Template:Unsigned/doc

Purpose
Used to label unsigned comments in a discussion, in particular when cutting and pasting the username and date from a page history.

Usage

 * date : datestamp
 * username : name or IP of user who left comment
 * timezone offset: optional parameter; specifies timezone relative to UTC in the form +h or -h (for example, "-7" for UTC-7)

Unfortunately the template itself is not capable of converting the time. If you frequently use this template, or otherwise refer to UTC, you could consider setting your local time in the preferences to UTC.

Example
With the preferences set at UTC-5, the history entry for the creation of this talk page shows

19:20, 21 April 2006 Mercy60a

Thus we use

 19:20, 21 April 2006

which gives

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mercy60a (talk • contribs) 19:20, 21 April 2006  (UTC-5 )