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User:Ohconfucius/test/MOSNUM dates.js

In User:Ohconfucius/test/MOSNUM dates.js's article, we will explore and delve into all the aspects related to this topic that is so relevant today. From its history and evolution, to its impact on society and its relevance in the current environment. We will analyze different perspectives and opinions around User:Ohconfucius/test/MOSNUM dates.js, as well as its influence on culture, economics and politics. Likewise, we will address the challenges that User:Ohconfucius/test/MOSNUM dates.js currently faces and the possible solutions to them. Through this article, we will seek to offer a comprehensive view of User:Ohconfucius/test/MOSNUM dates.js, with the aim of providing our readers with a deep and enriching understanding of this exciting topic. 
// *********************************************************************************************
 
// This is a NON-PRODUCTION version of the script which aligns dates into one of two formats allowed by ].
// It is NOT FOR GENERAL USE, as there may be glitches or execution errors. Use it at your own discretion and on your own responsibility

// *********************************************************************************************



// This script aligns dates into one of two formats allowed by ].
// PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENTATION at ] (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(/()@DD\.@MM\.@YYYY(?=)/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY", function(d) {
			if (d.d == d.m) return true;
			if (d.d > 12) return true;
			return false;
		})
		.ohc_regex(/()@DD\/@MM\/@YYYY(?=)/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(/()@MM\.@DD\.@YYYY(?=)/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY", function(d) {
			if (d.d > 12) return true;
			return false;
		})
		.ohc_regex(/()@MM\/@DD\/@YYYY(?=)/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(/()@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:|&dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(?=)/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1$2 – @Mon2 @Day2, @Year2")
		.ohc_regex(/()@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:|&dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(?=)/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1$2 – @Mon2 @Day2, @Year2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:|&dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1$2 – @Mon2 @Day2, @Year2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:|&dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1$2 – @Mon @Day2, @Year2")

		// resolvable ambiguous date formats
		.ohc_regex(/()@MM\/@DD\/@YYNN(?=)/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/()@MM\.@DD\.@YYNN(?=)/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/()@MM@DD@YYNN(?=)/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(/()@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:|&dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(?=)/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1$2 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2")
		.ohc_regex(/()@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:|&dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(?=)/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1$2 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:|&dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1$2 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\| ?)@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(&nbsp;|\s)?(?:(?:|&dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?)@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(?=\s*\|)/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1$2 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2")

		// resolvable ambiguous date formats
		.ohc_regex(/()@DD\/@MM\/@YYNN(?=)/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/()@DD\.@MM\.@YYNN(?=)/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/()@DD@MM@YYNN(?=)/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)@Month\s@ZD@th?,?\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day, @LYear")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D)@Month\s@ZD@th?(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth @Day")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D)@ZD@th?\s@Month\s@YYYY(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day @LMonth @LYear")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D)@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(/\(?:of)?@Month(?:\]\]\s?\\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/\\],? \\]/gi, "@LMonth @Day, @YYYY")

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

		// underscore and nbsp in linked dates
		.ohc_regex(/\\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth")
		.ohc_regex(/\\]@th?/gi, "@LMonth @Day") //consolidated regex with flexible removal of ordinal simple date
		.ohc_regex(/\\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth")
		.ohc_regex(/\\]/gi, "@LMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/\\]/gi, "@YYYY")

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

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

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

		// month+day+year pseudo-ISO dates
		.ohc_regex(/\\]-(?:\*\|)?@YYYY(?:\]\])/gi, "@Day @LMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/\\]-(?:\*\|)?@YYYY(?:\]\])/gi, "@Day @LMonth @YYYY")

		//']Xyyyy ' to 'month day, year'
		.ohc_regex(/\\].@YYYY/gi, "@LMonth @Day, @YYYY")

		//']Xyyyy' to 'day month year'
		.ohc_regex(/\\].@YYYY/gi, "@Day @LMonth @YYYY")

