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The module “{{BASEPAGENAME}}” contains one available calls that will accept an input string and return a string that:
* for a valid date, wraps a hidden copy of the date in ISO format in a microformat
* returns the input.

== Usage ==

 &#123;{#invoke:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|parse_date|input_string}}

== Parameters ==

* Positional parameter – the value of frame.args[1] is passed after ''function name'' and vertical bar and is the string to be parsed for a valid date.

== Examples ==

<code><nowiki>{{#invoke: Parsedate | parse_date | 28 August 2013}}</nowiki></code>

will produce
{{#invoke: Parsedate | parse_date | 28 August 2013}}
- inspect the html to see the microformat.

There are several test cases at [[User:RexxS/DateDataTest]] which use extra code to illustrate the parsing.