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// This script aligns dates into one of two formats allowed by [[WP:MOSNUM]].
// PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENTATION at [[User:Ohconfucius/script/MOSNUM dates]] (click on the link above) before using.

// Feedback and constructive criticism are welcome

// <pre>
$.when(
	$.ajax("//tools-static.wmflabs.org/meta/scripts/pathoschild.templatescript.js", { dataType: "script", cache: true }),
	$.ajax("//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Ohconfucius/script/MOSNUM_utils.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript", { dataType: "script", cache: true })
).then(function() {
	pathoschild.TemplateScript.add(
		[
			{
				name: "DATES to dmy",
				tooltip: "Align all dates to dmy",
				script: ohc_all_to_dmy_driver
			},
			{
				name: "DATES to mdy",
				tooltip: "Align all dates to mdy",
				script: ohc_all_to_mdy_driver
			},
			/*{
				name: "Expand ref dates",
				tooltip: "Expand month names within refs",
				script: ohc_expand_ref_dates_driver
			},
			{
				name: "Expand all dates",
				tooltip: "Expand month names throughout",
				script: ohc_expand_all_dates_driver
			},*/
			{
				name: "US-slash dates",
				tooltip: "US-slash",
				script: ohc_US_slash_dates_driver
			},
			{
				name: "UK-slash dates",
				tooltip: "UK-slash",
				script: ohc_UK_slash_dates_driver
			}
		],

		// common options
		{ forActions: "edit", category: "MOSNUM Dates" }
	);
});

/**
 * Add custom extension methods to the TemplateScript editor.
 * @param editor The TemplateScript editor to extend.
 */
function ohc_extend_editor(editor) {
	editor.ohc_regex = function(rg, sub, func) {
		var text = editor.get();
		text = ohc.dateutil.regex(text, rg, sub, func);
		editor.set(text);

		return editor;
	};
}

function ohc_fix_unambiguous_dates(editor) {
	editor
		// resolvable ambiguous date formats
		// UK style
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/:\.])@DD\.@MM\.@YYYY(?=[^-–/\w&])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY", function(d) {
			if (d.d == d.m) return true;
			if (d.d > 12) return true;
			return false;
		})
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/:\.])@DD\/@MM\/@YYYY(?=[^-–/\w&])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY", function(d) {
			if (d.d == d.m) return true;
			if (d.d > 12) return true;
			return false;
		})

		// US style
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/:\.])@MM\.@DD\.@YYYY(?=[^-–/\w&])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY", function(d) {
			if (d.d > 12) return true;
			return false;
		})
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/:\.])@MM\/@DD\/@YYYY(?=[^-–/\w&])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY", function(d) {
			if (d.d > 12) return true;
			return false;
		});
}

function ohc_US_slash_dates_to_mdy(editor) {
	editor
		// ranges
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w&])/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1$2 – @Mon2 @Day2, @Year2")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w&])/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1$2 – @Mon2 @Day2, @Year2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1$2 – @Mon2 @Day2, @Year2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1$2 – @Mon @Day2, @Year2")

		// resolvable ambiguous date formats
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w&])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w&])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@MM[-–]@DD[-–]@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w&])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY");
		//.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@MM[-–]@DD[-–]@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY");
}

function ohc_UK_slash_dates_to_dmy(editor) {
	editor
		// ranges
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w&])/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1$2 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w&])/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1$2 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1$2 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1$2 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2")

		// resolvable ambiguous date formats
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w&])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w&])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\d/:\.])@DD[-–]@MM[-–]@YYNN(?=[^-–/\w&])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY");
		//.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@DD[-–]@MM[-–]@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY");
}

function ohc_remove_leading_zeroes(editor) {
	editor
		.ohc_regex(/(\D[^\w\/])@Month\s@ZD@th?,?\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day, @LYear")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D[^\w\/])@Month\s@ZD@th?(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D[^\w\/])@ZD@th?\s@Month\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth @LYear")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D[^\w\/])@ZD@th?\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth");
}

function ohc_delink_dates(editor) {
	editor
		// add missing space between wikilinks
		.replace(/(\]\])(\[\[)/gi, "$1 $2") // remove (?!file:) to ensure a space between all links

		// rem redundant quote marks and parentheses
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)\'\'\'([^|}\[\]]*)\'\'\'(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2")
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)\'\'([^|}\[\]]*)\'\'(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2")
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)\"([^|}\[\]]*)\"(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2")
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)\(([^|}\[\]]*)\)(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2")

		// delink unpiped dates
		// delink full dates
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Day[\s_](?:of[\s_])?@Month(?:\]\]\s?\[\[\| )@YYYY\]\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month (?:the\s)?@Day(?:\]\],? \[\[|, )@YYYY\]\]/gi, "@LMonth @Day, @YYYY")

		// delink yyyy-mm-dd dates
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@YYYY(?:\]\]-\[\[|-)@MM-@DD\]\]/gi, "@YYYY-@MM-@DD")
		.ohc_regex(/@YYYY-\[\[@MM-@DD\]\]/gi, "@YYYY-@MM-@DD")

		// underscore and nbsp in linked dates
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@DD@th?(?:\s|_|&nbsp;)@Month\]\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month(?:\s|_|&nbsp;)@DD@th?\]\]@th?/gi, "@LMonth @Day") //consolidated regex with flexible removal of ordinal simple date
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Day @Month\]\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month @YYYY\]\]/gi, "@LMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@YYYY\]\]/gi, "@YYYY")

		// remove leading zero and links from linked date
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@ZD@th\]\]/gi, "@LMonth @Day")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@ZD@th(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@Month\]\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth")

		// remove nowrap template from dm and md dates
		.ohc_regex(/(date[ ]*=[ ]*)\{\{(?:j|no ?(?:break|wrap))\|(?:@DD(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@Month)( @yyyy|)\}\}/gi, "$1@DD @LMonth$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(date[ ]*=[ ]*)\{\{(?:j|no ?(?:break|wrap))\|(?:@Month(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)@DD)( @yyyy|)\}\}/gi, "$1@LMonth @DD$2")

		// delink single dm or 'dth the m'
		.ohc_regex(/(?:the\s)?\[\[@Day@th?[\s_](?:of[\s_])?@Month\]\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth")

		// delink single md or 'm the dth'
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month[\s_](?:the[\s_])?@Day@th?\]\](?=\W)/gi, "@LMonth @Day")

		// month+day piped
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[(?:@dd@th?[\s_](?:of[\s_])?@month|@month[\s_]@dd@th?)\|((?:@month |)@day)@th?\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[(?:@dd@th?[\s_](?:of[\s_])?@month|@month[\s_]@dd@th?)\|@Day@th?[\s_](@month|)\]\]/gi, "@Day $1")
		//.ohc_regex(/\[\[@month @dd(?:#[^|]+|)\|([^|\]]+)@th?\]\]/gi, "$1")
		//.ohc_regex(/\[\[@dd @month(?:#[^|]+|)\|([^|\]]+)@th?\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@month @yyyy(?:#[^|]+|)\|([^|\]]+)\]\]/gi, "$1")

		// month+day+year pseudo-ISO dates
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month @DD\|\d\d-\d\d\]\]-(?:\[\[)?(?:@yyyy[^|]*\|)?@YYYY(?:\]\])/gi, "@Day @LMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@DD\s@Month\|\d\d-\d\d\]\]-(?:\[\[)?(?:@yyyy[^|]*\|)?@YYYY(?:\]\])/gi, "@Day @LMonth @YYYY")

		//'[[month day|xxXxx]]Xyyyy ' to 'month day, year'
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month\s@Day\|@dd.@dd\]\].@YYYY/gi, "@LMonth @Day, @YYYY")

		//'[[day month|xxXxx]]Xyyyy' to 'day month year'
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Day\s@Month\|@dd.@dd\]\].@YYYY/gi, "@Day @LMonth @YYYY")

		// century
		.replace(/\[\[((?:first|second|third|(?:four|fif|six|seven|eigh|nin|ten|eleven|twelf|thirteen|fourteen|fifteen|sixteen|seventeen|eighteen|nineteen|twentie)th|twenty[\s\-]first[\s\-])centur(?:y|ies)(?:\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE))?)\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/\[\[(?:first|second|third|(?:four|fif|six|seven|eigh|nin|ten|eleven|twelf|thirteen|fourteen|fifteen|sixteen|seventeen|eighteen|nineteen|twentie)th|twenty[\s\-]first)[\s\-_]centur(?:y|ies)(?:\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE))?\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/\[\[(\d{1,2}(?:st|[nr]d|th))[\s\-_](centur(?:y|ies))(\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE)|)\]\]/gi, "$1 $2$3")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[\d{1,2}@th[\s\-_]centur(?:y|ies)(?:\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE)|)\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")

		// months
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@Month\]\]/gi, "@LMonth")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@FullMonth\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")

		// decades and years
		.replace(/(\d{1,3}0)[‘`´’′]?s/g, "$1s")
		.replace(/\[\[(\d{1,3}0)\'?s\]\]/g, "$1s")
		.replace(/\[\[\d{1,3}0\'?s?\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/g, "$1")
		.replace(/\[\[(\d{1,3}0)\'?(s)?\s(BC|CE|BCE)\]\]/gi, "$1$2 $3")
		.replace(/\[\[(\d{1,4}[\s_]?)(BC|CE|BCE)\]\]/gi, "$1$2")
		.replace(/\[\[(AD|BC|CE|BCE)([\s_]?)(\d{1,4})\]\]/gi, "$1$2$3")
		.ohc_regex(/([-–])\[\[\s?@yyyy\s?\|\s?(\d{2,4})\s?\]\]/gi, "$1$2") // piped year
		.replace(/\[\[([12]\d{3}|[1-9]\d{0,2})\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/\[\[\d{1,3}0\'?s?\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE)\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/\[\[\d{1,3}0\'?s?\s\(decade\)\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")

		// month+year
		// Identify surprise or 'Easter egg' diversions linking month+years to year articles. Turn them into month+year links to be dealt with below
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@yyyy in[^|\]]+\|@Day @Month @YYYY\]\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@yyyy in[^|\]]+\|@Month @Day,? @YYYY\]\]/gi, "@LMonth @Day, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@yyyy#[^|\]]+\|(@month\s|)(@yyyy)\]\]/gi, "$1$2")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@yyyy#[^|\]]+\|(@month|@yyyy)\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[(@month\s@yyyy)\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@month\s@yyyy\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[(?:List of |)Bollywood films of @yyyy\|@YYYY\]\](?= [^\[]{2}^B)/gi, "@YYYY")

		.ohc_regex(/(\[\[@yyyy[^|\]]+\|@yyyy)(\]\])( season)/gi, "$1$3$2")

		// removed piped years when in full date (excepting disambiguated parentheses - updated 24/2/2012)
		//.ohc_regex(/\[\[[^|\]\(\)]{1,32}\|@YYYY\]\]/gi, "@Year");  // 23/6/2021 – disabled delinking "other" year-in articles

