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(self-rv; I forgot this parameter does all kinds of checking for certain allowed values; we need to change it to permit "undated" as permissible input (and "undated" as the output in that case))
 
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:For approximate year, precede with "<code>c. </code>", like this: {{para|date|c. 1900}}.
{{anchor|Undated}}
:For no date, or "undated", add asuse {{para|date|n.d.}}
 
* <b id="csdoc_year">year</b>: Year of source being referenced. Use of {{para|date}} is recommended unless all of the following conditions are met:
{{Citation Style documentation/auto-date-format}}
*# The template uses {{para|ref|harv}}, or the template is {{tlx|citation}}, or {{para|mode|cs2}}
* <b id="csdoc_year">year</b>: Year of source being referenced. Use of {{para|date}} is recommended unless {{em|all}} of the following conditions are met:
*# The {{para|date}} format is YYYY-MM-DD.
*# The citation requires a <code>[[Wikipedia:Citation templates and reference anchors|CITEREF]]</code> [[Template:Sfn#More than one work in a year|disambiguator]].{{#if:{{{limited_param_list|}}}||
*# The template uses {{para|ref|harv}} or {{para|mode|cs2}}, or the template is {{tlx|citation}}, or .{{para|mode#if:{{{limited_param_list|cs2}}}||
* <b id="csdoc_origyear">orig-year</b>: Original publication year; displays in square brackets after the '''date''' (or '''year'''). For clarity, please supply specifics. For example: {{para|orig-year|First published 1859}} or {{para|orig-year|Composed 1904}}. Alias: '''origyear'''}}
* <b id="csdoc_df">df</b>: date format; sets rendered dates to the specified format; does not support date ranges or seasonal dates.; overrides the automatic date formatting described above. Accepts one value which may be one of these:
*:<code>dmy</code> – set publication dates to day month year format; access- and archive-dates are not modified;
*:<code>mdy</code> – as above for month day, year format