Template:Age
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Usage[edit source]
This template returns the number of full years between two specified dates. If the second set of parameters is not included, it returns the number of full years between a specified date and today's date.
Dates are checked for validity. For example, 29 February 2000 is accepted, but 29 February 1900 is not a valid date.
Partial dates such as July 1989 (no day) or 1989 (no month and no day) can be entered using 0
for missing values. Having no year, or having a day with no month is an error.
- Syntax
{{age|year|month|day|year2|month2|day2}}
or{{age|year|month|day}}
or{{age|date|date2}}
or{{age|date}}
- Examples
{{age|1989|7|23|2003|7|14}}
→ 13{{age|1989|7|0|2003|7|14}}
→ 14{{age|1989|0|0|2003|7|14}}
→ 14{{age|1989|7|23}}
→ 35{{age|23 July 1989|14 July 2003}}
→ 13{{age|July 1989|2003}}
→ 14
- When entering dates before the Common Era, use astronomical year numbering: 1 BCE is represented by
0
, 2 BCE by-1
, 3 BCE by-2
etc. For example, the following gives the number of full years since the battle of Cannae, which took place on August 2, 216 BCE:{{age|-215|8|2}}
→ 2239{{age|August 2, 216 BCE}}
→ 2239
The options described at Module:Age can be used, for example:
{{age|format=commas|-215|8|2}}
→ 2,239{{age|format=cardinal|1970|1|1|1998|2|1}}
→ twenty-eight{{age|format=ordinal|1970|1|1|1998|2|1}}
→ twenty-eighth
When only one date is entered, the current date is used for the other date. The template outputs a span that can be used by a calling infobox to detect if only one date was used. The following shows two examples with the exact wikitext that is produced, as seen at Special:ExpandTemplates:
{{age|2010}}
→<span class="currentage"></span>15
{{age|format=raw|2010}}
→15
See also[edit source]
- Template:Years ago – number of years in the past
- MOS:RELTIME – guideline on relative time references
External links[edit source]
- Template:Age at Wikipedia, the free Terran-based encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
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