This template will create the date= parameter in the proper format needed by most maintenance and clean-up templates that auto-include maintenance categories with the tags.

Example use:

{{unreferenced|{{subst:DATE}}}}
{{Currentdate}}              - time, day-of-week, and mdy
{{Date}}                     - dmy, etc.
{{DATE}}                     - parameter for templates ("date=")
{{Now}}                      - {{Currentdate}} as sentence
{{Plain now}}                - dmy and time
{{Right now}}                - blue box with time and current # of Wikipedia articles
{{Right now (User message)}} - {{Right now}}, but orange
{{TODAY}}                    - dmy