The template page can also contain [[!cpan HTML::Template]] directives,
like other ikiwiki [[templates]].
-Two variables might be set:
+These variables might be set:
* `<TMPL_VAR name>` is replaced with the name of the page being
created.
-* `<TMPL_VAR uuid>` is replaced with a version 4 (random) UUID.
+* `<TMPL_VAR uuid>` is replaced with a version 4 (random) UUID
+ suitable for use in `\[[!meta guid="urn:uuid:<TMPL_VAR uuid>"]]`.
(Requires the `UUID::Tiny` Perl module if not running on Linux.)
+* `<TMPL_VAR time>` is replaced with the current (template generation)
+ time using a fixed format (RFC 3339, `%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ`),
+ suitable for use in `\[[!meta date="<TMPL_VAR time>"]]`
+ (see [[meta]]) or `\[[!date "<TMPL_VAR time>"]]` (see [[date]]).
+
[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]