Template:Google Calendar/doc

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This template employs intricate features of the template syntax.

Please do not attempt to alter it unless you are certain that you understand the setup and are prepared to repair/revert any consequent collateral damage if the results are unexpected. You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages. Remember that you can conduct experiments, and should test all improvements, in either the or your user space before changing anything here.

Description

Generates a Google Calendar link for an event.

Use {{Multi Calendar}}, which wraps this template, to also emit Outlook Calendar events.

Usage

Dates use the format YYYYMMDD.

Times must be enetred in UTC and use 24-hour clock, in the format 1345.

Element

Default

  {{Google Calendar
    | title        = Event name
    | description  = Event description
    | startdate    = Event start day
    | starttime    = Event start time
    | enddate      = Event end day
    | endtime      = Event end time
    | location     = Event location
    | organiserurl = Event organiser link
    | organiser    = Event organiser
  }}

  {{Google Calendar
    | title        = Example event
    | description  = This is left blank because the user has not set a description.
    | startdate    = 20110101
    | starttime    = 1200
    | enddate      = 20110101
    | endtime      = 1300
    | location     = London
    | organiserurl = https://meta.wikimedia.org
    | organiser    = Meta Wikimedians
  }}