Module:PageDates: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:58, 4 June 2025

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local p = {}

function p.dates(frame)
    local title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle()
    local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage()

    -- Only thing Scribunto gives us reliably:
    local updatedTimestamp = title:getTimestamp()
    local updatedDate = lang:formatDate("j F Y", updatedTimestamp)

    -- Since we can't get the true creation timestamp, fallback phrasing
    return string.format("This page was last updated on %s.", updatedDate)
end

return p

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 function p.dates(frame)
      local title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle()
-    local page = mw.site.pages[title.fullText]
-    if not page then
-        return "Page not found."
-    end
-    local revisions = page:getRevisions{ limit = 2, dir = "newer" }
-    if not revisions or #revisions == 0 then
-        return "No revision history found."
-    end
      local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage()
-    local createdTimestamp = revisions[1].timestamp
+     -- Only thing Scribunto gives us reliably:
-    local createdDate = lang:formatDate("j F Y", createdTimestamp)
-     -- Get latest revision timestamp (regardless of limit)
      local updatedTimestamp = title:getTimestamp()
      local updatedDate = lang:formatDate("j F Y", updatedTimestamp)
-     if createdDate == updatedDate then
+     -- Since we can't get the true creation timestamp, fallback phrasing
-        return string.format("It was added on %s.", createdDate)
+     return string.format("This page was last updated on %s.", updatedDate)
-     else
-        return string.format("It was added on %s and revised on or before %s.", createdDate, updatedDate)
-    end
 end
 return p

Module:PageDates: Difference between revisions

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