		// century
		.replace(/\first)centur(?:y|ies)(?:\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE))?)\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/\first)centur(?:y|ies)(?:\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE))?\|(]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/\d|th))(centur(?:y|ies))(\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE)|)\]\]/gi, "$1 $2$3")
		.ohc_regex(/\centur(?:y|ies)(?:\s(?:AD|BC|CE|BCE)|)\|(]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")

		// months
		.ohc_regex(/\\]/gi, "@LMonth")
		.ohc_regex(/\]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")

		// decades and years
		.replace(/(\d{1,3}0)?s/g, "$1s")
		.replace(/\\]/g, "$1s")
		.replace(/\]{1,30})\]\]/g, "$1")
//		.replace(/\\]/gi, "$1$2 $3")
//		.replace(/\?)(AD|BC|CE|BCE)\]\]/gi, "$1$2")
		.replace(/\?)(\d{1,4})\]\]/gi, "$1$2$3")
		.ohc_regex(/()\\]/gi, "$1$2") // piped year
		.replace(/\\d{3}|\d{0,2})\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/\]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/\]{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(/\]+\|@Day @Month @YYYY\]\]/gi, "@Day @LMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/\]+\|@Month @Day,? @YYYY\]\]/gi, "@LMonth @Day, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/\]+\|(@month\s|)(@yyyy)\]\]/gi, "$1$2")
		.ohc_regex(/\]+\|(@month|@yyyy)\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/\\]/gi, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/\]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/\\](?= {2}^B)/gi, "@YYYY")

		.ohc_regex(/(\]+\|@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(/\]+\|@Month\]\]/gi, "@LMonth")
		.ohc_regex(/\]{3,12}\|@Year\]\]/gi, "@Year")

		// month and day piped
		.ohc_regex(/\@day\|@MM-@DD\]\]/gi, "@MM-@DD")
		.ohc_regex(/\@day\|(]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/\|)?@month\|(]{1,30})\]\]/gi, "$1")

		// years piped
		.replace(/\]{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)(?=*)/gi, "$1c. $2") // add space

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

		// remove parasitic metadata -  days of the week/descriptives
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)(?:*|)@Day\s+@Month\s+@YYYY((?:\b|)\s?)*(?=*)/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((?:\b|)\s?)*(?=*)/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*(?=*)/gi, "$1@Day1 @Mon1 @Year1 – @Day2 @Mon2 @Year2")
		//.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*date\s*=\s*)*@Month\s+@Day,\s+@YYYY ?– ?@Month @Day, @YYYY*(?=*)/gi, "$1@Mon1 @Day1, @Year1 – @@Mon2 Day2, @Year2")
		//.replace(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*)(?:posted|published)(?: by\b| on\b|)(?=\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|)*(?=\w)/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:author|first|last)\s*=\s*)(?:by\b|on\b)*(?=\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(?=)/gi, "$1date=@Day @Month @Year")
	 	.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*)year(?:\s*=\s*)@YYYY ?\| ?month(?:\s*=\s*)@Month ?\| ?day(?:\s*=\s*)@DD(?=)/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 *= *(?:?\d|30|31) )(Jan|Febr)?{3,4}\w{0,2}(?= (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1$2uary")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:?\d|30|31) )J{3,5}r\w{0,2}(?= (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1January")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:?\d) )Febua?r\w{0,2}(?= (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1February")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:?\d|30|31) )M\w{2,3}ch(?= (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1March")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:?\d|30) )A\w{2,3}l\w?(?= (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1April")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:?\d|30|31) )Ma(?= (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1May")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:?\d|30) )J\wn\w(?= (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1June")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:?\d|30) )J\w{1,2}e(?= (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1June")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:?\d|30|31) )Jul\w{1,2}(?= (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1July")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:?\d|30|31) )A{2,3}\w{1,4}t(?:\w|us)?(?= (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1August")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:?\d|30|31) )(Sept|Nov|Dec)\w{2,4}b{1,2}\w?(?= (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1$2ember")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:?\d|30) )S\w{0,2}p?\w{2,5}{2,3}\w?(?= (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1September")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:?\d|30|31) )O\w{0,2}t\w{1,3}{2,3}\w?(?= (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1October")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:?\d|30) )\w{1,2} ?\w{1,3}b{1,2}\w?(?= (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1November")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *(?:?\d|30|31) )D? ?\w{1,4}b{1,2}\w?(?= (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1December")

