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Birth, death and age templates
Birth, death, age
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 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 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). {{birth based on age at death }} To display approximate birth year based on age at death.
Template 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
Template Description / use {{age }} Age based on number of complete years between two dates. {{age nts }} {{age}} with output formatted for use in 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.
