Template:Convert/tonne/doc

The converter Template:Convert/tonne is a variation of Convert/t which defaults to converting a tonne into short tons labelled as just "tons" (rather than "short tons").
 * Usage:  2 tonne       gives: 2 tonne
 * 2 tonne     gives: 2 tonne
 * 2 tonne     gives: 2 tonne
 * 2 tonne      gives: 2 tonne
 * 3 tonne      gives: 3 tonne

The default output as just "tons" is more appropriate when several conversions are made in an area of text, rather than repeating the phrase "short tons" over and over. Internally, the template uses the parameter "o=shton" to set the default conversion-output template as Convert/shton, instead of showing both the equivalent short and long tons, which would be 3 total amounts.

In American English, the word "ton" is typically considered a short ton, whereas in British English the word "ton" usually means a long ton.