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Usage

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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:

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

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{{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

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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

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

January 1, 2007 (aged 30–31)

Date format

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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

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{{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 48)

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

1976 (1976)

Date of death

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{{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

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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.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
11

Insert 'B' for a birth date, leave blank for a death date.

Suggested values
B
Auto value
Stringsuggested
Year of birth2

no description

Default
Example
1942
Numbersuggested
Month of birth3

as a number

Default
Example
1
Numbersuggested
Day of birth4

no description

Default
Example
31
Numbersuggested
Year of death5

no description

Default
Example
2006
Numbersuggested
Month of death6

as a number

Default
Example
12
Numbersuggested
Day of death7

no description

Default
Example
21
Numbersuggested
Date format8

Set this to "yes" to display the day before the month.

Suggested values
yes
Default
Stringsuggested