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require('Module:No globals');


--[[--------------------------< M A I N >----------------------------------------------------------------------

use this from the debug console:
	=p.main ('<lang_tag>')
where:
	<lang_tag> is a language tag know to MediaWiki

]]

local function main (lang_tag)
	local long_names_from_lang_object_t = {};
	local short_names_from_lang_object_t = {};
	
	local lang_obj = mw.language.new (lang_tag);								-- make a new language object for the language supplied in <lang_tag>
	for i=1, 12 do																-- loop 12x and 
		long_names_from_lang_object_t[i] = lang_obj:formatDate ('F', '2018-' .. i .. '-1');			-- get long month name for each i

		short_names_from_lang_object_t[i] = lang_obj:formatDate ('M', '2018-' .. i .. '-1');		-- get short month name for each i
	end

	return table.concat (short_names_from_lang_object_t, ' | ') .. '\n' .. table.concat (long_names_from_lang_object_t, ' | ')
end


--[[--------------------------< E X P O R T S >----------------------------------------------------------------
]]

return {
	main = main,
	}