Thread:Thundercraft5/@comment-45117243-20201020222024/@comment-44709101-20201021011941

The signature I use is pretty complicated.

Overview
Note that when using a custom timestamp in your signature, you must sign it with  instead of   as it will mess up the custom timestamp.

I embedded the timestamp in a template call by substituting a  parser function with the following:. This text, when substituted, creates a formatted timestamp.

Walkthrough
This timestamp substituted through the first template, which looks like this: Note that this template is the template used in the actual signature in your preferences.

Then, the template above passes the timestamp to another template that is actually placed on the page. This template looks like this:

Note the  tags, they MUST be there to make sure it works properly. Also note that  is the timestamp passed from the first template.

Finally, This template passes the timestamp to the formatter. The formatter is a template which contains all the HTML, which is transcluded cross-wiki. In this template, the timestamp is the variable passed from the 2 previous templates.

Example Source code
In a watered-down version of the template raw code, it looks like this:
 * 1) Actual Signature:
 * 2) Inter-wiki template:
 * 3) HTML formatter template:

Hope you understand all of this, as it took me along time to figure out how to make such a template. I will help you make one if I need too!