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This template's initial visibility currently defaults to expanded, meaning that it is fully visible. To change this template's initial visibility, the |state= parameter may be used: {{ Birth, death and age templates | state = collapsed }} will show the template collapsed, i.e. hidden apart from its title bar.
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 output in a DMY format. Example y: String: optional: Month first: mf: When set to 'y' or 'yes', stresses that the default MDY date format is intended for the ...
{{Birth-date and age}} displays a person's birth date and age. Besides calculating the age of the person, the benefit of using this template is to allow for the inclusion of hidden microformat dates, which may be indexed or searched by software tools.
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 output in a DMY format. Auto value yes: Boolean: optional: Month first: mf: When set to 'y' or 'yes', stresses that the default MDY date format is intended ...
and {} are easy to read "plain text" date and time templates that emit microformat dates for events. These templates are an alternative to the {{}} / {{}} and {{}} / {{}} templates that also emit microformats but require dates to be expressed in standard, unambiguous and international ISO syntax.
{{Birth-date and age}} displays a person's birth date and age. Besides calculating the age of the person, the benefit of using this template is to allow for the inclusion of hidden microformat dates, which may be indexed or searched by software tools.
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.
The templates {{Birth year and age}} and {{Death year and age}} return a person's year of birth or death and their approximate age. The templates are useful when only the year, or year and month, of a person's birth and/or death are known, or if it is desired not to state a person's full dates of birth and death for privacy reasons.