Template:Period span/doc

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See also Category:Year and period templates.

Usage

Simply use

{{period span|'''''Period name'''''}}

Example

{{period span|Permian}}

Gives

298.9 million years ago to 252.17 million years ago

In development

The |round= parameter will round off the number to that many decimal places. It doesn't currently round the error margins; to omit these, use {{period span/brief}}.

Errors

If this template generates an expression error, it is because the period is missing from {{next period}} or {{period start}}. Please go ahead and add it in the appropriate place (once you've checked your spelling!).

You must also add the period to {{period start error}}, which contains the errors shown after the ± in the output of this template.

Period templates

This list is incomplete. You may help by expanding it

• Template:Next period
• Template:Period color
• Template:Period end
• Template:Period end error
• Template:Period infoboxes
• Template:Period span
• Template:Period span/brief
• Template:Period start
• Template:Period start error