		// Identify surprise or 'Easter egg' diversions linking months to year or "year in" articles.
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[\d{1,4}#[^|\]]+\|@Month\]\]/gi, "@LMonth")
//		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@yyyy \w[^|\]]{3,12}\|@Year\]\]/gi, "@Year") //disable easter egg removal per request 5 November 2022

		// month and day piped
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@month[\s_]@day\|@MM-@DD\]\]/gi, "@MM-@DD")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@month[\s_]@day\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@day(?:\s|_|@th )(?:of[\s_]|)?@month\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")

		// years piped
		.replace(/\[\[\d{1,4}\|([^\]]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1");
}

function ohc_fix_common_errors(editor) {
	editor
		.ohc_regex(/(\d)<sup>@th<\/sup>/gi, "$1th")

		// remove dashbot comment from dates
		.replace(/<!-- ?DASHBot ?-->/gi, '')
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=)\s*c(?:irca|a\.)?\s?((?:@day |)@month @year)(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1c. $2") // add space

		// common cs1 errors
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=)\s*(1[7-9]\d|20[0-1])\?(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1c. $20")
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=\s*(1[7-9])\d{2})[-–](\d{2})(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1–$2$3")
		//.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=\s*(20)[0-1]\d)[-–]([0-2]\d)(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1–$2$3")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=\s*)@YYYY\s*[-–/]\s*@YYNN(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1@YYYY1–@YYYY2") // common cs1 error(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=\s*)@YYYY\s*[-–/]\s*@YYYY(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1@YYYY1–@YYYY2") //common cs1 error
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date)\s*=)\s*s(pring|ummer),?\s*((?:1[7-9]\d|20[0-1])\d)(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1S$2 $3") // common cs1 error
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date)\s*=)\s*a(utumn),?\s*((?:1[7-9]\d|20[0-1])\d)(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1A$2 $3") // common cs1 error
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date)\s*=)\s*f(all),?\s*((?:1[7-9]\d|20[0-1])\d)(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1F$2 $3") // common cs1 error
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date)\s*=)\s*w(inter),?\s*((?:1[7-9]\d|20[0-1])\d)(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1W$2 $3") // common cs1 error
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date)\s*=)\s*(Spring|Summer|Autumn|Fall|Winter)[-–](S(?:pring|ummer)|Autumn|Fall|Winter) ?/gi, "$1$2–$3 ") // common cs1 error
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*access-?date\s*=)\s*(@month @year)(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$11 $2") //common cs1 error
		//.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*date\s*=\s*)@year\?(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1@Year") // common cs1 error
		//.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=)\s*@year\?(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1c. @Year") // common cs1 error
		//.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=)\s*(@month @year)\?(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1c. $2") // common cs1 error
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*access-?date\s*=)\s*@month @day, (1[7-9]\d{2}|2000)(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1") // rem access date before Wikipedia (January 2001)
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*access-?date\s*=)\s*@day @month.? (1[7-9]\d{2}|2000)(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1") // rem access date before Wikipedia (January 2001)
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*access-?date\s*=)\s*31( (?:April|June|September|November) @year)(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$130$2") // rem nonsense access date (short months)
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*access-?date\s*=)\s*29( February (?:200[1235679]|201[1345789]))(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$128$2") // rem nonsense access date 29 Feb (non-leap year)
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*access-?date\s*=)\s*(?:3[01])( February @yyyy)(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$128$2") // rem nonsense access dates February
		.replace(/(\|\s*access-?date\s*=)\s*(\d{4})(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, '') // common cs1 error

		// month+day+year pseudo-ISO dates
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*@dd)-@Mon-@YYYY/gi, "$1 @FullMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@YYYY-@DD-@Mon/gi, "$1 @DD @FullMonth @YYYY")

		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=)\s*(?:(?:date |)unknown|(?:not? |non-|un)date[ds])(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1n.d.") // common cs1 error
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|year)\s*=)\s*n\.?d(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1n.d.") // common cs1 error
		.replace(/(\|\s*)year(\s*=\s*)(?=n\.?d\.)(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1date$2") // common cs1 error

		// remove parasitic metadata -  days of the week/descriptives
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)(?:[^|}\d]*|)@Day\s+@Month\s+@YYYY((?:[a-z]\b|)\s?)[^|<}]*(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2") // rem negate "<", "hyphens" "dashes" 26/6/2020
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)[^|}]*@Month\s+@Day,\s+@YYYY((?:[a-z]\b|)\s?)[^|<}]*(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY$2") // rem negate "<", "hyphens" "dashes" 26/6/2020
		//.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*date\s*=\s*)(?:[^|}–<]*\D|)@Day\s+@Month\s+@YYYY ?– ?@Day\s+@Month\s+@YYYY[^|}–<]*(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2")
		//.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*date\s*=\s*)[^|}–<]*@Month\s+@Day,\s+@YYYY ?– ?@Month @Day, @YYYY[^|}–<]*(?=[\s\n]*[<|}])/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1 – @@Mon2 Day2, @Year2")
		//.replace(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*)(?:posted|published)(?: by\b| on\b|)[\s:](?=\w)/gi, "$1")
		//.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|archive-?date|access-?date|author|year)\s*=\s*)(?:accessed|retrieved|entered|posted|published|(?:last |)updated?|©)(?: by\b| on\b|)[\s:]*(?=\w)/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:author|first|last)\s*=\s*)(?:by\b|on\b)[\s:]*(?=\w)/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|archive-?date|access-?date|author|first|last)\s*=\s*)(?:(?:Mon|Tues|Wednes|Thurs|Fri|Satur|Sun)day,?)\s/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|archive-?date|access-?date|author|first|last)\s*=\s*)(?:Mon|Tues?|Wed|Thur?|Fri|Sat)[\.,]?\s/gi, "$1") // rem "Sun" - false positives

		// remove deprecated parameters (|day= and |month)
	 	.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*)day(?:\s*=\s*)@DD ?\| ?month(?:\s*=\s*)@Month ?\| ?year(?:\s*=\s*)@YYYY(?=[|}\s])/gi, "$1date=@Day @Month @Year")
	 	.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*)year(?:\s*=\s*)@YYYY ?\| ?month(?:\s*=\s*)@Month ?\| ?day(?:\s*=\s*)@DD(?=[|}\s])/gi, "$1date=@Month @Day, @Year")

		// typos
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)@Day @Month ?@th/gi, "$1@Day @Month")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)@Day @Month\w(?= \d{3,4})/gi, "$1@Day @Month")

		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )(Jan|Febr)[\w ]?[aur]{3,4}\w{0,2}(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1$2uary")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )J[anu]{3,5}r\w{0,2}(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1January")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d) )Febua?r\w{0,2}(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1February")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )M\w{2,3}ch(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1March")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30) )A[bpv\[]\w{2,3}l\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1April")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )Ma[tui](?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1May")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30) )J\wn\w(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1June")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30) )J\w{1,2}e(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1June")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )Jul\w{1,2}(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1July")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )A[oug]{2,3}\w{1,4}t(?:\w|us)?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1August")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )(Sept|Nov|Dec)\w{2,4}b[er]{1,2}\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1$2ember")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30) )S\w{0,2}p[ \[]?\w{2,5}[er]{2,3}\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1September")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )O\w{0,2}t\w{1,3}[er]{2,3}\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1October")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30) )[MN]\w{1,2}[bv] ?\w{1,3}b[er]{1,2}\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1November")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:[12]?\d|30|31) )D[ie]?[cs] ?\w{1,4}b[er]{1,2}\w?(?= (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1December")

		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)@Month\w(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1@Month") //rem stray digit at the end of year string

		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)(Jan|Febr)[\w ]?[aur]{3,4}\w{0,2}(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1$2uary")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)J[anu]{3,5}r\w{0,2}(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1January")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)Febua?r\w{0,2}(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1February")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)M\w{2,3}ch(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1March")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)A[bpv\[]\w{2,3}l\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1April")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)Ma[tui](?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1May")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)J\wn\w(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1June")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)J\w{1,2}e(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1June")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)Jul\w{1,2}(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1July")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)A[oug]{2,3}\w{1,4}t(?:\w|us)?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1August")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)(Sept|Nov|Dec)\w{2,4}b[er]{1,2}\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1$2ember")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)S\w{0,2}p[ \[]?\w{2,5}[er]{2,3}\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1September")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)O\w{0,2}t\w{1,3}[er]{2,3}\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1October")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)[MN]\w{1,2}[bv] ?\w{1,3}b[er]{1,2}\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1November")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)D[ie]?[cs] ?\w{1,4}b[er]{1,2}\w?(?=(?: (?:[12]?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1[6-9]\d|20[01])\d\b)/gi, "$1December")

		// insert comma to separate date from army unit
		.ohc_regex(/@FullMonth ((?:the |)\d\d*@th (?:Air(?:borne|)|Arm(?:ou?red|y)|Artillery|Battalion|Brigade|Co(?:mpan|)y|Division|Fleet|Group|Infantry|Land|Panzer|Regiment|Squadron|Sqn)\b)/g, "@Month, $1")

		// remove parasitic metadata - time
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*@yyyy-@mm-@dd)\s?(?:T[0-2]\d:[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|Z))(?=\s*[|}])/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*@month @day,? @yyyy)\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|))(?=\|)/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*@day @month,? @yyyy)\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|))(?=\|)/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*\w[\w\s]+@month @day,? @yyyy)\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|))(?=\|)/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*\w[\w\s]+@day @month,? @yyyy)\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|))(?=\|)/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=[^:|}]*)\s?(?:T?[0-2]\d:[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|Z))/g, "$1")

		// add back spaces or comma or remove other single artefact after date string
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)(?:on |)@Day\s{,2}@Month\s{,2}@YYYY[^a-z{}]?(?=\s*[|}\n])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)(?:on |)@Month\s{,2}@Day,?\s{,2}@YYYY[^a-z{}]?(?=\s*[|}\n])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY$2")

		// long-hand palliative for observed failure to insert spaces
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:archive|access|air)-?date\s*=\s*)(?:on |)([0-2]?\d|30|31)\s*(January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)\s*((?:19\d|20[0-1])\d\s?)[^|{}\s<>]*(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2 $3 $4")
		//.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|)-?date\s*=\s*)(?:on |)@Day\s*@Month\s*@YYYY([a-z]\s?|\s?)\w*[^|{}<>]*(?=[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2")
		//.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|)-?date\s*=\s*)(?:on |)@Month\s*@Day,\s*@YYYY([a-z]\s?|\s?)\w*[^|{}<>]*(?=[|}])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY$2")

		// remove extraneous bracket //from Batty
		.ohc_regex(/{{(\s*[Cc]it(?:e|ation))([^}]+)(\s*\|\s*(?:archive-?|access-?|publication-?)?date\s*=\s*)([\w\s-]+)\](?=\s*[\|}<])/gi, "{{$1$2$3$4")

