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* <span id="csdoc_date" />'''date''': Date of source being referenced. Can be full date (day, month, and year) or partial date (month and year{{#if:{{{lua|}}}|, season and year}}, or year). Use same format as other publication dates in the citations.{{r|date|group=date}} Required when '''year''' is used to disambiguate {{tlx|sfn}} links to multiple-work citations by the same author in the same year.{{sup|[[Template:Sfn#More_than_one_work_in_a_year|[more]]]}} Do not wikilink. Displays after the authors and is enclosed in parentheses. If there is no author, then displays after publisher.{{#if:{{{aliases|}}}|&#32;Aliases: {{{aliases}}}}} {{#if:{{{lua|}}}|For acceptable date formats, see [[Help:Citation Style 1#Dates]].}}
{{#if:{{{lua|}}}|:For approximate year, precede with "<code>c. </code>", like this: {{para|date|c. 1900}}; for no date, add as {{para|date|n.d.}} }}
* <span id="csdoc_year" />OR:
** '''year''': Year of source being referenced ...
**: Is the template {{t1|cite episode}} or {{t1|cite mailing list}} or {{t1|cite map}} or {{t1|cite report}} or {{t1|cite serial}}?

::::NO: Does the template use {{para|ref|harv}}? (answer YES if the template is {{tlx|citation}})
:::::NO: use {{para|date}}.
:::::YES:  Is the date format in {{para|date}} YYYY-MM-DD?
::::::NO: use {{para|date}}.
::::::YES: Does the citation require a <code>[[Wikipedia:Citation templates and reference anchors|CITEREF]]</code> [[Template:Sfn#More than one work in a year|disambiguator]]?
:::::::NO: use {{para|date}}.
:::::::YES: {{para|year}} ''required''.
::::YES: Does the citation use {{para|ref|harv}}?
:::::NO: use {{para|date}}.
:::::YES: Is the date format in {{para|date}} DD Month YYYY or Month YYYY or YYYY or Month DD, YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD?
::::::NO: {{para|year}} ''required''.
::::::YES: Does the citation require a <code>[[Wikipedia:Citation templates and reference anchors|CITEREF]]</code> [[Template:Sfn#More than one work in a year|disambiguator]]?
:::::::NO: use {{para|date}}.
:::::::YES: {{para|year}} ''required''.
* <span id="csdoc_origyear" />'''orig-year''': Original publication year; displays after the date or year. For clarity, please supply specifics. For example: {{para|orig-year|First published 1859}} or {{para|orig-year|Composed 1904}}.{{#if:{{{began|}}}|
* <span id="csdoc_began" />OR: '''began''': Full date the first part of the program or episode aired.
* <span id="csdoc_ended" />AND: '''ended''': Full date the last part of the program or episode aired.}}{{#if:{{{aliases2|}}}|&#32;Aliases:{{{aliases2}}}}}
{{reflist|group=date|refs=<ref name=date>Publication dates in references within an article should all have the same format. This may be a different format from that used for archive and access dates. See: [[MOS:DATEUNIFY]].</ref>}}