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

		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)(Jan|Febr)?{3,4}\w{0,2}(?=(?: (?:?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1$2uary")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)J{3,5}r\w{0,2}(?=(?: (?:?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1January")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)Febua?r\w{0,2}(?=(?: (?:?\d),?|) (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1February")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)M\w{2,3}ch(?=(?: (?:?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1March")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)A\w{2,3}l\w?(?=(?: (?:?\d|30),?|) (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1April")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)Ma(?=(?: (?:?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1May")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)J\wn\w(?=(?: (?:?\d|30),?|) (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1June")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)J\w{1,2}e(?=(?: (?:?\d|30),?|) (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1June")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)Jul\w{1,2}(?=(?: (?:?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1July")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)A{2,3}\w{1,4}t(?:\w|us)?(?=(?: (?:?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1August")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)(Sept|Nov|Dec)\w{2,4}b{1,2}\w?(?=(?: (?:?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1$2ember")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)S\w{0,2}p?\w{2,5}{2,3}\w?(?=(?: (?:?\d|30),?|) (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1September")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)O\w{0,2}t\w{1,3}{2,3}\w?(?=(?: (?:?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1October")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)\w{1,2} ?\w{1,3}b{1,2}\w?(?=(?: (?:?\d|30),?|) (?:1\d|20)\d\b)/gi, "$1November")
		.ohc_regex(/(date *= *)D? ?\w{1,4}b{1,2}\w?(?=(?: (?:?\d|30|31),?|) (?:1\d|20)\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\d:\d:\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|{1,2}T\s*|Z))(?=\s*)/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*@month @day,? @yyyy)\s?(?:,? ?\d\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|{1,2}T\s*|))(?=\|)/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*@day @month,? @yyyy)\s?(?:,? ?\d\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|{1,2}T\s*|))(?=\|)/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*\w+@month @day,? @yyyy)\s?(?:,? ?\d\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|{1,2}T\s*|))(?=\|)/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=\s*\w+@day @month,? @yyyy)\s?(?:,? ?\d\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|{1,2}T\s*|))(?=\|)/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*\w*date\s*=*)\s?(?:T?\d:\d:\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|{1,2}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?(?=\s*)/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)(?:on |)@Month\s{,2}@Day,?\s{,2}@YYYY?(?=\s*)/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 |)(?\d|30|31)\s*(January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)\s*((?:19\d|20)\d\s?)*(?=\s*)/gi, "$1$2 $3 $4")
		//.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|)-?date\s*=\s*)(?:on |)@Day\s*@Month\s*@YYYY(\s?|\s?)\w**(?=)/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2")
		//.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|)-?date\s*=\s*)(?:on |)@Month\s*@Day,\s*@YYYY(\s?|\s?)\w**(?=)/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY$2")