		// fix bda template redirect
		//.replace(/\{\{bda\|([^}]+)\}\}/gi, "{{birth date and age|$1}}")
		//.replace(/\{\{dda\|([^}]+)\}\}/gi, "{{death date and age|$1}}")

		// zap redundant {{date}}, {{accessdate}} {{retrieved}}, {{monthname}} and {{#dateformat}}
		//.replace(/({{(?:end|start)[-–]date)\|df=y(?:es|)/gi, "$1") // rem deprecated parameter - disabled: doesn't work here, so ejected to the formatting script
		.ohc_regex(/{{#formatdate:@YYYY-@MM-@DD(?:[^\}]*)}}/gi, "@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.replace(/{{#formatdate:([^}]+)}}/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/\{\{#dateformat:([^}\|]+)(?:\|dmy|\|mdy)?\}\}/gi, "$1")
		//.ohc_regex(/(date[ ]*=[ ]*)\{\{(?:Start|End) ?date(?:\|df=y(?:es|)|)\|@YYYY\|@MM\|@DD(?:\|df=y(?:es|)|)\}\}/gi, "$1@Month @DD, @YYYY") // stripping start/end template notes inside "|date=" parameter (line 72)
		.ohc_regex(/{{#formatdate:@YYYY-@MM-@DD(?:\|(?:[dmy]{3}|iso)|)}}/gi, "@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/\|\s*(?:archive|access|air)-?date\s*=\s*\{\{date\}\}(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "")   //remove {{date}} template without parameters that inappropriately return crrent date
		.ohc_regex(/\{\{date\|@YYYY-@MM-@DD\}\}/gi, "@YYYY-@MM-@DD")
		.ohc_regex(/\{\{date\|@YYYY\/@MM\/@DD\}\}/gi, "@YYYY-@MM-@DD") //remove {{date}} template while rectifying slash dates within the template
		.ohc_regex(/\{\{date\|(@DD[\-\s]@Mon|@Mon[\-\s]@DD)\}\}/gi, "@Day @Month")
		.replace(/\{\{date\|([^}\|]+)(?:\|l?(?:[dmy]{3}|iso|none|link))?\}\}/gi, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/[ ]*\{\{accessdate\|@YYYY-@MM-@DD[ ]*\}\}/gi, " Retrieved @YYYY-@MM-@DD")
		.ohc_regex(/[ ]*\{\{retrieved[ ]*\|[ ]accessdate=([\-\w, ]*)\}\}/gi, " Retrieved $1")
		//.ohc_regex(/(date[ ]*=[ ]*|\w{2,}[ ]*)\{\{(?:start|end).date[^|}]*(?:\|df=y(?:es|)|)\|@YYYY(?:\|df=y(?:es|)|)\}\}/gi, "$1@YYYY")  // stripping start/end template (disabling to placate Pigsonthewing)
		//.ohc_regex(/\{\{(?:Start|End) date(?:\|df=y(?:es|)|)\|@YYYY\|@MM\}\}/gi, "@Month @YYYY")  // tripping start/end template notes
		//.ohc_regex(/<!--(?:Use)? \{\{(?:Start|End) date\|@YYYY\|@MM\|@DD\}\} -->/gi, '')  // stripping start/end template notes
		.ohc_regex(/(\{\{MONTHNAME\|@MM\}\})/gi, "@Month")

		// expand one and two-digit years in ranges
		.replace(/(\()@Month @YYYY[-–]@Month @YYNN(\))/gi, "$1@Month1 @YYYY1 – @Month2 @YYYY2$2")
		.replace(/(\(1[789])(\d)(1)[-–]([2-9]\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(1[789])(\d)(2)[-–]([3-9]\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(1[789])(\d)(3)[-–]([4-9]\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(1[789])(\d)(4)[-–]([5-9]\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(1[789])(\d)(5)[-–]([6-9]\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(1[789])(\d)(6)[-–]([7-9]\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(1[789])(\d)(7)[-–]([8-9]\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(1[789])(\d)(8)[-–](9\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(20)([01])(1)[-–]([2-9]\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(20)([01])(2)[-–]([3-9]\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(20)([01])(3)[-–]([4-9]\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(20)([01])(4)[-–]([5-9]\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(20)([01])(5)[-–]([6-9]\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(20)([01])(6)[-–]([7-9]\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(20)([01])(7)[-–]([8-9]\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(20)([01])(8)[-–](9\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")

		.ohc_regex(/(\W)@DD@th?, @DD@th?((?:[ ]|&nbsp;)(?:and|&|to|or)(?:[ ]|&nbsp;))@DD@th?(?:\sof\s?)?([ ]|&nbsp;)@Month(?=\W)/gi, "$1@Day1, @Day2$2@Day3$3@LMonth")
		.ohc_regex(/(\W)@DD@th?((?:[ ]|&nbsp;)(?:and|&|to|or)(?:[ ]|&nbsp;))@DD@th?(?:\sof\s?|)([ ]|&nbsp;)@Month(?=\W)/gi, "$1@Day1$2@Day2$3@LMonth")
		.ohc_regex(/(\W)the @DD@th(?:\sof|)\s@Month,? @YYYY(?=\W\D)/g, "$1@Day @LMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\W)the @DD@th(?:\sof|)\s@Month(?=\W\D)/g, "$1@Day @LMonth")
		.ohc_regex(/(\W)@Day@th?(?:\sof|)([ _]|&nbsp;|{{(?:break|nbsp)}})@Month(?=[^|\]\w])/gi, "$1@Day$2@LMonth")
		.ohc_regex(/(\W)@Month\s(?:the\s)?@DD@th?,(?:\sthe\s)?(?: |&nbsp;)@DD@th?(\s(?:and|&|to|or)(?:[ _]|&nbsp;))(?:the\s)?@DD@th?(?=[^|\]\w])/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day1, @Day2$2@Day3")
		.ohc_regex(/(\W)(@month)\s(@day)((?:,\s@day){0,6}),?(\/|\s?[-–]\s?|\s(?:and|&|to|or)\s+?)@Day@th?(?:,?(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)|\sof\s)?(\d{3,4}\W\D)/gi, "$1$2 $3$4$5@Day, $6")
		.ohc_regex(/(\W)(@month)\s(@day)((?:,\s@day){0,6}),?(\/|\s?[-–]\s?|\s(?:and|&|to|or)\s+?)@Day@th?(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1$2 $3$4$5@Day")
		.ohc_regex(/(\W)@Month([ _]|&nbsp;|{{(?:break|nbsp)}})(?:the\s)?@DD@th?,? @Year/gi, "$1@LMonth$2@Day, @Year")
		.ohc_regex(/(\W)@Month @Day(?:\sof|,|)([ _]|&nbsp;|{{(?:break|nbsp)}})@Year(?=[^|\]\w])/gi, "$1@Month @Day,$2@Year")

		// consolidating/amalgamating date fields
		.ohc_regex(/(\|[ ]*date[ ]*=[ ]*@day)\s*\|[ ]*month=[ ]*(@month)\s*\|[ ]*year=[ ]*(@yyyy[ ]*)(?=[|}\s])/gi, "$1 $2 $3")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|[ ]*date[ ]*=[ ]*@day.?@month)\s*\|[ ]*year=[ ]*(@yyyy[ ]*)(?=[|}\s])/gi, "$1 $2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|[ ]*date[ ]*=[ ]*@month.?@day)\s*\|[ ]*year=[ ]*(@yyyy[ ]*)(?=[|}\s])/gi, "$1 $2")

		// eliminating dates and time placed in author parameter
		// removing artefacts from Indian news sites (TNN Aug 30, 2012, 05.46AM)
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*(?:[A-Z]{2,3}\b))(?:[^|}]*)\d{4}, [\d\.:]{4,5}(&nbsp;|)[AP]M IST(?=[ ]*\|)/g, "$1$2")
		//.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author=(?:[^\[\]|{}]*))(TNN|PTI) @day @month @yyyy, [\d\.:]{4,5}(&nbsp;|)[AP]M IST(?=[ ]*\|)/g, "$1$2")

		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*)@month @day,? @yyyy\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|)|)(?=\|)/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*)@day @month,? @yyyy\s?(?:,? [0-2]?\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:[apAP][mM]\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|[A-Z]{1,2}[DS]T\s*|)|)(?=\|)/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*\w[\w\s]+)@month @day,? @yyyy(?:[^\[\]|{}]*)(?=[|}])/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*\w[\w\s]+)@day @month,? @yyyy(?:[^\[\]|{}]*)(?=[|}])/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*(?:\w[\w\s]+)?)@dd-@mm-@yyyy/gi, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*(?:\w[\w\s]+)?)@YYYY-@MM-@DD ?/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|archive-?date|access-?date|author)\s*=\s*(?:\w[\w\s]+)?)[0-2]\d:[0-5]\d(?:[ ]|&nbsp;)?(?:[ap]m|[ap]\.m\.|)(?: ?(?:[A-Z]{1,2}T|UTC)[\.,]?|)/gi, "$1")
		//.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*(?:\w[\w\s]+)?)\s*[0-2]\d[\.:][0-5]\d(?:[\.:][0-5]\d|)/gi, "$1") //let's see later if we need this

		// eliminating mm-dd-yyyy dates
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@MM[-–\/\.=\s](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY/gi, "$1@Month $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@Mon[-–\/\.=\s](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY/gi, "$1@Month $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/[ ](?:Accessed|Retrieved)(?:(?: online|) on|:?)[ ]@MM[-–\/\.=\s](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY(?=\D)/gi, " Retrieved @Month $1, @YYYY")
		//.ohc_regex(/[ ](?:Accessed|Retrieved)(?:(?: online|) on|:?)[ ]@YYYY,? @Month @DD(?=\D)/gi, " Retrieved @Day @Month @YYYY")

		.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@Mon[-–](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-–]@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@Mon\/(1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])\/@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@Mon\.(1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])\.@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@Mon (1[3-9]|2\d|3[01]) @YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@MM[-–](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-–]@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@MM\/(1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])\/@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@MM\.(1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])\.@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@MM (1[3-9]|2\d|3[01]) @YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")

		// eliminating dd-mm-yyyy dates (assumed default)
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@DD[-–\/\.=\s]@MM[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@DD[-–\/\.=\s]@Mon[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/[ ](?:Accessed|Retrieved)(?:(?: online|) on|:?)[ ]@DD[-–\/\.=\s]@MM[-–\/\.=\s]@YYYY(?=\D)/gi, " Retrieved @Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/[ ](?:Accessed|Retrieved)(?:(?: online|) on|:?)[ ]@YYYY,? @Month @DD(?=\D)/gi, " Retrieved @Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD[-–]@Mon[-–]@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD\/@Mon\/@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD\.@Mon\.@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD @Mon @YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD[-–]@MM[-–]@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD\/@MM\/@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD\.@MM\.@YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ =|])@DD @MM @YYYY(?=[^-–\d/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@DD[-–\/\.=\s]@Month[-–\/\.=\s]@YYNN(?=\s*[|}\n])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")

