Template:En dash range
{{{1}}}–{{{2}}}
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This template creates a en dash-separated range that is compliant with MOS:RANGE. Its main purpose is to automatically determine whether a spaced or unspaced dash is to be used, based on the presence of whitespace, hyphens, or dashes in either term.
Usage edit
{{En dash range|start|end}}
Examples:
{{En dash range|2020|2021}}: 2020–2021{{En dash range|2020|present}}: 2020–present{{En dash range|1 January 2020|1 January 2021}}: 1 January 2020 – 1 January 2021{{En dash range|1 January 2020|present}}: 1 January 2020 – present{{En dash range|1 January 2020|2021}}: 1 January 2020 – 2021{{En dash range|2020|1 January 2021}}: 2020 – 1 January 2021{{En dash range|2020-01-01|2021-01-01}}: 2020-01-01 – 2021-01-01{{En dash range|2020|2021<ref>...</ref>}}: 2020–2021[1]