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The templates ((Birth year and age)) and ((Death year and age)) return a person's year of birth or death and their approximate age. The templates are useful when only the year, or year and month, of a person's birth and/or death are known, or if it is desired not to state a person's full dates of birth and death for privacy reasons.
Such an approximation differs from the approximation generated by ((Birth based on age as of date)); the latter can be used when the only detail available about someone's birth is a reference that establishes their age as of a certain date (such as the date that the reference was published).
The person's age is estimated as follows:
Let us assume:
((Birth year and age|1969))
((Birth year and age|1969|6))
displays their birth year and age as: 1969 (age 54).Let us assume:
((Death year and age|2023|1973))
((Death year and age|2023|1973|07))
If you wish to set out the full dates of birth and/or death of a person and thus to calculate their age accurately, please use the templates ((Birth date and age)) and ((Death date and age)).
((Birth year and age|year of birth))
((Birth year and age|year of birth|optional number of month of birth))
((Death year and age|year of death|year of birth))
((Death year and age|year of death|year of birth|optional number of month of death))
((Birth year and age|1969))
→ 1969 (age 54–55)1969 (age 54–55)
((Birth year and age|1969|6))
→ June 1969 (age 55)June 1969 (age 55)
((Birth year and age|1969|8))
→ August 1969 (age 54)August 1969 (age 54)
((Death year and age|2023|1973))
→ 2023 (aged 49–50)2023 (aged 49–50)
((Death year and age|2023|1973|07))
→ July 2023 (aged 49–50)July 2023 (aged 49–50)
Returns a person's year of birth and their approximate age
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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Year of birth | 1 | no description | Number | required |
Month of birth | 2 | Optional month of birth | Number | suggested |