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BC, AD, BCE, CE
This template has been designed so that it can be used both in articles that adopt the BC/AD date notation and those that adopt the BCE/CE date notation without forcing some articles to have inconsistent style.

It will display BCE/CE notation unless the template gives the parameter BC a value. For instance will give BCE/CE notation,  will give BC/AD notation.

It can be edited as normal, but with the following exception:


 * Instead of writing BCE or BC write
 * Instead of writing CE or AD write

This functionality is necessitated by the Manual of Style requirement that BC-AD and BCE-CE do not both appear in the same article.

Other parameters

 * : the status of box expansion, where "autocollapse" hides stacked navboxes automatically.