Template:Birth date and age/doc - Revision history

MoerkJ at 23:25, 6 February 2013

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Waf at 12:18, 4 February 2013

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Waf at 12:02, 4 February 2013

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

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.

===Syntax===
==== To display the birth date only ====
:<nowiki>{{Birth date|year of birth|month of birth|day of birth|additional parameters}}</nowiki>

'''Do not use with non-Gregorian dates''' because the resulting hCard hidden date will be false.

====To display a birth date with calculated age====
:<code><nowiki>{{Birth date and age|year of birth|month of birth|day of birth|additional parameters}}</nowiki></code>

'''This form is only intended for living persons.''' In the rare case that a living person's birth date is given in a non-Gregorian calendar this template should not be used. The parameter names 'year', 'month', and 'day' can be used instead of the first, second, and third parameters for 'Birth date and age' only. These parameter names are not available for the 'Birth date' template.

===={{tl|Bda}} is a redirect to {{tl|Birth date and age}}====
:<code><nowiki>{{Bda|year of birth|month of birth|day of birth|additional parameters}}</nowiki></code>

Examples:

:<code><nowiki>{{Birth date and age|1993|2|4|mf=yes}}</nowiki></code> returns {{Birth date and age|1993|2|4|mf=yes}}
:<code><nowiki>{{Birth date and age|1993|2|4|df=yes}}</nowiki></code> returns {{Birth date and age|1993|2|4|df=yes}}
:<code><nowiki>{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|mf=yes}}</nowiki></code> returns {{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|mf=yes}}
:<code><nowiki>{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|df=yes}}</nowiki></code> returns {{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|df=yes}}

====Month First (mf) and Day First (df) options====
The '''df''' (day first) and '''mf''' (month first) parameters indicate the intended date format to display. The appropriate parameter should be set to "y" or "yes" e.g. '''df=yes''' or '''mf=y'''.

The default output of this template is to display the month before the day. This default may not be appropriate for articles about people from parts of the world where the day precedes the month in a date. In such articles the parameter, "df", should be set to display the day before the month.

The parameter "mf", while not actually used by the template, will indicate that month first format is intended. Using these parameters can assist [[WP:BOT|bots]] or other automated processing to detect which date format is intended; leaving the format as default may lead an editor or bot to change the format to an unintended value.

Do not specify both "df" and "mf" parameters in the same use of the template, as these formats are mutually exclusive.

Examples:

:<code><nowiki>{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|df=yes}}</nowiki></code> displays "{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|df=yes}}".

:<code><nowiki>{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|mf=yes}}</nowiki></code> displays "{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|mf=yes}}".

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-{{Documentation subpage}}<includeonly>{{#ifeq:{{#titleparts:{{PAGENAME}}|1}}|Birth date and age}}</includeonly>
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-===Syntax===
+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 form is only intended for living persons.''' In the rare case that a living person's birth date is given in a non-Gregorian calendar this template should not be used. The parameter names 'year', 'month', and 'day' can be used instead of the first, second, and third parameters for 'Birth date and age' only.
+'''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.
-===={{tl|Bda}} is a redirect to {{tl|Birth date and age}}====
+==Usage==
-:<code><nowiki>{{Bda|year of birth|month of birth|day of birth}}</nowiki></code>
+To display a birth date with calculated age use:
-Examples:
+:<code><nowiki>{{birth date and age|year of birth|month of birth|day of birth}}</nowiki></code>
-:<code><nowiki>{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|mf=yes}}</nowiki></code> returns ''{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24}}''
+or the shortcut:
-:<code><nowiki>{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|mf=yes}}</nowiki></code> returns ''{{Birth date and age|1973|06|4}}''