		//convert yyyy-dd-mm to yyyy-mm-dd
		.ohc_regex(/{{(\s*[Cc]it(?:e|ation))([^}]+)(\s*\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*(?:1[0-9]|20)\d{2})[-/\.=\s](1[3-9]|2\d|3[01])[-/\.=\s](0?\d|1[0-2])(\s*[\|}<])/gi, "{{$1$2$3-$5-$4$6") // from Batty

		// eliminating other errant formats
		.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)([0-2]?\d|30|31) @Month \2,? @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2 @Month @YYYY") //repeated digits
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@Day ?@Month ?200([01]\d)[^\s|}]?(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month 20$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@Month ?@Day,? ?200([01]\d)[^\s|}]?(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, 20$2")

		.ohc_regex(/([ ]\()@DD-@MM-@YYYY(\)\W)/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2")
		.ohc_regex(/([ ]\()@DD-@Month-@YYYY(\)\W)/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@Month, @DD, @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@DD[\.,] @Month,? @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY,? @Month @DD(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY,? @DD @Month(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/[ ]\(@YYYY,? @Month @DD\)/gi, " (@Day @Month @YYYY)")
		.ohc_regex(/[ ]\(@YYYY @MM @DD\)/gi, " (@Day @Month @YYYY)")
		.ohc_regex(/[ ]\(@YYYY, @DD @Month\)/gi, " (@Day @Month @YYYY)")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY,? @Month(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/[ ]\(@YYYY, @Month\)/gi, " (@Month @YYYY)")
		.ohc_regex(/[ ]\(@Mon@YYYY\)/gi, " (@Mon @YYYY)")

		// CS1 errors ISO-like dates (too few or too many digits)
		.ohc_regex(/(date\s*=\s*)(?:\[\[)?@YYYY(?:\]\][–—‐]\[\[|[–—‐])@MM[\-–—‐]@DD(?:\]\])?(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@YYYY-@ZM-@ZD") //ndashes and emdashes
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*access-?date\s*=)\s*@YYYY-0[–—]@DD(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "") //rem nonsense access date
		.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY[-–—]@MM[-–—]@DD(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@YYYY-@ZM-@ZD") //ndashes and emdashes
		//.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY[\-–—‐]@MM(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Month @YYYY") //transform "yyyy-mm" to "month year"
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[–—]@MM[–—]@DD([^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Day @Month @YYYY$3")
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-]@MM[-]([1-9])([^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2$3 @Month @YYYY$4")

		// spaces and commas between month and year
		.ohc_regex(/@Month(?:,?|\s+of|)(\s|&nbsp;)@YYYY(?=\D)/gi, "@LMonth$1@YYYY")

		// fix month names (capitalize, remove dots)
		.ohc_regex(/(\W)@DD\s@FullMonth(\s+|\s*,)/gi, "$1@Day @FullMonth$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\W)@DD\s@Mon(\s+|\s*,)/gi, "$1@Day @Mon$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\W)@FullMonth\s@DD(\s+|\s*,)/gi, "$1@FullMonth @Day$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\W)@Mon\s@DD(\s+|\s*,)/gi, "$1@Mon @Day$2")
		.replace(/(\d(?:st|nd|rd|th) )C(entur(?:ies|y))(?=[ ]*(=|BC|AD|CE))/g, "$1c$2")
		//.replace(/(\d(?:st|nd|rd|th) )C(entur(?:ies|y))(?![ \-][A-Z]\w*|''|")/g, "$1c$2")

		//spaces and commas - in date formats
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W\[?\[?@dd)[ ]+(@month)(\]\])?[ ]*,[ ]*(\[?\[?@yyyy(\sAD|\sBC|\sCE|\sBCE|)\]?\]?\W\D)/gi, "$1 $2$3 $4")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W\[?\[?)(@month)[ ]+(@dd)(\]?\]?)(?:[ ]*,[ ]*)(\[?\[?@yyyy(\sAD|\sBC|\sCE|\sBCE|)\]?\]?\W\D)/gi, "$1$2 $3$4, $5")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W\[?\[?)(@month)[ ]+(@dd)(\]?\]?)[ ]+(\[?\[?@yyyy(\sAD|\sBC|\sCE|\sBCE|)\]?\]?\W\D)/gi, "$1$2 $3$4, $5")

		.ohc_regex(/(@month)(?:, | of )(@yyyy\w)/gi, "$1 $2") //repeat after delinking

		// spaces and commas - md-md and dm-dm date ranges
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@DD(&nbsp;|\s)(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?@Month\s@DD(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth1 @Day1$2– @LMonth2 @Day2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@DD(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?@Month\s@DD(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth1 @Day1 – @LMonth2 @Day2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@DD\s@Month(&nbsp;|\s)(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?@DD\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day1 @LMonth1$2– @Day2 @LMonth2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@DD\s@Month(?:[-–—]|&[mn]dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?@DD\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day1 @LMonth1 – @Day2 @LMonth2")

		// spaces and commas - d-dm and md-d date ranges
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month(\s|&nbsp;)@DD@th?(?:(?:\s*|&nbsp;|)[-–](?:\s*|&nbsp;|))@DD@th?(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth1$2@Day1–@Day2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@DD@th?(?:(?:\s*|&nbsp;|)[-–](?:\s*|&nbsp;|))@DD@th?(\s|&nbsp;)@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day1–@Day2$2@LMonth1")

		// spaces and commas between month and year (again)
		.ohc_regex(/@Month(?:,\s+|\s+of\s+)@YYYY(\w)/gi, "@LMonth @YYYY$1");
}

/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/// ISO to long format

function ohc_ISO_to_dmy_in_citations(editor) {
	editor
		// ISO dates within single citation
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|designation\d?_|)-?date\s*=\s*)@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY");
}

function ohc_ISO_to_mdy_in_citations(editor) {
	editor
		// ISO dates within single citation
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|designation\d?_|)-?date\s*=\s*)@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD(?=\W\D)/gi,  "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY");
}

function ohc_ISO_to_dmy_in_references(editor) {
	editor
		// multiple calls for multiple dates within single citation
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Day @Month @YYYY$3")
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD(<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Day @Month @YYYY$3");
}

function ohc_ISO_to_mdy_in_references(editor) {
	editor
		// multiple calls for multiple dates within single citation
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Month @Day, @YYYY$3")
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([\s\(])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD(<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Month @Day, @YYYY$3");
}

// currently unused
function ohc_ISO_to_dmy_anywhere(editor) {
	editor
		// multiple calls for multiple dates within single citation
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w/])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2");
}

// currently unused
function ohc_ISO_to_mdy_anywhere(editor) {
	editor
		// multiple calls for multiple dates within single citation
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w/])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY$2")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w/])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY$2")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([^-\w/])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY$2");
}

function ohc_delink_ISO_to_dmy(editor) {
	ohc_ISO_to_dmy_in_citations(editor);
	ohc_ISO_to_dmy_in_references(editor);

	editor
		.replace(/([^\w\/\-%,])@YYYY-@MM-@DD(<\s?\/ref.*?>)/g, "$1@Day @Month @Year$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\|[ ]*)@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([ ]*\|\|)/gi, "$1{{dts|format=dmy|@YYYY|@MM|@DD}}$2")  // dts template for sortable tables
		.ohc_regex(/(\{\{dts\|format=)mdy\|/gi, "$1dmy|");  //flip dts template formats
}

function ohc_delink_ISO_to_mdy(editor) {
	ohc_ISO_to_mdy_in_citations(editor);
	ohc_ISO_to_mdy_in_references(editor);

	editor
		.replace(/([^\w\/\-%,])@YYYY-@MM-@DD(<\s?\/ref.*?>)/g, "$1@Month @Day, @Year$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\|[ ]*)@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD([ ]*\|\|)/gi, "$1{{dts|@YYYY|@MM|@DD}}$2")  // dts template for sortable tables (mdy is default)
		.ohc_regex(/(\{\{dts\|)format=(?:mdy|dmy|) ?\|/gi, "$1");  // flip dts template formats
}

function ohc_delink_year_in_X(editor) {
	editor
		//.ohc_regex(/\{\{(?:avyear|by|baseball\syear|fy|ly|mlby|mlb\syear|scy|sdy)\|(@year)\}\}/gi, "$1") // disabled 3/5/21 discussion at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Baseball&oldid=1021203365#Links_to_baseball_year_articles_in_infobox?
		//.ohc_regex(/\{\{(?:avyear|by|baseball\syear|fy|ly|mlby|mlb\syear|scy|sdy)\|@year\|(@year)\}\}/gi, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/\[\[@yyyy\sin\s[^|\]]+\|((?:(?:@day |)@month |)@yyyy)\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/\[\[(?:\d{4}[-–]\d{2} in English football)\|((?:(?:@Day |)@Month |)@YYYY)\]\]/gi, "$1")

		.replace(/\[\[\d{4} Major League Baseball season\|(\d{4})(\sseason)?\]\]/gi, "$1$2");
}


// format parameter must be 'dmy' or 'mdy'
function ohc_fix_dts_template(editor, format) {
	editor
		// dts - format=dmy in this case (per D12000)
		// per {{dts}} doc, remove the obsolete link=off param
		.replace(/(\{\{dts[^}]*)(?:\|link=off)/gi, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\{\{dts\s*\|\s*@year\s*\|\s*@month\s*\|\s*@day\s*\|\s*format=)(?:dmy|mdy)(\}\})/gi, "$1"+format+"$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\{\{dts\s*\|\s*format=)(?:dmy|mdy)(\s*\|\s*@year\s*\|\s*@month\s*\|\s*@day\s*\}\})/gi, "$1"+format+"$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\{\{dts\s*\|\s*@year\s*\|\s*@month\s*\|\s*@day\s*)(\}\})/gi, "$1|format="+format+"$2")

		// stripping – {{dts}} serves no purpose inside date parameters
		.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)\{\{dts\s*\|\s*format=(?:dmy|mdy)\s*\|\s*([|}]*)\}\}(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)\{\{dts\s*\|\s*([|}]*)(?:\|\s*format=(?:dmy|mdy)\s*|)\}\}(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)\{\{dts\s*\|\s*format=(?:dmy|mdy)\s*\|\s*@YYYY(\s*\|\s*|-)@MM(\s*\|\s*|-)@DD\s*\}\}(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@YYYY-@MM-@DD ")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:[\w ]*)date\s*=\s*)\{\{dts\s*\|\s*@YYYY(\s*\|\s*|-)@MM(\s*\|\s*|-)@DD\s*\|\s*format=(?:dmy|mdy)\s*\}\}(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@YYYY-@MM-@DD ");
}

