Template:Birth year and age

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Usage

The templates {{Birth year and age}} and {{Death year and age}} return a person's year of birth or death and his or her 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.

Such an approximation differs from the approximation generated by {{Birth based on age as of date}}; the latter can be used when the only detail available about someone's birth is a reference that establishes his or her age as of a certain date (such as the date that the reference was published).

The person's age is estimated as follows:

{{Birth year and age}}

Let us assume:

1. that the person in question was born some time in 1968; and
2. that the present date is 8 September 2023.

• If the person was born after 8 September 1968 then she will be 54 years old on 8 September 2023 as she has not had her 55th birthday yet. On the other hand, if she was born exactly on or before 8 September 1968, then she will be 55 years old.

Therefore, the template {{Birth year and age|1968}}

displays her birth year and age as: 1968 (age 54–55)

• Optionally, if we know the person's birth month but not the day, we can also have the template display the month.

Let us assume that the person was born in June 1968. Therefore:

• If it is presently January 2023, then this year the person has not had her birthday yet. Therefore, the template {{Birth year and age|1968|6}} displays her birth year and age as: 1968 (age 54).
• If it is presently June 2023, we do not know whether the person has had her birthday this year yet since her day of birth is unknown. Therefore, the template displays her birth year and age as: 1968 (age 54–55).
• If it is presently December 2023, then this year the person has already had her birthday. Therefore, the template displays her birth year and age as: 1968 (age 55).

{{Death year and age}}

Let us assume:

1. that the person in question was born some time in 1972; and
2. that he died some time in 2022.

• We can posit as two extremes: (1) that the person was born on 31 December 1972 and died on 1 January 2022, in which case he would have been 49 years old at the time of his death as he did not achieve his 50th birthday on 31 December 2022; and (2) that he was born on 1 January 1972 and died on 31 December 2022, in which case he would have been 50 years old at the time of his death as he had his 50th birthday on 1 January 2022.

Therefore, the template {{Death year and age|2022|1972}}

renders his death year and age as: 2022 (aged 49–50)

• Optionally, if we know month of the person's death but not the day, we can also have the template display the month.

Using the above examples and assuming the month is 09 (September)

Therefore, the template {{Death year and age|2022|1972|09}}

displays his death year and age as: 2022 (aged 49–50)

If you wish to set out the full dates of birth and/or death of a person and thus to calculate his or her age accurately, please use the templates {{Birth date and age}} and {{Death date and age}}.

Note: Do not use this template inside the Wikipedia:Persondata template as it can interfere with data extraction.

Syntax

{{Birth year and age|year of birth}}
{{Birth year and age|year of birth|optional month of birth}}
{{Death year and age|year of death|year of birth}}
{{Death year and age|year of death|year of birth|optional month of death}}

Examples

Template text	Result
{{Birth year and age|1968}}	1968 (age 54–55)
{{Birth year and age|1968|09}}	1968 (age 54–55)
{{Death year and age|2022|1972}}	2022 (aged 49–50)
{{Death year and age|2022|1972|09}}	2022 (aged 49–50)

See also

• Wikipedia:Age calculation templates

Birth, death, age

• {{BirthDeathAge}} – carries out the functions of this template and all the following ones
• {{Birth date}} – displays the date and related hidden metadata
• {{Birth date and age}} – same as {{Birth date}}, except that "(age ##)" appears after the birth date
• {{Birth date and age2}} – displays birth date, plus age as of a specified date, "(aged ##)" appears after the birth date
• {{Birth-date and age}} – display birth date and age, accepts dates as text (15 June 1950; June 15, 1950; June 1950; etc.)
• {{Birth based on age as of date}} – displays approximate birth year and current age; used when a dated reference mentions the age of a person as of the date of publication
• {{Death date}} – displays the date and related hidden metadata
• {{Death date and age}} – same as {{Death date}}, except that "(aged ##)" appears after the death date
• {{Death year and age}} – year of death and approximate age at death
• {{Death-date and age}} – display death date and age, accepts date as text (15 June 1950; June 15, 1950; June 1950; etc.)

Age only

• {{Age}} – age based on the number of full years between two dates (or a specified date and current date)
• {{Age nts}} – similar to the above, but will sort correctly in sortable tables
• {{Age in years and days}} – full years and days between two dates (or a specified date and current date)
• {{Age in days}} – age in days between two dates (or a specified date and current date)
• {{Age as of date}} – current age in years, based on a known age as of a specified date