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A convenience / consistency template for the display of Before Common Era years that places the abbreviation "BCE" preceded by a non-breaking space ( ) before a year supplied.
Since the year numbers are the same, BCE and CE dates should be equally offensive to other religions as BC and AD. [73] Roman Catholic priest and writer on interfaith issues Raimon Panikkar argued that the BCE/CE usage is the less inclusive option since they are still using the Christian calendar numbers and forcing it on other nations. [ 74 ]
This template returns the number of full years between two specified dates. If the second set of parameters is not included, it will return the number of full years between a specified date and today's date. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Year ("from" date) 1 The year of the "from" date Number required Month ("from" date) 2 The month of the "from ...
{{Birth date and age}} – used on most biographical entries {{Birth date and age2}} – calculates age at a specified date {{Birth based on age as of date}} – used when a reference mentions the age of a person as of the date of the reference's publication {{Birth year and age}} {} {{Death date and age}} {{Death year and age}}
The year 1 BC/BCE is numbered 0, the year 2 BC is numbered −1, and in general the year n BC/BCE is numbered "−(n − 1)" [1] (a negative number equal to 1 − n). The numbers of AD/CE years are not changed and are written with either no sign or a positive sign; thus in general n AD/CE is simply n or +n. [1]
There are year-numbering systems that differ from the Christian timeline only in BC part (one example is Anterior Epoch proposed by E.R. Hope in 1963), meaning it is still useful to have detectable BC/BCE dates even if we don't also detect and convert AD/CE dates.
The default calculates an age—the day of the second date is not included in the calculation. A duration including the second date is calculated if |duration=on is used. {{age in years and days|1 Jan 2011|31 Dec 2012}} → 1 year, 365 days {{age in years and days|1 Jan 2011|31 Dec 2012|sep=and}} → 1 year and 365 days
The Start date and age template displays the date that an event or entity started or was created. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Year 1 A four-digit number indicating the year Example 2017 Number required Month 2 A number between 1 and 12 indicating the month Example 12 Number suggested Day 3 A number between 1 and 31 indicating the day of the month ...