Template:Highlighted date list

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This module creates a list of items sorted by date. The item for today, or for the closest date in the future, is highlighted.

Syntax

{{highlighted date list
| item1 = 
| date1 = 
| item2 = 
| date2 = 
...
| class = 
| style = 
| highlighter = 
| highlightercolor = 
| graceperiod = 
}}

Parameters

All parameters are optional.

• item1, item2, item3... - The list items. Note: the list items will be sorted by their dates, not their parameter numbers.
• date1, date2, date3... - The dates for each list item. date1 corresponds to item1, date2 corresponds to item2, etc.
• class - a class attribute for the list's ul element.
• style - inline CSS for the list's ul element.
• highlighter - a custom highlighter. The default is <span style="background-color:#FC6;font-size:120%">→</span> (→).
• highlightercolor - if |highlighter= is not specified, this specifies the background color of the highlighter. The default is "#FC6".
• graceperiod - the period of time that the template should wait after a date has passed before highlighting the next date in the list. This should be a value accepted as a relative date by the #time parser function, for example "1 day" or "2 months".

Examples

Default

{{highlighted date list
| item1 = Egg
| date1 = 21 September 2026
| item2 = Beans
| date1 = 28 September 2026
| item3 = Spam
| date3 = 5 October 2026
| item4 = Sausage
| date4 = 12 October 2026
}}

• Egg
• Beans
• → Spam
• Sausage

Two-day grace period

{{highlighted date list
| item1 = Egg
| date1 = 21 September 2026
| item2 = Beans
| date1 = 28 September 2026
| item3 = Spam
| date3 = 5 October 2026
| item4 = Sausage
| date4 = 12 October 2026
| graceperiod = 2 days
}}

• Egg
• → Beans
• Spam
• Sausage

Custom highlighter color

{{highlighted date list
| item1 = Egg
| date1 = 21 September 2026
| item2 = Beans
| date2 = 28 September 2026
| item3 = Spam
| date3 = 5 October 2026
| item4 = Sausage
| date4 = 12 October 2026
| highlightercolor = pink
}}

• Egg
• Beans
• → Spam
• Sausage

Custom highlighter

{{highlighted date list
| item1 = Egg
| date1 = 21 September 2026
| item2 = Beans
| date2 = 28 September 2026
| item3 = Spam
| date3 = 5 October 2026
| item4 = Sausage
| date4 = 12 October 2026
| highlighter = THIS ONE! >>>
}}

• Egg
• Beans
• THIS ONE! >>> Spam
• Sausage