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This template displays a person's birth date and age at a specified date, if only their year of birth is known.
Syntax
{{birth year and age2 |specified year |year of birth |optional month of birth |optional specified month }}Format
{{birth year and age2 |yyyy |yyyy }} Example {{birth year and age2 |1988|1961}} produces: 1961 (aged 26–27)
Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter Description Type Status Specified year 1Adds the specified year.
Example 1970 Number suggested Birth year 2no description
Example 1952 Number suggested Specified month 3Adds the specified month.
Example 5 Number optional Birth month 4no description
Example 4 Number optional
Birth, death and age templates
birth, death, age
Combined BDA template Description / use {{ BirthDeathAge }} Combines functions of {{Birth date}}, {{birth-date}}, {{birth date and age}}, {{birth year and age}}, {{death date}}, {{death-date}}, {{death date and age}}, and {{death year and age}}.
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 as of dates }} To display approximate birth year and current age given several particular dates (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
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.
