edittemplate: use unambiguous RFC 3339 datestamps

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / ikiwiki / directive / edittemplate.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn
index 13e282c11bae49232a78c4ab7b368faea3c25c8e..6269f5dd8a23935f1970fe62b998ecc15f569885 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn
@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@ These variables might be set:
 * `<TMPL_VAR name>` is replaced with the name of the page being
   created.
   
-* `<TMPL_VAR uuid>` is replaced with a version 4 (random) UUID.
+* `<TMPL_VAR uuid>` is replaced with a version 4 (random) UUID
+  suitable for use in `\[[!meta guid="urn:uuid:<TMPL_VAR uuid>"]]`.
   (Requires the `UUID::Tiny` Perl module if not running on Linux.)
 
 * `<TMPL_VAR time>` is replaced with the current (template generation)
-  time, using a fixed format, `%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S`.
+  time using a fixed format (RFC 3339, `%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ`),
+  suitable for use in `\[[!meta date="<TMPL_VAR time>"]]`
+  (see [[meta]]) or `\[[!date "<TMPL_VAR time>"]]` (see [[date]]).
 
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