Template:Birth_date

Template:Birth date

January 1, 1900

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Template:Birth date will return a person's date of birth. Using this template rather than simply inserting the date into articles allows for the inclusion of hidden metadata about the date. This metadata can be used by web browsers and other software tools to extract the details, and display them using some other website or mapping tool, index, or search them.

For an article about a living person, consider using {{Birth date and age}} instead.

Usage

Unnamed parameters for year, month, day: {{Birth date|year of birth|month of birth|day of birth|additional parameters}}

Named parameters for year, month, day: {{Birth date|year=year of birth|month=month of birth|day=day of birth|additional parameters}}

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[1] [1]
"Date Design Pattern". Microformats Wiki. April 7, 2013.

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"hCalendar closed issues". Microformats Wiki. August 28, 2009. Specifically rejects supporting the Julian calendar.

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Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Year of birth	`1` `year`	The year in which the person was born. Example 1993	Number	required
Month of birth	`2` `month`	The month (number) in which the person was born. 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 date of birth. Example y	String	optional

Template:Birth_date

Template:Birth date

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Additional parameters

hCard microformat

Notes

Examples

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