Template:Citation Style documentation/auto-date-format

Automatic date formatting: Citation Style 1 and 2 templates, including this template, automatically render dates in all date parameters (such as |{{SAFESUBST:#if:date|date=}}, |{{SAFESUBST:#if:publication-date|publication-date=}}, |{{SAFESUBST:#if:access-date|access-date=}}, |{{SAFESUBST:#if:archive-date|archive-date=}}, etc.) except for |{{SAFESUBST:#if:orig-date|orig-date=}} in the style specified by the article's {{use dmy dates}} or {{use mdy dates}} template. See those templates' documentation for details.