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Wikipedia uses several templates that self-update every day to keep date and age information current. These are very useful for a dynamic online encyclopedia and save users from having to regularly update that kind of information. However, when using this kind of template, a few things should be kept in mind.
Note: The template may not calculate the age correctly if a full date (month, day, year) is not provided. For example, a person who was born in 1941 could be either 83 or 84, depending on whether they have reached their birthday in the current year: {{Birth-date and age|1941}} → 1941 () (age 84)
Therefore, the template {{Birth year and age|1969|6}} displays their birth year and age as: 1969 (age 54). If it is presently June 2024, we do not know whether the person has had their birthday this year yet since their day of birth is unknown. Therefore, the template displays their birth year and age as: 1969 (age 54–55).
This template will return a living person's date of birth and age. 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. Template parameters ...
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1 year: The year in which the person was born. Example 1993: Number: required: Month of birth: 2 month: The month (number) in which the person was born. Example 2: Number: required: Day of birth: 3 day: The day (number) in which the person was born. Example 24: Number: required: Day first: df: When set to 'y' or 'yes', the date of birth is ...
Therefore, the template {{Birth year and age|1969|6}} displays their birth year and age as: 1969 (age 54). If it is presently June 2024, we do not know whether the person has had their birthday this year yet since their day of birth is unknown. Therefore, the template displays their birth year and age as: 1969 (age 54–55).
The age, year, and day must be supplied as natural numbers; month can be specified as a natural number as well as by name or abbreviation (e.g. "August" or "Aug"). The Gregorian calendar is assumed, with no special support provided for dual dating or the difference between Old Style and New Style dates .