Template:Citation Style documentation/auto-date-format

Automatic date formatting: Citation Style 1 and 2 templates, including this template, automatically render dates in all date parameters (such as |date=, |publication-date=, |access-date=, |archive-date=, etc.) except for |orig-date= in the style specified by the article's Template:((use dmy datesTemplate:)) or Template:((use mdy datesTemplate:)) template. See those templates' documentation for details.