		// remove extraneous bracket //from Batty
		.ohc_regex(/{{(\s*it(?:e|ation))(+)(\s*\|\s*(?:archive-?|access-?|publication-?)?date\s*=\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(?:\|(?:{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@Mon|@Mon@DD)\}\}/gi, "@Day @Month")
		.replace(/\{\{date\|(+)(?:\|l?(?:{3}|iso|none|link))?\}\}/gi, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/*\{\{accessdate\|@YYYY-@MM-@DD*\}\}/gi, " Retrieved @YYYY-@MM-@DD")
		.ohc_regex(/*\{\{retrieved*\|accessdate=(*)\}\}/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(/(\(1)(\d)(1)(\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(1)(\d)(2)(\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(1)(\d)(3)(\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(1)(\d)(4)(\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(1)(\d)(5)(\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(1)(\d)(6)(\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(1)(\d)(7)(\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(1)(\d)(8)(9\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(20)()(1)(\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(20)()(2)(\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(20)()(3)(\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(20)()(4)(\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(20)()(5)(\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(20)()(6)(\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(20)()(7)(\))/gi, "$1$2$3–$2$4")
		.replace(/(\(20)()(8)(9\))/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*)(?=)/gi, "$1 $2 $3")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|*date*=*@day.?@month)\s*\|*year=*(@yyyy*)(?=)/gi, "$1 $2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|*date*=*@month.?@day)\s*\|*year=*(@yyyy*)(?=)/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*(?:{2,3}\b))(?:*)\d{4}, {4,5}(&nbsp;|)M IST(?=*\|)/g, "$1$2")
		//.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author=(?:|{}]*))(TNN|PTI) @day @month @yyyy, {4,5}(&nbsp;|)M IST(?=*\|)/g, "$1$2")

		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*)@month @day,? @yyyy\s?(?:,? ?\d\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|{1,2}T\s*|)|)(?=\|)/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*)@day @month,? @yyyy\s?(?:,? ?\d\d(?:\s*|&nbsp;)(?:\s*|)(?:GMT\s*|UTC\s*|{1,2}T\s*|)|)(?=\|)/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*\w+)@month @day,? @yyyy(?:|{}]*)(?=)/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*\w+)@day @month,? @yyyy(?:|{}]*)(?=)/g, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*(?:\w+)?)@dd-@mm-@yyyy/gi, "$1")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*(?:\w+)?)@YYYY-@MM-@DD ?/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/(\|\s*(?:date|archive-?date|access-?date|author)\s*=\s*(?:\w+)?)\d:\d(?:|&nbsp;)?(?:m|\.m\.|)(?: ?(?:{1,2}T|UTC)?|)/gi, "$1")
		//.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*author\s*=\s*(?:\w+)?)\s*\d\d(?:\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(1|2\d|3)@YYYY/gi, "$1@Month $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@Mon(1|2\d|3)@YYYY/gi, "$1@Month $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(?:Accessed|Retrieved)(?:(?: online|) on|:?)@MM(1|2\d|3)@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|2\d|3)@YYYY(?=)/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/()@Mon\/(1|2\d|3)\/@YYYY(?=)/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/()@Mon\.(1|2\d|3)\.@YYYY(?=)/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/()@Mon (1|2\d|3) @YYYY(?=)/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/()@MM(1|2\d|3)@YYYY(?=)/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/()@MM\/(1|2\d|3)\/@YYYY(?=)/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/()@MM\.(1|2\d|3)\.@YYYY(?=)/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/()@MM (1|2\d|3) @YYYY(?=)/gi, "$1@Mon $2, @YYYY")

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

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

		// eliminating other errant formats
		.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:*)date\s*=\s*)(?\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(\d)?(?=\s*)/gi, "$1@Day @Month 20$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|archive|access|air|)-?date\s*=\s*)@Month ?@Day,? ?200(\d)?(?=\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(/(\|(?:*)date\s*=\s*)@Month, @DD, @YYYY(?=\s*)/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:*)date\s*=\s*)@DD @Month,? @YYYY(?=\s*)/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY,? @Month @DD(?=\s*)/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:*)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(/(\|(?:*)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*)(?:\\]\)@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(/(\|(?:*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY@MM@DD(?=\s*)/gi, "$1@YYYY-@ZM-@ZD") //ndashes and emdashes
		//.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:*)date\s*=\s*)@YYYY@MM(?=\s*)/gi, "$1@Month @YYYY") //transform "yyyy-mm" to "month year"
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref*>+?)()@YYYY@MM@DD(*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Day @Month @YYYY$3")
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref*>+?)()@YYYY@MM()(*?<\/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))(?!\w*|''|")/g, "$1c$2")

