Extension:DateTimeTools

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
DateTimeTools; Release status: stable
Description	Provides date tools in VisualEditor.
Author(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Maintainer(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Latest version	-
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.
MediaWiki	1.43 (LTS)
Licence	GNU General Public License 3.0 only
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This extension is mainly supported in an external venue: BlueSpice Community Forum.
If you need help, you should post there, and not on the talk page.

DateTimeTools enhances VisualEditor by providing tools for working with dates and times. The VisualEditor shortcut // opens the date widget. After selecting a date, the date is added as a tag: <datetime>2026-11-27</datetime>.

The default styling shows a calendar icon:

Installation

Add the repo url (https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-DateTimeTools.git) as a "vcs repository" and the package name (mediawiki/DateTimeTools) and version to the require section of your composer.local.json. Example:

{
	"repositories": [
		{
			"type": "vcs",
			"url": "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-DateTimeTools.git"
		}
	],
	"require": {
		"mediawiki/DateTimeTools": "dev-REL1_43"
	}
}

Run the following command in your MediaWiki installation path

composer update --no-dev

Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

wfLoadExtension( 'DateTimeTools' );

Done Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

External Links

This extension was originally made for BlueSpice . BlueSpice is a MediaWiki distribution for enterprises and organizations. It enhances MediaWiki, in particular in the areas of quality management, process support, administration, editing and security. This extension is bundled with BlueSpice pro.

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