// format parameter must be 'dmy' or 'mdy'
function ohc_fix_gr_template(editor, format) {
	editor
		// GR - date formatting parameter
		// per {GR} doc, insert date formatting param
		.replace(/(\{\{GR\|\d\d?)(?!\|date)/gi, "$1|dateform=" + format);
}

function ohc_dates_to_dmy(editor) {
	editor
		.replace(/\|df=[mdy]{3}(?:-all|)(?=\s*[|}])/gi, '')
		.replace(/\|format=mdy/gi, "|format=dmy")

		// change start and end templates; vgrelease new v=2 or mdy is default
		.replace(/(\{\{(?:start date|end date)[^|}]*\|)df=ye?s?\|([^}]*df=ye?s?)/gi, "$1$2")
		.replace(/(\{\{vgrelease new[^|}]*\|)(?:v=1\||)([A-Z]{2,3}\|)/g, "$1v=2|$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:begin|end|first|last)\s*=\s*)@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY") // spotted at [[Template:Infobox recurring event]]

		// change birth and death templates
		.replace(/(\{\{(?:(?:Birth|Death) date(?: and (?:given |)age|)|launch|release|start)[^}]*\|)m(f=ye?s?)/gi, "$1d$2") // substitute df for mf
		.replace(/(\{\{(?:(?:Birth|Death) date(?: and (?:given |)age|)|launch|release|start|film ?date|Wayback)[\|\d]+)(\}\})/gi, "$1|df=y$2") // insert df parameter
		.replace(/(\{\{(?:(?:Birth|Death) date(?: and (?:given |)age|)|launch|release|start|film ?date|Wayback)[\|\d]+\|)df=ye?s?\|([^}]*df=ye?s?)/gi, "$1$2") // put date format parameter at the end
		.replace(/(\{\{(?:start date|end date)\|)df=ye?s?\|((?:1[789]|20)\d{2}\}\})/gi, "$1$2")  // date format parameter not needed – year only

		// convert date ranges (md,d,d-dy to d,d,d-dmy; md,d,d-d to d,d,d-dm; md,d,d to d,d,dm)
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month((?:\s@day?,?){1,6}),?(\/|\s?(?:[-–]|&ndash;)\s?|(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)(?:and|&|to|or)(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)+?)@Day,?\s(?:of\s)?(@yyyy\W\D)/gi, "$1$2$3@Day @LMonth $4")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month((?:\s@day?,?){1,6}),?(\/|\s?(?:[-–]|&ndash;)\s?|(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)(?:and|&|to|or)(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)+?)@Day(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1$2$3@Day @LMonth")

		//.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month((?:\s@day?,?){1,6}) @Day(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1$2 @Day @LMonth") //disabling as unlikely and ungrammatical constructions causing false positives

		//'md, md,' to 'dm, dm,'
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month @Day, @Month @Day(?=[,\.]\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day1 @LMonth1, @Day2 @LMonth2")

		//convert simple mdy dates to dmy
		.ohc_regex(/(p(?:g?\.?|age) ?\d+|p(?:p\.?|ages) ?\d+[-–]\d+), @Month((?:\s@day?,?){1,6}) @Day(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1. $2 @Day @LMonth")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@Day,?\s@Year(\s?(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE)\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth @Year$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*term_(?:end|start)\d\s*=\s*|\D\W)@Month\s@Day,?\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth @Year")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*term_(?:end|start)\d\s*=\s*|\D\W)@Month\s@Day(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth")

		//Month+day_number " 7th March" -> "7 March"
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day\s@Month\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth @Year")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@Day,?\s@Year(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth @Year")

		//dates with embedded nbsp
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month([ _]|&nbsp;)(\d{1,2},(?: |&nbsp;)\d{1,2}(?:\s(?:and|&|to|or)(?:[ _]|&nbsp;))\d{1,2})(?=[^|\]\w])/gi, "$1$3$2@LMonth ")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month([ _]|&nbsp;|{{(?:break|nbsp)}})@Day,([ _]|&nbsp;|{{(?:break|nbsp)}})@YYYY(?=[^|\]\w])/gi, "$1@Day$2@Month$3@Year")

		//remove comma
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day\s@Month,\s?@Year(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth @Year")

		//	remove "the" from "on the dd month"
		.ohc_regex(/(on |by )the @Day\s@Month(?=[ ,\)\.])/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth")

		//remove space from date range conversion
		.ohc_regex(/(\D ) @Day(\/|\s?(?:[-–]|&ndash;)\s?|(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)(?:and|&|to|or)(?:[ _]|&nbsp;)+?)/gi, "$1@Day$2");
}

function ohc_dates_to_mdy(editor) {
	editor
		// change birth and death templates – mf=y is the default; vgrelease new v=2 or mdy is default
		.replace(/\|df=[mdy]{3}(?:-all|)(?=\s*[|}])/gi, '')
		.replace(/\|df=y(?:es|)(?=[|}\s])/gi, '')
		.replace(/(mf=y(?:es|)\|[^}]*\|)(?:mf=y(?:es|)\|)/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/(\{\{vgrelease new[^|}]*\|)(?:v=2\||)([A-Z]{2,3}\|)/g, "$1$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:begin|end|first|last)\s*=\s*)@YYYY[-–]@MM[-–]@DD(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY")

		// convert date ranges (d,d,d-dmy to md,d,d-dy; d,d,d-dm to md,d,d-d; dm,d,d to md,d,d)
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day((?:, @day){0,5})(\/|\s?(?:[-–]|&ndash;)\s?|\s(?:and|&|to|or)\s+?)@Day\s@Month,? @YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day1$2$3@Day2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day((?:, @day){0,5})(\/|\s?(?:[-–]|&ndash;)\s?|\s(?:and|&|to|or)\s+?)@Day\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day1$2$3@Day2")
		//.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day((?:, @day){0,5})\s@Month,? @YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day1$2, @YYYY") // disabling as unlikely and ungrammatical constructions causing false positives
		//.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day((?:, @day){0,5})\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day1$2") // disabling as unlikely and ungrammatical constructions causing false positives

		// 'dm, dm,' to 'md, md,'
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day @Month, @Day @Month(?=[,\.]?\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth1 @Day1, @LMonth2 @Day2")

		// convert simple dmy dates to mdy
		.ohc_regex(/(p(?:g?\.?|age) ?\d+|p(?:p\.?|ages) ?\d+[-–]\d+), @Month((?:\s@day?,?){1,6}) @Day(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1. @LMonth $2 @Day")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day(\s|&nbsp;)@Month,?(\s|&nbsp;)@Year(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth$2@Day,$3@Year")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*term_(?:end|start)\d\s*=\s*|\D\W)@Day[ ]+@Month,?\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day, @Year")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*term_(?:end|start)\d\s*=\s*|\D\W)@Day[ ]+@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day")

		// Month+day_number "March 7th" -> "March 7"
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@Day@th?,?\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day@th?(\s|&nbsp;)@Month(\s|&nbsp;)@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth$2@Day,$3@YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month(\s|&nbsp;)@Day(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth$2@Day")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Day@th?(\s|&nbsp;)@Month([,\.])(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth$2@Day$3")

		// add comma where missing
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@Day,?\s@YYYY,?(?=\s\w)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day, @YYYY,")

		// rem superfluous comma where applicable
		.ohc_regex(/(\D[^\w\/])@Month\s@ZD,,(?=\W\D|\b)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day,");
}

function ohc_fix_dmy_redundancies(editor) {
	editor
		// month-range redundancies (repeating month names)
		.ohc_regex(/([\D]@dd)@th? @Month[ ]{1,2}((?:to|and|-|–)[ ]{1,2}@dd)@th? @Month/, "$1 $2 @LMonth", function(d1, d2) {
			if (d1.m == d2.m) return true;
			return false;
		});
}

function ohc_fix_mdy_redundancies(editor) {
	editor
		// month-range redundancies (repeating month names)
		.ohc_regex(/(@Month[ ]{1,2}@dd)@th? (to|and|-|–)[ ]{1,2}@Month[ ]{1,2}@DD@th?/, "$1 $2 @LDay", function(d1, d2) {
			if (d1.m == d2.m) return true;
			return false;
		});
}

function ohc_expand_ref_dates(editor) {
	editor
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@FullMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@Day @Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @FullMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@FullMonth @Day, @YYYY")

		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)((?:[01-2]?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?((?:[01-3]?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1$2 @FullMonth1 @YYYY1 – $3@FullMonth2 @YYYY2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@Month @Day(, (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@FullMonth1 @Day1$2 – @FullMonth2 @Day2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@Day @Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Day @Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day1 @FullMonth1$2 – @Day2 @FullMonth2 @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month,? @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@FullMonth1$2 – @FullMonth2 @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)((?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@$2 – @FullMonth @YYYY")

		.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))((?:[01-2]?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?((?:[01-3]?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@FullMonth1 @YYYY1 – $3@FullMonth2 @YYYY2")
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))@Month @Day(, (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@FullMonth1 @Day1$2 – @FullMonth2 @Day2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))@Day @Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Day @Month @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@Day1 @FullMonth1$2 – @Day2 @FullMonth2 @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))@Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month,? @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@FullMonth1$2 – @FullMonth2 @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))((?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @YYYY(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2 – @FullMonth @YYYY");
}

function ohc_expand_all_dates(editor) {
	editor
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@Month @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, "$1@FullMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@Day @Month @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, "$1@Day @FullMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, "$1@FullMonth @Day, @YYYY")

		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])((?:[01-2]?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?((?:[01-3]?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, "$1$2@FullMonth1 @YYYY1 – $3@FullMonth2 @YYYY2")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@Month @Day(, (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, "$1@FullMonth1 @Day1$2 – @FullMonth2 @Day2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@Day @Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Day @Month @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, "$1@Day1 @FullMonth1$2 – @Day2 @FullMonth2 @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month,? @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, "$1@FullMonth1$2 – @FullMonth2 @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])((?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, "$1$2 – @FullMonth @YYYY")

		.ohc_regex(/([ ]\(|\|\s*)@Day @Month @YYYY(?=\)\W|\s*[|\n])/gi, "$1@Day @FullMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ ]\(|\|\s*)@Month @Day,? @YYYY(?=\)\W|\s*[|\n])/gi, "$1@FullMonth @Day, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ ]\((?:c\. |))@Month @YYYY ?(?:-|–|&nbsp;) ?@Day @Month @YYYY(?=\)\W)/gi, "$1@FullMonth1 @YYYY1 – @Day @FullMonth2 @YYYY2")
		.ohc_regex(/([ ]\((?:c\. |))@Month @YYYY ?(?:-|–|&nbsp;) ?@Month @YYYY(?=\)\W)/gi, "$1@FullMonth1 @YYYY1 – @FullMonth2 @YYYY2")
		.ohc_regex(/([ ]\((?:c\. |))@YYYY ?(?:-|–|&nbsp;) ?@Month @YYYY(?=\)\W)/gi, "$1@YYYY1 – @FullMonth @YYYY2")
		.ohc_regex(/([ ]\((?:c\. |))@Month ?(?:-|–|&nbsp;) ?@Month @YYYY(?=\)\W)/gi, "$1@FullMonth1 – @FullMonth2 @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([ ]\((?:c\. |))@Month @YYYY(?=\)\W)/gi, "$1@FullMonth @YYYY");
	}

function ohc_abbrev_ref_dates(editor) {
	editor
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@Day @Month @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Mon @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))([12]?\d|30|31) (Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)(?:r?uary|ch|il|[ey]|ust|(?:t?em|o)ber)( (?:19\d|20[01])\d)(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2 $3$4")
		.ohc_regex(/([ ]\()@Day @Month @YYYY([^-\w\/])/gi, "$1@Day @Mon @YYYY$2")

