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((bdage))

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 (age 48)

((BirthDeathAge|B|1976|1|1|((^))|((^))|((^))|yes))

(1976-01-01) 1 January 1976 (age 48)

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 (age 47)

((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)

Birth templates	Description / use
((Birth date))	To display a birth date and related hidden metadata.
((Birth-date))
((Birth date and age))	((Birth date)) with suffix '(age N)'.
((Birth date and age2))	((Birth date and age)) plus age as of a specified date.
((Birth-date and age))	As ((Birth date and age)), but accepts dates in text form ('15 June 1950', 'June 15, 1950', 'June 1950', etc.).
((Birth date and age in years and days))	((Birth date and age)), but with the age displayed in years and days rather than just years.
((Birth year and age))	Year of birth and approximate age.
((Birth based on age as of date))	To display approximate birth year and current age given a particular date (e.g. when a dated reference mentions the age of a person), only works for living people.
((Birth based on age at death))	To display approximate birth year based on age at death, or on age at a specific date if death date isn't known.

Death templates	Description / use
((Death date))	To display a death date and related hidden metadata.
((Death-date))
((Death date and age))	((Death date)) with suffix '(aged N)'; also called with ((event date and age)).
((Death-date and age))	As ((Death date and age)), but accepts dates in text form ('15 June 1950', 'June 15, 1950', 'June 1950', etc.).
((Death date and given age))	To display a death date and specified age.
((Death year and age))	To display a year of, and approximate age at death.

age only

Conventional age templates	Description / use
((Age in years, months, weeks and days))	Number of complete years, months, weeks and days between two dates.
((Age in years, months and days))	Number of complete years, months and days between two dates.
((Age in years and months))	Number of complete years and remaining months between two dates.
((Age in years and days))	Number of complete years and remaining days between two dates.
((Age in years and days nts))	((Age in years and days)) with output formatted for use in number sortable tables.
((Age in decimal years))	Number of years between two dates, rounded to the specified number of decimal places.
((Age in years))	Number of years between two dates.
((Age in years nts))	((Age in years)) with output formatted for use in number sortable tables.
((Age in months))	Number of months between two dates.
((Age in weeks and days))	Number of weeks and days between two dates.
((Age in weeks))	Number of weeks between two dates.
((Age in days))	Age in days between two dates.
((Age in days nts))	((Age in days)) with output formatted for use in number sortable tables.

Reverse-determined age template	Description / use
((Age))	Age based on number of complete years between two dates.
((Age nts))	((Age)) with output formatted for use in number sortable tables.
((Age as of date))	Current age (in years) from a known age at a specified date.
((Age for infant))	Current age for infant: months and days up to one year, years and months up to three years, and years beyond age 3.

start / end dates

Date-focused templates	Description / use
((Start date)) / ((End date))
((Start-date)) / ((End-date))
((Start date and age))
((End date and age))

miscellaneous

Template	Description / use
((OldStyleDate))	Dates in Julian calendar.
((OldStyleDateDY))	As ((OldStyleDate)) but used when Julian / Gregorian dates fall in different years.
((OldStyleDateNY))	As ((OldStyleDate)) but without the year.
((Unidentified for))
((Missing for))

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