Returns 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 some other website or mapping tool, index or search them.
Since the data is emitted in the ISO 8601 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).
- {{Death date|year of death|month of death|day of death|additional parameters}} where the month, day, and year are in the Gregorian calendar. Use of this template with non-Gregorian dates creates false hidden metadata.
- {{Death date|1993|2|4|df=yes}} returns "(1993-02-04)4 February 1993"
- {{Death date|1993|2|4|mf=yes}} returns "(1993-02-04)February 4, 1993"
Note: The template will appear broken when the parameters are left blank.
The df (day first) and mf (month first) parameters indicate the intended date format to display. The appropriate parameter should be set to "y" or "yes" e.g. df=yes or mf=y.
The default output of this template is to display the month before the day. This default may not be appropriate articles about people from parts of the world where the day almost always precedes the month in a date (e.g. Europe). In such articles the parameter, "df", should be set to display the day before the month.
The parameter "mf" will indicate that month first format is intended. Using these parameters can assist bots 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.
Do not specify both "df" and "mf" parameters in the same use of the template, as these formats are mutually exclusive.
Examples:
- {{Death date | 1993 | 2 | 24 | df=yes }} displays "24 February 1993".
- {{Death date | 1993 | 2 | 24 | mf=yes }} displays "February 24, 1993".
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2 | 2 | no description
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3 | 3 | no description
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df | df | no description
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Birth, death and age templates |
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Birth, death, age |
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Template | Description / use | {{BirthDeathAge}} | 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}}. | {{birth date}} | To display a birth date and related hidden metadata. | {{birth-date}} | | {{birth date and age}} | {{birth date}} with suffix "(age N)". | {{birth date and age2}} | {{birth date and age}} plus age as of a specified date. | {{birth-date and age}} | As {{birth date and age}} but accepts dates in text form ("15 June 1950", "June 15, 1950", "June 1950", etc). | {{birth year and age}} | Year of birth and approximate age. | {{Birth based on age as of date}} | To display approximate birth year and current age given a particular date (e.g. when a dated reference mentions the age of a person). | {{Birth date based on age at death}} | To display approximate birth year based on age at death. |
Template | Description / use | {{death date}} | To display a death date and related hidden metadata. | {{death-date}} | | {{death date and age}} | {{death date}} with suffix "(aged N)". Also called with {{event date and age}} | {{death-date and age}} | As {{death date and age}} but accepts dates in text form ("15 June 1950", "June 15, 1950", "June 1950", etc). | {{death date and given age}} | To display a death date and specified age. | {{death year and age}} | To display a year of and approximate age at death. |
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Age only |
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Template | Description / use | {{age}} | Age based on number of complete years between two dates. | {{age nts}} | {{age}} with output formatted for use in sortable tables. | {{age as of date}} | Current age (in years) from a known age at a specified date. | {{age for infant}} | Current age for infant: months and days up to one year, years and months up to three years, and years beyond. |
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Miscellaneous |
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Template | Description / use | {{OldStyleDate}} | Dates pre-1584 in Julian calendar |
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