Template:Start date and age
Usage
Syntax
- Full syntax
{{Start date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|df=yes|br=yes}}
- Common usage
{{Start date and age|yyyy|mm|dd}}to display result in March 4, 2010; 4 months ago format{{Start date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|df=yes}}to display result in 4 March 2010; 4 months ago format
- Description of parameters
Parameter Description yyyy Four digits indicating the year. The year must always appear in a 4-digits form. mm A number between 1 to 12, indicating the month. Leading zeros in the number are ignored. dd A number between 1 to 31, indicating the day of the month. Leading zeros in the number are ignored. df= The optional parameter df can either be set to yes or anything other than yes. When set to yes, date will be displayed in DMY format: 4 March 2010. When set something other than yes or when this parameter is not included, date will be displayed in MD,Y format: March 4, 2010. As for choosing the right format to use, consult Manual of Style (dates and numbers): Full date formatting.
br= The optional parameter br can either be set to yes or anything other than yes. When set to yes, a line break will be inserted between the date and the age. When set something other than yes or when this parameter is not included, a breaking space will be inserted between the date and the age. In either case, a semicolon separates the date and age, immediately before the line break or space.
Examples
| Syntax | Result |
|---|---|
| Full date (year, month, day) | |
{{Start date and age|2010|01|02}}
|
2, 2010 |
{{Start date and age|2008|08|09}}
|
9, 2008 |
{{Start date and age|2003|07|05}}
|
5, 2003 |
{{Start date and age|2010|1|2|df=yes}}
|
2 2010 |
{{Start date and age|2008|8|9|df=yes}}
|
9 2008 |
{{Start date and age|2003|7|5|df=yes}}
|
5 2003 |
{{Start date and age|2009|9|9|br=yes}}
|
9, 2009 |
Today:{{Start date and age|2024|4|24}}
|
24, 2024 |
Yesterday:{{Start date and age|2024|4|23}}
|
23, 2024 |
| Year and month | |
{{Start date and age|2002|03}}
|
2002 |
{{Start date and age|2002|04}}
|
2002 |
| Year only | |
{{Start date and age|2002}}
|
2002 |
Use in microformats
This template also returns the date, hidden by CSS, in the ISO 8601 format needed by one or more of the following microformats:
- hAtom (
class="updated") - hAudio (
class="published") - hCalendar (
class="dtstart") - hCard (
class="bday")
usually, but not always, within infobox or similar templates, or tables.
Its use in hCard is for organisations, venues and similar; use {{Birth date}} or {{Birth date and age}} for people.
Similarly, {{End date}} returns the date as hCalendar's (class="dtend").
See the microformats project for further details.
Limitation
This template has no provision to deal with a date in a non-Gregorian calendar. Also, ISO 8601 requires mutual agreement among those exchanging information before using years outside the range 1583–9999 CE. Therefore, use of this template for non-Gregorian dates or dates outside that range constitutes a false claim of conformance to the ISO 8601 standard.
Any editor encountering such usage should change the date to plain text with no template; or if not confident in doing so, raise the matter on this template's talk page.
See also
- {{Start date}}
- {{Start-date}}
- {{End date}}