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===Auto-formatting citation template dates===
[[Help:Citation Style 1|Citation Style 1]] and [[Help:Citation Style 2|2]] (collectively cs1|2) templates automatically render dates ({{para|date}}, {{para|access-date}}, {{para|archive-date}}, etc.) in the style specified by this template.  Because it is allowed by [[WP:MOSDATES]], the cs1|2 templates can automatically format dates in a variety of styles.  Editors may choose how cs1|2 templates render dates by the use of {{para|cs1-dates|&lt;{{var|keyword}}>}}. Something similar can be done with the dates in non-CS1 citation templates by using [[Module:Auto date formatter]].
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An example is given at {{section link|Help:Citation Style 1#Auto-formatting citation template dates}}. <!-- An example cannot be given here because [[Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration]] gets the template's page name when this documentation page is transcluded.  That means that the module reads the template code but does not read the template documentation. --> 

{{lang|la|Nota bene}}: cs1|2 auto-date formatting does not apply when previewing an article section that does not contain a {{tld|use xxx dates}} template.  When editing with the visual editor, changes to this template do not take effect until the page is saved.