		//spaces and commas - in date formats
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W\+(@month)(\]\])?*,*(\?\]?\W\D)/gi, "$1 $2$3 $4")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W\+(@dd)(\]?\]?)(?:*,*)(\?\]?\W\D)/gi, "$1$2 $3$4, $5")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W\+(@dd)(\]?\]?)+(\?\]?\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)(?:|&dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?@Month\s@DD(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth1 @Day1$2– @LMonth2 @Day2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@Month\s@DD(?:|&dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?@Month\s@DD(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@LMonth1 @Day1 – @LMonth2 @Day2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@DD\s@Month(&nbsp;|\s)(?:|&dash;)(?:&nbsp;|\s)?@DD\s@Month(?=\W\D)/gi, "$1@Day1 @LMonth1$2– @Day2 @LMonth2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\D\W)@DD\s@Month(?:|&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"); //regex which converts ymd to dmy or mdy throughout (within citation templates)
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|)-?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"); //regex which converts ymd to dmy or mdy throughout (within citation templates)
		.ohc_regex(/(\|\s*(?:publication|)-?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*>+?)()@YYYY@MM@DD(*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Day @Month @YYYY$3")
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref*>+?)()@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*>+?)()@YYYY@MM@DD(*?<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@Month @Day, @YYYY$3")
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref*>+?)()@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(/()@YYYY@MM@DD()/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2")
		.ohc_regex(/()@YYYY@MM@DD()/gi, "$1@Day @Month @YYYY$2")
		.ohc_regex(/()@YYYY@MM@DD()/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(/()@YYYY@MM@DD()/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY$2")
		.ohc_regex(/()@YYYY@MM@DD()/gi, "$1@Month @Day, @YYYY$2")
		.ohc_regex(/()@YYYY@MM@DD()/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(/()@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(/()@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(/\]+\|((?:(?:@day |)@month |)@yyyy)\]\]/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/\\d{2} in English football)\|((?:(?:@Day |)@Month |)@YYYY)\]\]/gi, "$1")

		.replace(/\\]/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(/(\|(?:*)date\s*=\s*)\{\{dts\s*\|\s*format=(?:dmy|mdy)\s*\|\s*(*)\}\}(?=\s*)/gi, "$1$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:*)date\s*=\s*)\{\{dts\s*\|\s*(*)(?:\|\s*format=(?:dmy|mdy)\s*|)\}\}(?=\s*)/gi, "$1$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\|(?:*)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(/(\|(?:*)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={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\||)({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 ]

		// 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)+)(\}\})/gi, "$1|df=y$2") // insert df parameter
		.replace(/(\{\{(?:(?:Birth|Death) date(?: and (?:given |)age|)|launch|release|start|film ?date|Wayback)+\|)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|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={3}(?:-all|)(?=\s*)/gi, '')
		.replace(/\|df=y(?:es|)(?=)/gi, '')
		.replace(/(mf=y(?:es|)\|*\|)(?:mf=y(?:es|)\|)/gi, "$1")
		.replace(/(\{\{vgrelease new*\|)(?:v=2\||)({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)@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(/(@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*)((?:?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?((?:?\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*>(?:+?|))((?:?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?((?:?\d|30|31) |)@Month @YYYY(?=(?:*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2@FullMonth1 @YYYY1 – $3@FullMonth2 @YYYY2")
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref*>(?:+?|))@Month @Day(, (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=(?:*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@FullMonth1 @Day1$2 – @FullMonth2 @Day2, @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref*>(?:+?|))@Day @Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Day @Month @YYYY(?=(?:*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@Day1 @FullMonth1$2 – @Day2 @FullMonth2 @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref*>(?:+?|))@Month,?( (?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month,? @YYYY(?=(?:*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1@FullMonth1$2 – @FullMonth2 @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(<ref*>(?:+?|))((?:19|20)\d\d) ?(?:-|–|&ndash;) ?@Month @YYYY(?=(?:*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2 – @FullMonth @YYYY");
}

function ohc_expand_all_dates(editor) {
	editor
		.ohc_regex(/()@Month @YYYY(?=)/gi, "$1@FullMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/()@Day @Month @YYYY(?=)/gi, "$1@Day @FullMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/()@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=)/gi, "$1@FullMonth @Day, @YYYY")

