Template:BirthDeathAge/doc

Usage

Depending on the parameters specified, this template displays a person's birth or death year, or full birth or death date, with or without the person's age. It therefore combines the functionality of the following templates:

• {{Birth-date}}
• {{Birth date}}
• {{Birth date and age}} – same as {{Birth date}}, except that "(age ##)" appears after the birth date
• {{Birth year and age}} – year of birth and approximate age
• {{Death-date}}
• {{Death date}}
• {{Death date and age}} – same as {{Death date}}, except that "(aged ##)" appears after the death date
• {{Death year and age}} – year of death and approximate age at death

Using this template rather than simply inserting the date into articles allows for the inclusion of hidden metadata about the date. This metadata can be used by web browsers and other software tools to extract the details, and display them using some other website or mapping tool, index or search them.

The minimum information required by the template is a birth or death year.

Syntax

{{BirthDeathAge | [insert "B" for a birth date, or leave blank for a death date] |
[year of birth] | [month of birth] | [day of birth] | [year of death] |
[month of death] | [day of death]}}

Any missing information can simply be left out of the template: see the examples below.

Examples

For readability, spaces have been inserted between pipe symbols ("|") where information has not been inserted into the template. When using the template, these spaces can be omitted. Using {{^}} can help space the template

Spacing

{{BirthDeathAge|{{^}}|1976|{{^}}|{{^}}|2007|1|1}}

January 1, 2007 (aged 30–31)

Date format

An optional parameter, date format, can be set to "yes" to display the day before the month. This is primarily used in articles about people from parts of the world where the day precedes the month in a date.

{{BirthDeathAge|B|1976|1|1|{{^}}|{{^}}|{{^}}}}

(1976-01-01) January 1, 1976

{{BirthDeathAge|B|1976|1|1|{{^}}|{{^}}|{{^}}|yes}}

(1976-01-01) 1 January 1976

Date of birth

{{BirthDeathAge|B|1976}}

1976 (age 47–48)

{{BirthDeathAge|B|1976|6|6|1990|8|8}}

(1976-06-06)June 6, 1976

{{BirthDeathAge|B|1976|6|6}}

(1976-06-06) June 6, 1976

{{BirthDeathAge|B|1976|||1990}}

1976 (1976)

Date of death

{{BirthDeathAge| |1976| | |1990| |}}

1990 (aged 13–14)

{{BirthDeathAge| | | | |1990| |}}

1990 (1991)

{{BirthDeathAge| | | | |1990|8|8}}

(1990-08-08)August 8, 1990

{{BirthDeathAge| |1976| | |1990|8|8}}

August 8, 1990 (aged 13–14)

See also

• Wikipedia:Age calculation templates

This template displays a person's birth and/or death year, or full birth and/or death date, with or without the person's age. It therefore combines the functionality of the following templates:

• {{tl|Birth-date}}
• {{tl|Birth date}}
• {{tl|Birth date and age}} – same as {{tl|Birth date}}, except that "(age ##)" appears after the birth date
• {{tl|Birth year and age}} – year of birth and approximate age
• {{tl|Death-date}}
• {{tl|Death date}}
• {{tl|Death date and age}} – same as {{tl|Death date}}, except that "(aged ##)" appears after the death date
• {{tl|Death year and age}} – year of death and approximate age at death

The minimum information required by the template is a birth or death year.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
1	1	Insert 'B' for a birth date, leave blank for a death date. Suggested values B Auto value	String	suggested
Year of birth	2	no description Default Example 1942	Number	suggested
Month of birth	3	as a number Default Example 1	Number	suggested
Day of birth	4	no description Default Example 31	Number	suggested
Year of death	5	no description Default Example 2006	Number	suggested
Month of death	6	as a number Default Example 12	Number	suggested
Day of death	7	no description Default Example 21	Number	suggested
Date format	8	Set this to "yes" to display the day before the month. Suggested values yes Default	String	suggested