		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Mon @Day, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>(?:[^<]+?[\s\(]|))(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)(?:r?uary|ch|il|[ey]|ust|(?:t?em|o)ber) ([12]?\d|30|31),( (?:19\d|20[01])\d)(?=(?:[^-\w\/%,<][^<]*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2 $3,$4")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w\/])@Month @Day, @YYYY([^-\w\/])/gi, "$1@Mon @Day, @YYYY$2");
}

//not currently used
function ohc_abbrev_all_dates(editor) {
	editor
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@Day @Month @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, "$1@Day @Mon @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/([^-\w/])@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=[^-\w/])/gi, "$1@Mon @Day, @YYYY");
}

//not currently used
function ohc_dmy_publication_dates(editor) {
	editor
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@Month @Day,? @YYYY/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY") // conversion of dates in references outside of the protection loop (eg for quotations etc.)
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)(?:\[\[)?@YYYY(?:\]\][-–]\[\[|[-–])@MM[-–]@DD(?:\]\])?(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")

		// replace ISO dates (within parentheses) only within refs
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([ ]\()@YYYY-@MM-@DD(\))(\W[^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Day @Month @YYYY$3$4");
}

function ohc_mdy_publication_dates(editor) {
	editor
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@Day @Month @YYYY/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY") // conversion of dates in references outside of the protection loop (eg for quotations etc.)
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)(?:\[\[)?@YYYY(?:\]\][-–]\[\[|[-–])@MM[-–]@DD(?:\]\])?(?=\s*[|}])/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY")

		// replace ISO dates (within parentheses) only within refs
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref[^>]*>[^<]+?)([ ]\()@YYYY-@MM-@DD(\))(\W[^<]*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Month @Day, @YYYY$3$4");
}

function ohc_Bigendian_ref_dates(editor) {
	editor
		// Add a tag to the summary box
		.replace(/(\{\{use (?:mdy|dmy) dates)(?:\|cs1-dates=\w{1,2}|)(\|[^\}\|]+\}\})/gi, "$1|cs1-dates=y$2");
}

/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **/
/// EDIT SUMMARIES & USE DMY TEMPLATE
// this function modified 2019-03-27 from [[Special:Permalink/846525463]]
// format parameter must be 'dmy' or 'mdy'
function ohc_use_dates_template(editor, format) {
	// current month-year
	var currentDate = new Date();
	var currmonth = currentDate.getMonth();
	var curryear = currentDate.getFullYear();
	var myMonths = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];
	var curryyyymm = myMonths[currmonth] + " " + curryear;

	// step 1: normalize redirect template names to canonical template names 'Use dmy dates' or 'Use mdy dates' according to 'format' argument
	editor
		// rename redirects 'dmy', 'mdy', 'usedmydates', 'usemdydates' ('usedmydates' and 'usemdydates' are not currently listed as redirects but might be encountered?)
		.replace(/\{\{ *(?:use(?:dmy|mdy)dates|dmy|mdy) *([\|\}])/gi, "{{Use " + format + " dates$1")

		// rename redirects 'usedmy', 'usemdy', 'use dmy', 'use mdy' to canonical form
		.replace(/\{\{ *use *(?:dmy|mdy) *([\|\}])/gi, "{{Use " + format + " dates$1")

		// strip leading / trailing whitespace from 'use xxx dates'
		.replace(/\{\{ *use (?:dmy|mdy) dates *([\|\}])/gi, "{{Use " + format + " dates$1");

	// step 2: look for a canonical template name (the above might not have had anthing to work on) ; if found continue, write new template else
	var rxpdd = new RegExp("{{Use " + format + " dates", "gi");	// here we search for canonical form {{use xxx dates}} that has current date
	var origtext = editor.get();
	var dflagfound = origtext.search(rxpdd);
	if (dflagfound === -1) {
		var dflagtxt = "{{Use " + format + " dates|date=" + curryyyymm + "}}\r\n";	// not found so insert new template within head matter
		// Strategy: line by line
		// Strip comments and outside whitespace
		// If the line begins with {{ or is blank
		//   If it has balanced {{ and }} and ends with }}, and has no content outside braces
		//     If it starts with short description prepend to result
		//     Else append to result
		//   Else if it has one more {{ than }} and starts with {{Multiple issues or a redirect
		//     Append to result
		//     Keep reading lines and append until a line that has the matching }}
		// Otherwise insert the flag text before any trailing blank lines or comment-only lines
		var lines = origtext.split(/\r*\n/);
		var result= "";
		var nesting = 0;
		var inmulti = false;
		for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
			var line = lines[i];
			var linenosp = line.replaceAll(/<!--.*?-->/g, "").replaceAll(/".*?"/g, '""').replaceAll(/\s+/g, "");
			var openbrct = linenosp.includes("{{") ? linenosp.match(/\{\{/g).length : 0;
			var closebrct = linenosp.includes("}}") ? linenosp.match(/}}/g).length : 0;
			var hascontent = !linenosp.startsWith("{{") || !linenosp.endsWith("}}") || linenosp.search(/}}[^{]+?\{\{/) >= 0;
			nesting += openbrct - closebrct;
			inmulti |= (nesting > 0 && linenosp.search(/\{\{((multiple)?issues|mi)(\||$)/i) >= 0);	// Several redirects in use; extend this list?
			
			// The following are circumstances where we want to transfer the line now. If nesting ever goes negative something is badly wrong.
			if (linenosp.length === 0 ||
					(nesting === 0 && (!hascontent || inmulti)) ||	// If nesting goes to 0 when inmulti, this line closes the multi
					(nesting > 0 && inmulti)) {
				// Hoist Short Description, unless it is preceded on the same line by other text
				if (i > 0 && linenosp.search(/^\{\{shortdesc/i) === 0 && !inmulti) {
					result = line + "\r\n" + result;
				} else {
					result += line + "\r\n";
				}
				if (nesting === 0) {
					inmulti = false;
				}
			} else {
				// Detected end of preceding templates
				// You might think that we should add a trailing newline if there was one in the original, but the source editor adds one unconditionally
				editor.set((result.includes("\r\n") ? result.replace(/\r\n((\r\n)*)$/, "\r\n" + dflagtxt + "$1") : dflagtxt) + lines.slice(i).join("\r\n"));
				return;
			}
		}
		// Somehow there is no content, only hatnotes and stuff
		editor.set(result + dflagtxt);
		return;																	    // and done
	}

	// step 3: rewrite existing canonical templates; add or refresh |date= to current month year; preserve |cs1-dates= as is
	editor
		.replace(/(\{\{use (?:dmy|mdy) dates)\| *date *=[^\|]*\| *cs1\-dates *= *([^\|\}]*?) *\}\}/gi, "$1|date=" + curryyyymm + "|cs1-dates=$2}}")	// with |date= followed by |cs1-dates=
		.replace(/(\{\{use (?:dmy|mdy) dates)\| *cs1\-dates *= *([^\|\}]*?) *\| *date *=[^\}]*\}\}/gi, "$1|date=" + curryyyymm + "|cs1-dates=$2}}")	// with |cs1-dates= followed by |date=
		.replace(/(\{\{use (?:dmy|mdy) dates)\| *date *=[^\|\}]*\}\}/gi, "$1|date=" + curryyyymm + "}}")											// with |date=
		.replace(/(\{\{use (?:dmy|mdy) dates)\| *cs1\-dates *= *([^\|\}]*?) \}\}/gi, "$1|date=" + curryyyymm + "|cs1-dates=$2}}")					// with |cs1-dates
		.replace(/(\{\{use (?:dmy|mdy) dates)\}\}/gi, "$1|date=" + curryyyymm + "}}")																// no parameters so add |date=curryyyymm
		.replace(/(\{\{[\t_ ]*use[\t_ ]+(?:dmy|mdy)[\t_ ]+dates[^{}]*\}\})([\r\n\t ]*)(\{\{[\t ]*short description[^{}]*\}\})/gi, "$3$2$1");		// repositioning "short description" template at the top
}



/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **/
/// DATE PROTECTION

var linkmap = [];

function ohc_protect_dates(editor) {
	// protects dates within links, quotes, etc
	// the sensitive part is stored and replaced with a unique identifier,
	// which is later replaced with the stored part.
	var protect_function = function(s, begin, replace, end) {
		linkmap.push(replace);
		return begin + "⍌"+(linkmap.length-1)+"⍍" + end;
	};

	editor
		// \|x=
		.replace(/(<timeline>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/timeline>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<!--)([^<\{\}]*?)(-->)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<math>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/math>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/((?:{(?:Wikimedia |)Commons ?|C ?))(Cat(?:egory|))\|[^{}*](})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<ref)([^>]+)(>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/((?:Category|Image|File):)([^|\]]*)([|\]])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{(?:See ?also|Main))(\|[^}]*)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{\{(?:double ?|external ?|wide ?)image\s?\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{\{(?:harvnb|r|wikisource)\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{\{(?:Canadian federal by-election))([^}]+)(\}\})/gi, protect_function)

		.replace(/(\[(?:https?:|ftp:))([^\]]*)(\])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(>[ ]*(?:https?:|ftp:))([^< >\]]*)([ ]*<)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\|archive-?url=https?:|ftp:)([^\s\|]*)(\|)/gi, protect_function)  //repurposed unused line to protect archive url links (archive.today)
		.replace(/(<blockquote>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/blockquote>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<noinclude>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/noinclude>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<gallery)([\s\S]*?)(<\/gallery>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<poem>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/poem>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{[^\{]{0,6}(?:quot[^|]{1,7}\s?|sic)\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/((?:image\d?|image_skyline|image[ _]location\d?|image[ _]name|image[ _]file|img|map\d|pic)\s*=)([^|}]*)([|}])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\|\{]\s*(?:file(?:name\d?|)|image\d?|image location\d?|img|pic|Cover|(?:trans-?|)title|quote|chapter|journal|url|archiveurl|work|doi|club|at|volume|reporter)\s*=)([^|\}⍍]*)([|}])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\|\{]\s*(?:file(?:name\d?|)|image\d?|image location\d?|img|pic|Cover|(?:trans-?|)title|quote|chapter|journal|url|archiveurl|work|doi|club|at|volume|reporter)\s*=)([^|\}⍍]*)([|}])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\|\{]\s*(?:season)\s*=)(\s*\[\[[^\]]*\]\]\s*)([|}])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\|\{]\s*(?:[xy])\s*=)(\s*[^\|]+\s*)(\|)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{\{navsource\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{\{merge(?:[^}]+))([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{\{(?:singlechart)\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{\{(?:defaultsort|graph):)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(["“])([^"”\n]*)(["”])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(\(\{\{by\|[12]\d{3}\}\}[-–]\{\{by\|)([12]\d{3}[ ]*\}\}\))/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(\(\{\{by\|[12]\d{3}\}\}(?:[-–]present|))(\))/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[)(4AD)(\]\]|\|)/gi, protect_function)