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

		.ohc_regex(/(\(|\|\s*)@Day @Month @YYYY(?=\)\W|\s*)/gi, "$1@Day @FullMonth @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/(\(|\|\s*)@Month @Day,? @YYYY(?=\)\W|\s*)/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*>(?:+?|))(?\d|30|31) (Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)(?:r?uary|ch|il||ust|(?:t?em|o)ber)( (?:19\d|20)\d)(?=(?:*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2 $3$4")
		.ohc_regex(/(\()@Day @Month @YYYY()/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*>(?:+?|))(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)(?:r?uary|ch|il||ust|(?:t?em|o)ber) (?\d|30|31),( (?:19\d|20)\d)(?=(?:*?|)<\/ref>)/gi, "$1$2 $3,$4")
		.ohc_regex(/()@Month @Day, @YYYY()/gi, "$1@Mon @Day, @YYYY$2");
}

//not currently used
function ohc_abbrev_all_dates(editor) {
	editor
		.ohc_regex(/()@Day @Month @YYYY(?=)/gi, "$1@Day @Mon @YYYY")
		.ohc_regex(/()@Month @Day, @YYYY(?=)/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*)(?:\\]\)@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*)(?:\\]\)@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 ]
// 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 = ;
	var curryyyymm = myMonths + " " + 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;
			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(/(\{\{*use+(?:dmy|mdy)+dates*\}\})(*)(\{\{*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>)(*?)(<\/timeline>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<!--)(*?)(-->)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<math>)(*?)(<\/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(/(\]*)(\])/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>)(*?)(<\/blockquote>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<noinclude>)(*?)(<\/noinclude>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<gallery)(*?)(<\/gallery>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<poem>)(*?)(<\/poem>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{{0,6}(?:quot{1,7}\s?|sic)\|)(+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/((?:image\d?|image_skyline|imagelocation\d?|imagename|imagefile|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*(?:)\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(/()(*)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(\(\{\{by\|\d{3}\}\}\{\{by\|)(\d{3}*\}\}\))/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(\(\{\{by\|\d{3}\}\}(?:present|))(\))/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\\]|\|)/gi, protect_function)

		// retraining redirects containing a date
		.replace(/(\\]|\|)/gi, "$1Jiusan Society$2")
		.replace(/(\\]|\|)/gi, "$11989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre$2")
		.replace(/(\\]|\|)/gi, "$1Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević$2")
		.replace(/(\\]|\|)/gi, "$1Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević$2")

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

		// protect all links containing a date and some text
		.ohc_regex(/(\\|\n]+?@day\|\n]+?@fullmonth\|\n]*)(\]\]|\|)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(\\|\n]*?@day\|\n]+?@fullmonth(?:,? @year|) \D\|\n]+\w\s*)(\]\]|\|)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(\\|\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(/(\)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(March (?:8|14) Alliance)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(23rd March 1931: Shaheed)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(Long March )()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(National September 11 Memorial & Museum)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(Bombay March 12)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(movement 2 June)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(6th\sof October City)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(Party Workers' Liberation Front 30th of May)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(4th\sof August regime)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(19th\sof April movement)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(June 4th (?:incident|museum))()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(The Battle Of Marston Moor \(July 2nd,? 1644\))()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(Night of January 16th)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(Observance of 5th November Act)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[)(13 May incident)(\|)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\'\'\')(22nd\sof May)(\'\'\')/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\\'])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[)(July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike)(\|)/gi, protect_function)

