Template:Weekday before date

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Usage

{{Weekday before date|Y|M|D|W|S}} uses the optional date format string S (defaults to "F d, Y") to return the date of the first W (=Sunday, Monday, ..., Saturday) before the specified date with year Y, month M (spelled out), and day of month D.

Examples

The first Sunday before July 13, 2024 is given by "{{Weekday before date|2024|July|13|Sunday}}" as "July 07, 2024".

In the following table, 31 October 2010 is a Sunday.

Syntax	What it looks like	Notes
{{Weekday before date|2010|October|31|Monday|d F Y}}	25 October 2010
{{Weekday before date|2010|October|31|Tuesday|d F Y}}	26 October 2010
{{Weekday before date|2010|October|31|Wednesday|d F Y}}	27 October 2010
{{Weekday before date|2010|October|31|Thursday|Y-m-d}}	2010-10-28
{{Weekday before date|2010|October|31|Friday|Y-m-d}}	2010-10-29
{{Weekday before date|2010|October|31|Saturday|d F Y}}	30 October 2010
{{Weekday before date|2010|October|31|Sunday|d F Y}}	24 October 2010	When a starting date falls on the specified weekday, the resulting date will be one week earlier.
{{Weekday before date|2010|10|31|Thursday|d F Y}}		Numeric month results in error

See also

• Template:Weekday after date

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