		// retraining redirects containing a date
		.replace(/(\[\[)(?:September 3 Society)(\]\]|\|)/gi, "$1Jiusan Society$2")
		.replace(/(\[\[)(?:June 4th incident)(\]\]|\|)/gi, "$11989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre$2")
		.replace(/(\[\[)(?:5@th? October (?:\(Serbia\)|overthrow))(\]\]|\|)/gi, "$1Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević$2")
		.replace(/(\[\[)(?:October 5@th?(?: \(Serbia\)| overthrow|, 2000))(\]\]|\|)/gi, "$1Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević$2")

		// protect alternate meanings of 'may' and 'march' (note: not case insensitive)
		//.ohc_regex(/([^\w])(@day,?\s{0,3}may)([^\w][^\d])/g, protect_function)  //disabled 26 May – not case senstitve: false negatives in converting dates in May
		.ohc_regex(/([^\w])(march\s@day)(\s(?:mile|kilomet|met))/g, protect_function)

		// protect all links containing a date and some text
		.ohc_regex(/(\[\[)(\s*\w[^\]\|\n]+?@day[^\]\|\n]+?@fullmonth[^\]\|\n]*)(\]\]|\|)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(\[\[)([^\]\|\n]*?@day[^\]\|\n]+?@fullmonth(?:,? @year|) \D[^\]\|\n]+\w\s*)(\]\]|\|)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(\[\[)(\s*\w[^\]\|\n]+?@fullmonth[^\]\|\n]+?@day[^\]\|\n]*)(\|)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(\[\[)([^\]\|\n]*?@fullmonth[^\]\|\n]+?@day(?:, @year|) \D[^\]\|\n]+\w\s*)(\]\]|\|)/gi, protect_function)

		// protects certain dates
		.replace(/(\[\[)(4AD)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(March (?:8|14) Alliance)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(23rd March 1931: Shaheed)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(Long March [1-7])([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(National September 11 Memorial & Museum)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(Bombay March 12)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(movement 2 June)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(6th\sof October City)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(Party Workers' Liberation Front 30th of May)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(4th\sof August regime)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(19th\sof April movement)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(June 4th (?:incident|museum))([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(The Battle Of Marston Moor \(July 2nd,? 1644\))([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(Night of January 16th)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(Observance of 5th November Act)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[)(13 May incident)(\|)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\'\'\')(22nd\sof May)(\'\'\')/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[)(22nd\sof May \(film\))([|\]\'])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[)(July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike)(\|)/gi, protect_function)

		.replace(/(\[\[)(November 1828)(\]\])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(4th\sof July)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[)((?:2300|2000)\s?AD)(\]\])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[)(29 February)(\]\])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[)(February 29)(\]\])/gi, protect_function)

		// works names
		//.replace(/(.)(protect string)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(11\/22\/63)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(1\.1\.1994)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(2\.13\.61)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		//.replace(/(.)(4th of July, Asbury)(.)/gi, protect_function) //protected above globally
		.replace(/(.)(26 October 1993)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[|\'\')(June 1, 1974)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[|\'\')(July 15, 1972)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[|\'\')(August 1914)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(\[\[|\'\')(@fullmonth @dd@th? \((?:@yyyy |)film\)(?:\|@fullmonth @dd@th?|))([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(\[\[|\'\')(@dd@th? @fullmonth \((?:@yyyy |)film\)(?:\|@dd@th? @fullmonth|))([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		//.replace(/(Les Bains Douches 18)( December 1979)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(August)( 7, 4:15)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(In Concert, Zürich, October)( 28, 1979)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(CBGB OMFUG Masters: Live June)( 29, 2001)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(Live at [\w ]*,? [1-3]\d)( @fullmonth)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(Live at [\w ]*,? @fullmonth)( @dd)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(Bootmoon Series: [\w ]*[-–] @fullmonth)( @day, @YYYY)(.)/gi, protect_function)

		// expressions and grammatical strings including modal "may"
		//.replace(/(trappist-)(\d{1,3})( may )/g, protect_function) //prospective regex if the line below gives false positives
		.replace(/(\W)((?:\d{1,3}) may )(\w\w+)/g, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\W)((?:\d{3}|3[2-9]|[4-9]\d)\/\d dec(?:l\.?|))(\W)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\W)((?:\d{2,3})\/\d dec(?:l\.?|))( \(\d\d? overs)/gi, protect_function);
}

/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **/
/// DATE PROTECTION FOR ALL REF SECTION

var linkmap = [];

function ohc_protect_dates_ref(editor) {
	// protects dates within links, quotes, etc
	// the sensitive part is stored and replaced with a unique identifier,
	// which is later replaced with the stored part.
	var protect_function = function (s, begin, replace, end) {
		linkmap.push(replace);
		return begin + "⍌" + (linkmap.length - 1) + "⍍" + end;
	};

	editor
		.replace(/(<ref\s?(?:>|name=[^>]+))([^<]+)(<\/ref>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<timeline>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/timeline>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<math>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/math>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/((?:{(?:Wikimedia |)Commons ?|C ?))(Cat(?:egory|))\|[^{}*](})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/((?:Category|Image|File):)([^|\]]*)([|\]])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{(?:See ?also|Main))(\|[^}]*)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{\{(?:double ?|external ?|wide ?)image\s?\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{\{(?:harvnb|wikisource)\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[(?:https?:|ftp:))([^\]]*)(\])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(>[ ]*(?:https?:|ftp:))([^< >\]]*)([ ]*<)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\|archive-?url=https?:|ftp:)([^\s\|]*)(\|)/gi, protect_function)  //repurposed unused line to protect archive url links (archive.today)
		.replace(/(<blockquote>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/blockquote>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{[^\{]{0,6}(?:quot[^|]{1,7}\s?|sic)\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/((?:image\d?|image_skyline|image[ _]location\d?|image[ _]name|image[ _]file|img|pic)\s*=)([^|}]*)([|}])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\|\{]\s*(?:file(?:name\d?|)|image\d?|image location\d?|img|pic|Cover|title|quote|chapter|journal|url|archiveurl|work|doi|club|at|volume|reporter)\s*=)([^|\}⍍]*)([|}])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\|\{]\s*(?:file(?:name\d?|)|image\d?|image location\d?|img|pic|Cover|title|quote|chapter|journal|url|archiveurl|work|doi|club|at|volume|reporter)\s*=)([^|\}⍍]*)([|}])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\|\{]\s*(?:season)\s*=)(\s*\[\[[^\]]*\]\]\s*)([|}])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{\{navsource\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{\{singlechart\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{\{defaultsort:)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\(>]")([^"\n]*)(")/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\(>]“)([^”\n]*)(”)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(\(\{\{by\|[12]\d{3}\}\}[-–]\{\{by\|)([12]\d{3}[ ]*\}\}\))/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(\(\{\{by\|[12]\d{3}\}\}(?:[-–]present|))(\))/gi, protect_function)

		// retraining redirects containing a date
		.replace(/(\[\[)(?:September 3 Society)(\]\]|\|)/gi, "$1Jiusan Society$2")
		.replace(/(\[\[)(?:June 4th incident)(\]\]|\|)/gi, "$1Tiananmen Square protests of 1989$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\[\[)(?:5@th? October (?:\(Serbia\)|overthrow))(\]\]|\|)/gi, "$1Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\[\[)(?:October 5@th?(?: \(Serbia\)| overthrow|, 2000))(\]\]|\|)/gi, "$1Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević$2")

		// protect alternate meanings of 'may' and 'march' (note: not case insensitive)
		.ohc_regex(/([^\w])(@day,?\s{0,3}may)([^\w][^\d])/g, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/([^\w])(march\s@day)(\s(?:mile|kilomet|met))/g, protect_function)

		// protect all links containing a date and some text
		.ohc_regex(/(\[\[)(\s*\w[^\]\|\n]+?@day[^\]\|\n]+?@fullmonth[^\]\|\n]*)(\]\]|\|)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(\[\[)([^\]\|\n]*?@day[^\]\|\n]+?@fullmonth(?:,? @year|) \D[^\]\|\n]+\w\s*)(\]\]|\|)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(\[\[)(\s*\w[^\]\|\n]+?@fullmonth[^\]\|\n]+?@day[^\]\|\n]*)(\|)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(\[\[)([^\]\|\n]*?@fullmonth[^\]\|\n]+?@day(?:, @year|) \D[^\]\|\n]+\w\s*)(\]\]|\|)/gi, protect_function)

		// protects certain dates
		.replace(/(\[\[)(4AD)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(March (?:8|14) Alliance)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(23rd March 1931: Shaheed)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(Long March [1-7])([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(Bombay March 12)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(movement 2 June)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(6th\sof October City)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(Party Workers' Liberation Front 30th of May)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(4th\sof August regime)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(19th\sof April movement)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(June 4th incident)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(The Battle Of Marston Moor \(July 2nd,? 1644\))([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(Night of January 16th)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(Observance of 5th November Act)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[)(13 May incident)(\|)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\'\'\')(22nd\sof May)(\'\'\')/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[)(22nd\sof May \(film\))([|\]\'])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[)(July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike)(\|)/gi, protect_function)

		.replace(/(\[\[)(November 1828)(\]\])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(4th\sof July)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[)((?:2300|2000)\s?AD)(\]\])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[)(29 February)(\]\])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[)(February 29)(\]\])/gi, protect_function)

		// works names
		//.replace(/(.)(protect string)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(11\/22\/63)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(1\.1\.1994)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\S])(2\.13\.61)([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		//.replace(/(.)(4th of July, Asbury)(.)/gi, protect_function) //protected above globally
		.replace(/(.)(26 October 1993)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[|\'\')(June 1, 1974)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[|\'\')(July 15, 1972)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[|\'\')(August 1914)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(\[\[|\'\')(@fullmonth @dd@th? \((?:@yyyy |)film\)(?:\|@fullmonth @dd@th?|))([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(\[\[|\'\')(@dd@th? @fullmonth \((?:@yyyy |)film\)(?:\|@dd@th? @fullmonth|))([\s\S])/gi, protect_function)
		//.replace(/(Les Bains Douches 18)( December 1979)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(August)( 7, 4:15)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(In Concert, Zürich, October)( 28, 1979)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(CBGB OMFUG Masters: Live June)( 29, 2001)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(Live at [\w ]*,? [1-3]\d)( @fullmonth)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(Live at [\w ]*,? @fullmonth)( @dd)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(Bootmoon Series: [\w ]*[-–] @fullmonth)( @day, @YYYY)(.)/gi, protect_function)