		.replace(/(\\])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(4th\sof July)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\\])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\\])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\\])/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(/()(2\.13\.61)()/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(/(\)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(\)/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 *,? \d)( @fullmonth)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(Live at *,? @fullmonth)( @dd)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(Bootmoon Series: * @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|\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>)(*?)(<\/timeline>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<math>)(*?)(<\/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(/(\]*)(\])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(>*(?:https?:|ftp:))(]*)(*<)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\|archive-?url=https?:|ftp:)(*)(\|)/gi, protect_function)  //repurposed unused line to protect archive url links (archive.today)
		.replace(/(<blockquote>)(*?)(<\/blockquote>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{{0,6}(?:quot{1,7}\s?|sic)\|)(+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/((?:image\d?|image_skyline|imagelocation\d?|imagename|imagefile|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(/(")(*)(")/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(“)(*)(”)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(\(\{\{by\|\d{3}\}\}\{\{by\|)(\d{3}*\}\}\))/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(\(\{\{by\|\d{3}\}\}(?:present|))(\))/gi, protect_function)

		// retraining redirects containing a date
		.replace(/(\\]|\|)/gi, "$1Jiusan Society$2")
		.replace(/(\\]|\|)/gi, "$1Tiananmen Square protests of 1989$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\\]|\|)/gi, "$1Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević$2")
		.ohc_regex(/(\\]|\|)/gi, "$1Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević$2")

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

		// protect all links containing a date and some text
		.ohc_regex(/(\\|\n]+?@day\|\n]+?@fullmonth\|\n]*)(\]\]|\|)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(\\|\n]*?@day\|\n]+?@fullmonth(?:,? @year|) \D\|\n]+\w\s*)(\]\]|\|)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(\\|\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(/(\)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(March (?:8|14) Alliance)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(23rd March 1931: Shaheed)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(Long March )()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(Bombay March 12)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(movement 2 June)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(6th\sof October City)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(Party Workers' Liberation Front 30th of May)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(4th\sof August regime)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(19th\sof April movement)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(June 4th incident)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(The Battle Of Marston Moor \(July 2nd,? 1644\))()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(Night of January 16th)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/()(Observance of 5th November Act)()/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[)(13 May incident)(\|)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\'\'\')(22nd\sof May)(\'\'\')/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\\'])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\[\[)(July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike)(\|)/gi, protect_function)

		.replace(/(\\])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(4th\sof July)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\\])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\\])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\\])/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(/()(2\.13\.61)()/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(/(\)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(\)/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 *,? \d)( @fullmonth)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(Live at *,? @fullmonth)( @dd)(.)/gi, protect_function)
		.ohc_regex(/(Bootmoon Series: * @fullmonth)( @day, @YYYY)(.)/gi, protect_function)

		.replace(/(\W)((?:\d{3}|3|\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>)(*?)(<\/timeline>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<math>)(*?)(<\/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(/(\]*)(\])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(>*(?:https?:|ftp:))(]*)(*<)/gi, protect_function)
		//.replace(/(https?:|ftp:)(]*)(])/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(<blockquote>)(*?)(<\/blockquote>)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(\{{0,6}(?:quot{1,7}\s?|sic)\|)(+)(\})/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/((?:image\d?|image_skyline|imagelocation\d?|imagename|imagefile|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(/(")(*)(")/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(“)(*)(”)/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(\(\{\{by\|\d{3}\}\}\{\{by\|)(\d{3}*\}\}\))/gi, protect_function)
		.replace(/(.)(\(\{\{by\|\d{3}\}\}(?:present|))(\))/gi, protect_function);
}

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

function ohc_MOSNUM_edit_summary(editor) {
	editor
		.options({ minor: true })
		.appendEditSummary("]-assisted date audit and style fixes per ]")
		.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>
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