This template displays a person's birth date and age at a specified date.
This allows you to show how old a person was at the time they participated in an event or made an achievement.
Syntax
{{birth date and age2 |specified year |specified month |specified day |year of birth |month of birth |day of birth }}
Format
{{birth date and age2 |yyyy |mm |dd |yyyy |mm |dd |df=y}}
Example
{{birth date and age2 |1988|6|10 |1961|7|4 |df=y}} produces: (1961-07-04 ) 4 July 1961 (aged 26)
Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter Description Type Status Specified year 1
Adds the specified year.
Example 1970 Number suggested Specified month 2
Adds the specified month.
Example 5 Number suggested Specified day 3
Adds the specified day.
Example 23 Number suggested Birth year 4
no description
Example 1952 Number suggested Birth month 5
no description
Example 4 Number suggested Birth day 6
no description
Example 18 Number suggested date first format df
sets format to dmy
Example y, yes String optional month first format mf
mf=yes sets format to mdy
Default this is the templates default Unknown 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 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 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.