		.replace(/(\W)((?:\d{3}|3[2-9]|[4-9]\d)\/\d dec(?:l\.?|))(\W)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\W)((?:\d{2,3})\/\d dec(?:l\.?|))( \(\d\d? overs)/gi, protect_function);
}


/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **/
/// DATE PROTECTION FOR SLASH modules

var linkmap = [];

function ohc_protect_dates_slash(editor) {
	// protects dates within links, quotes, etc
	// the sensitive part is stored and replaced with a unique identifier,
	// which is later replaced with the stored part.
	var protect_function = function (s, begin, replace, end) {
		linkmap.push(replace);
		return begin + "⍌" + (linkmap.length - 1) + "⍍" + end;
	};

	editor
		.replace(/(<ref\s?(?:>|name=[^>]+))([^<]+)(<\/ref>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<timeline>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/timeline>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<math>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/math>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/((?:{(?:Wikimedia |)Commons ?|C ?))(Cat(?:egory|))\|[^{}*](})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/((?:Category|Image|File):)([^|\]]*)([|\]])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{(?:See ?also|Main))(\|[^}]*)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{\{(?:double ?|external ?|wide ?)image\s?\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{\{(?:harvnb|wikisource)\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[(?:https?:|ftp:))([^\]]*)(\])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(>[ ]*(?:https?:|ftp:))([^< >\]]*)([ ]*<)/gi, protect_function)
		//.replace(/(https?:|ftp:)([^\s\]]*)([\s\]])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<blockquote>)([\s\S]*?)(<\/blockquote>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{[^\{]{0,6}(?:quot[^|]{1,7}\s?|sic)\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/((?:image\d?|image_skyline|image[ _]location\d?|image[ _]name|image[ _]file|img|pic)\s*=)([^|}]*)([|}])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\|\{]\s*(?:file(?:name\d?|)|image\d?|image location\d?|img|pic|Cover|title|quote|chapter|journal|url|archiveurl|work|doi|club|at|volume|reporter)\s*=)([^|\}⍍]*)([|}])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\|\{]\s*(?:file(?:name\d?|)|image\d?|image location\d?|img|pic|Cover|title|quote|chapter|journal|url|archiveurl|work|doi|club|at|volume|reporter)\s*=)([^|\}⍍]*)([|}])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\|\{]\s*(?:season)\s*=)(\s*\[\[[^\]]*\]\]\s*)([|}])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{\{navsource\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{\{singlechart\|)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{\{defaultsort:)([^}]+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\(>]")([^"\n]*)(")/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/([\s\(>]“)([^”\n]*)(”)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(\(\{\{by\|[12]\d{3}\}\}[-–]\{\{by\|)([12]\d{3}[ ]*\}\}\))/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(\(\{\{by\|[12]\d{3}\}\}(?:[-–]present|))(\))/gi, protect_function);
}

function ohc_unprotect_dates(editor) {
	editor
		//unprotect all dates
		.replace(/[♫]/g, '')
		.replace(/⍌([0-9]+)⍍/g, function (x, n) {
			var res = linkmap[n];
			res = res.replace(/⍌([0-9]+)⍍/g, function (x, n) {
				var res = linkmap[n];
				res = res.replace(/⍌([0-9]+)⍍/g, function (x, n) {
					var res = linkmap[n];
					res = res.replace(/⍌([0-9]+)⍍/g, function (x, n) {
						return linkmap[n];
					});
					return res;
				});
				return res;
			});
			return res;
		});
}

function ohc_MOSNUM_edit_summary(editor) {
	editor
		.options({ minor: true })
		.appendEditSummary("[[Wikipedia:MOSNUMscript|script]]-assisted date audit and style fixes per [[MOS:NUM]]")
		.clickDiff();
}

function ohc_bigendien_edit_summary(editor) {
	// add a tag to the summary box
	editor
		.options({ minor: true })
		.appendEditSummary("ymd ref dates")
		.clickDiff();
}

function ohc_expand_edit_summary(editor) {
	// add a tag to the summary box
	editor
		.options({ minor: true })
		.appendEditSummary("expand month names")
		.clickDiff();
}

function ohc_slash_edit_summary(editor) {
	// add a tag to the summary box
	editor
		.options({ minor: true })
		.appendEditSummary("resolved slash dates")
		.clickDiff();
}

function ohc_abbrev_edit_summary(editor) {
	// add a tag to the summary box
	editor
		.options({ minor: true })
		.appendEditSummary("abbrev month names")
		.clickDiff();
}

/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **/
/// CUSTOMIZATION POINTS
function ohc_customize_all_to_dmy(editor) { }
function ohc_customize_all_to_mdy(editor) { }
function ohc_customize_body_to_dmy(editor) { }
function ohc_customize_body_to_mdy(editor) { }
function ohc_customize_ISO_to_dmy(editor) { }
function ohc_customize_ISO_to_mdy(editor) { }

/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **/
function ohc_body_dates_to_dmy(editor) {
	ohc_use_dates_template(editor, "dmy");

	ohc_fix_common_errors(editor);
	ohc_fix_dts_template(editor, "dmy");
	ohc_fix_gr_template(editor, "dmy");
	ohc_dates_to_dmy(editor);
	ohc_remove_leading_zeroes(editor);
	ohc_fix_dmy_redundancies(editor);
}

function ohc_body_dates_to_mdy(editor) {
	ohc_use_dates_template(editor, "mdy");
	ohc_fix_common_errors(editor);
	ohc_fix_dts_template(editor, "mdy");
	ohc_fix_gr_template(editor, "mdy");
	ohc_dates_to_mdy(editor);
	ohc_remove_leading_zeroes(editor);
	ohc_fix_mdy_redundancies(editor);
}

/** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **/
function ohc_all_to_dmy_driver(editor) {
	ohc_extend_editor(editor);

	ohc_delink_dates(editor);
	ohc_protect_dates(editor);
	ohc_fix_unambiguous_dates(editor);
	ohc_body_dates_to_dmy(editor);
	ohc_delink_ISO_to_dmy(editor);
	//ohc_delink_year_in_X(editor);
	ohc_customize_all_to_dmy(editor);
	ohc_ISO_to_dmy_in_citations(editor);
	ohc_unprotect_dates(editor);

	ohc_MOSNUM_edit_summary(editor);
}

function ohc_all_to_mdy_driver(editor) {
	ohc_extend_editor(editor);

	ohc_delink_dates(editor);
	ohc_protect_dates(editor);
	ohc_fix_unambiguous_dates(editor);
	ohc_body_dates_to_mdy(editor);
	ohc_delink_ISO_to_mdy(editor);
	//ohc_delink_year_in_X(editor);
	ohc_customize_all_to_mdy();
	ohc_ISO_to_mdy_in_citations(editor);
	ohc_unprotect_dates(editor);

	ohc_MOSNUM_edit_summary(editor);
}

function ohc_dmy_publication_dates_driver(editor) {
	ohc_extend_editor(editor);

	//ohc_delink_dates(editor);
	ohc_protect_dates(editor);
	ohc_body_dates_to_dmy(editor);
	ohc_customize_body_to_dmy(editor);
	ohc_dmy_publication_dates(editor);
	ohc_unprotect_dates(editor);

	ohc_MOSNUM_edit_summary(editor);
}

function ohc_mdy_publication_dates_driver(editor) {
	ohc_extend_editor(editor);

	//ohc_delink_dates(editor);
	ohc_protect_dates(editor);
	ohc_body_dates_to_mdy(editor);
	ohc_customize_body_to_mdy(editor);
	ohc_mdy_publication_dates(editor);
	ohc_unprotect_dates(editor);

	ohc_MOSNUM_edit_summary(editor);

}

function ohc_body_to_dmy_driver(editor) {
	ohc_extend_editor(editor);

	//ohc_delink_dates(editor);
	ohc_protect_dates_ref(editor);
	ohc_body_dates_to_dmy(editor);
	ohc_customize_body_to_dmy(editor);
	ohc_unprotect_dates(editor);

	ohc_MOSNUM_edit_summary(editor);
}

function ohc_body_to_mdy_driver(editor) {
	ohc_extend_editor(editor);

	//ohc_delink_dates(editor);
	ohc_protect_dates_ref(editor);
	ohc_body_dates_to_mdy(editor);
	ohc_customize_body_to_mdy(editor);
	ohc_unprotect_dates(editor);

	ohc_MOSNUM_edit_summary(editor);
}

function ohc_ISO_to_dmy_driver(editor) {
	ohc_extend_editor(editor);

	ohc_protect_dates(editor);
	ohc_delink_ISO_to_dmy(editor);
	ohc_customize_ISO_to_dmy(editor);
	ohc_unprotect_dates(editor);

	//ohc_MOSNUM_edit_summary(editor);
}

function ohc_ISO_to_mdy_driver(editor) {
	ohc_extend_editor(editor);

	ohc_protect_dates(editor);
	ohc_delink_ISO_to_mdy(editor);
	ohc_customize_ISO_to_mdy(editor);
	ohc_unprotect_dates(editor);

	//ohc_MOSNUM_edit_summary(editor);
}

function ohc_delink_year_in_X_driver(editor) {
	ohc_extend_editor(editor);

	ohc_delink_year_in_X(editor);
}

function ohc_expand_ref_dates_driver(editor) {
	ohc_extend_editor(editor);

	ohc_expand_ref_dates(editor);
	ohc_protect_dates(editor);
	ohc_unprotect_dates(editor);
	ohc_expand_edit_summary(editor);
}

function ohc_expand_all_dates_driver(editor) {
	ohc_extend_editor(editor);

	ohc_expand_ref_dates(editor);
	ohc_protect_dates(editor);
	ohc_expand_all_dates(editor);
	ohc_unprotect_dates(editor);
	ohc_expand_edit_summary(editor);
}

function ohc_abbrev_ref_dates_driver(editor) {
	ohc_extend_editor(editor);

	ohc_protect_dates(editor);
	ohc_abbrev_ref_dates(editor);
	ohc_unprotect_dates(editor);
	ohc_slash_edit_summary(editor);
}

function ohc_UK_slash_dates_driver(editor) {
	ohc_extend_editor(editor);

	ohc_expand_ref_dates(editor);
	ohc_protect_dates_slash(editor);
	ohc_UK_slash_dates_to_dmy(editor);
	ohc_unprotect_dates(editor);
	ohc_slash_edit_summary(editor);
}

function ohc_US_slash_dates_driver(editor) {
	ohc_extend_editor(editor);

	ohc_expand_ref_dates(editor);
	ohc_protect_dates_slash(editor);
		ohc_US_slash_dates_to_mdy(editor);
	ohc_unprotect_dates(editor);
	ohc_expand_edit_summary(editor);
}

// </pre>