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Revision as of 19:05, 3 June 2010
 | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Start date and age. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
Usage
Syntax
- Full Syntax
- {{Start date and age |yyyy |mm |dd [|df=us] [|br=yes] }}
- Notation
- Character written in bold must be typed as shown
- Words written in italic are names of parameters. They must be replaced with appropriate letters
- Parameters enclosed in “[” and “]” are optional
- Description of Parameters
Parameter Description yyyy Four digits indicating the year in question. 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 us or anything other than us. When set to us, date will be displayed in MD,Y format: Month appears to the left, day appears in the middle, a comma follows the day and finally year appears to the right. When set something other than us or when this parameter is not included, date will be displayed in DMY format: Day appears to the left, month in the middle and year to the right. 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 |
| {{Start date and age|2010|01|02}} | January 2, 2010 |
| {{Start date and age|2008|08|09}} | August 9, 2008 |
| {{Start date and age|2003|07|05}} | July 5, 2003 |
| {{Start date and age|2010|1|2|df=us}} | 2 January 2010 |
| {{Start date and age|2008|8|9|df=us}} | 9 August 2008 |
| {{Start date and age|2003|7|5|df=us}} | 5 July 2003 |
| {{Start date and age|2009|9|9|br=yes}} | September 9, 2009 |
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:
usually, but not always, within infobox or similar templates, or tables.
Its use in hCard is for organizations, 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.