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The '''{{tl|birth date and age}}''' template will return a person's date of birth and his/her calculated age. It has the shortcut '''{{tl|bda}}'''.

'''This template is intended for living persons only.''' In the rare case that a living person's birth date is given in a non-Gregorian calendar this template should not be used.

==Usage==
To display a birth date with calculated age use:

:<code><nowiki>{{birth date and age|year of birth|month of birth|day of birth}}</nowiki></code>

or the shortcut:

:<code><nowiki>{{bda|year of birth|month of birth|day of birth}}</nowiki></code>

The parameters for year (1) and day (3) are numerical. The second parameter, for the month, can be numerical or passed as a string. The month name is case insensitive and may be abbreviated. The parameter names 'year', 'month', and 'day' can be used instead of the first, second, and third parameters.

;Examples<nowiki>:</nowiki>
using default parameters for year/month/day
:<code><nowiki>{{birth date and age|1983|1|4}}</nowiki></code> returns "{{birth date and age|1983|1|4}}"
:<code><nowiki>{{birth date and age|1983|01|04}}</nowiki></code> returns "{{birth date and age|1983|01|04}}"
:<code><nowiki>{{birth date and age|1983|Jan|04}}</nowiki></code> returns "{{birth date and age|1983|Jan|04}}"
:<code><nowiki>{{birth date and age|1983|January|4}}</nowiki></code> returns "{{birth date and age|1983|January|4}}"

using named parameters
:<code><nowiki>{{birth date and age|day=4|month=1|year=1983}}</nowiki></code> returns "{{birth date and age|day=4|month=1|year=1983}}"
:<code><nowiki>{{birth date and age|month=January|day=4|year=1983}}</nowiki></code> returns "{{birth date and age|month=January|day=4|year=1983}}"

==See also==
This template was derived from [[Wikipedia:Template:Birth date and age|Wikipedia]], but this is a less complex version which takes no additional parameters.

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