input_string}}

Parameters

 * Positional parameter – the value of frame.args[1] is passed after function name and vertical bar and is the string to be parsed for a valid date.

Examples
will produce

- inspect the html to see the microformat.

There are several test cases at User:RexxS/DateDataTest which use extra code to illustrate the parsing.