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This template will return a person's date of death. 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
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The default output of this template is to display the month before the day. This default may not be appropriate for articles about people from parts of the world where the day precedes the month in a date. In such articles the parameter, "df", should be set to display the day before the month.
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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.
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Combines functions of {{Birth date}}, {{birth-date}}, {{birth date and age}}, {{birth year and age}}, {{death date}}, {{death-date}}, {{death date and age}}, and {{death year and age}}.
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format, the calendar must be the Gregorian calendar; the first acceptable year is 1583, the last acceptable year is 9999 (which would only be a concern for fictitious characters).
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or other automated processing to detect which date format is intended; leaving the format as default may lead an editor or bot to change the format to an unintended value.
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To display approximate birth year and current age given a particular date (e.g. when a dated reference mentions the age of a person), only works for living people.
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The parameter "mf", while not actually used by the template, will indicate that month first format is intended. Using these parameters can assist
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Do not specify both "df" and "mf" parameters in the same use of the template, as these formats are mutually exclusive.
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Current age for infant: months and days up to one year, years and months up to three years, and years beyond age 3.
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To display approximate birth year based on age at death, or on age at a specific date if death date isn't known.
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Using this template rather than simply inserting the date into articles allows for the inclusion of hidden
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When set to 'y' or 'yes', stresses that the default MDY date format is intended for the date of death.
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Number of years between two dates, rounded to the specified number of decimal places.
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When set to 'y' or 'yes', the date of death is output in a DMY format.
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Number of complete years, months, weeks and days between two dates.
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and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's
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and other content that is not part of the original template page.
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Number of complete years and remaining months between two dates.
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Number of complete years and remaining days between two dates.
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Current age (in years) from a known age at a specified date.
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Number of complete years, months and days between two dates.
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which accepts formats like "1 April 1990" or "April 1, 1990"
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some other website or mapping tool, index, or search them.
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Age based on number of complete years between two dates.
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with output formatted for use in number sortable tables.
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with output formatted for use in number sortable tables.
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To display a death date and related hidden metadata.
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To display a birth date and related hidden metadata.
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Template:Death date
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TemplateData
TemplateWizard
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See a monthly parameter usage report
Template:Death date
Category:Pages using age template with invalid date
Category:Date of death not in Wikidata
Category:Articles without Wikidata item
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