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:<span id="csdoc_auto-date-format">Automatic date formatting</span>:  [[Help:Citation Style 1|Citation Style 1]] and [[Help:Citation Style 2|2]] templates, including this template, automatically render dates in all date parameters (such as {{para|date}},  {{para|publication-date}}, {{para|access-date}}, {{para|archive-date}}, etc.) except for {{para|orig-date}} in the style specified by the article's {{tlx|use dmy dates}} or {{tlx|use mdy dates}} template.  See those templates' documentation for details.