ଛାଞ୍ଚ:Birth year and age

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Usage

The templates {{Birth year and age}} and {{Death year and age}} return a person's year of birth or death and his or her approximate age. The templates are useful when only the year, or year and month, of a person's birth and/or death are known, or if it is desired not to state a person's full dates of birth and death for privacy reasons.

Such an approximation differs from the approximation generated by {{Birth based on age as of date}}; the latter can be used when the only detail available about someone's birth is a reference that establishes his or her age as of a certain date (such as the date that the reference was published).

The person's age is estimated as follows:

{{Birth year and age}}

Let us assume:

1. that the person in question was born some time in ; and
2. that the present date is ୨୪ ଡିସେମ୍ବର ୨୦୨୪.

• If the person was born after ୨୪ ଡିସେମ୍ବର then she will be years old on ୨୪ ଡିସେମ୍ବର ୨୦୨୪ as she has not had her 55th birthday yet. On the other hand, if she was born exactly on or before ୨୪ ଡିସେମ୍ବର , then she will be 55 years old.

Therefore, the template {{Birth year and age|}}

displays her birth year and age as: (age –)

• Optionally, if we know the person's birth month but not the day, we can also have the template display the month.

Let us assume that the person was born in June . Therefore:

• If it is presently January ୨୦୨୪, then this year the person has not had her birthday yet. Therefore, the template {{Birth year and age||6}} displays her birth year and age as: (age 54).
• If it is presently June ୨୦୨୪, we do not know whether the person has had her birthday this year yet since her day of birth is unknown. Therefore, the template displays her birth year and age as: (age 54–55).
• If it is presently December ୨୦୨୪, then this year the person has already had her birthday. Therefore, the template displays her birth year and age as: (age 55).

{{Death year and age}}

Let us assume:

1. that the person in question was born some time in ; and
2. that he died some time in .

• We can posit as two extremes: (1) that the person was born on 31 December and died on 1 January , in which case he would have been 49 years old at the time of his death as he did not achieve his 50th birthday on 31 December ; and (2) that he was born on 1 January and died on 31 December , in which case he would have been 50 years old at the time of his death as he had his 50th birthday on 1 January .

Therefore, the template {{Death year and age||}}

renders his death year and age as: (aged –)

• Optionally, if we know month of the person's death but not the day, we can also have the template display the month.

Using the above examples and assuming the month is ୧୨ (ଡିସେମ୍ବର)

Therefore, the template {{Death year and age|||୧୨}}

displays his death year and age as: ଡିସେମ୍ବର (aged –)

If you wish to set out the full dates of birth and/or death of a person and thus to calculate his or her age accurately, please use the templates {{Birth date and age}} and {{Death date and age}}.

Note: Do not use this template inside the Wikipedia:Persondata template as it can interfere with data extraction.

Syntax

{{Birth year and age|year of birth}}
{{Birth year and age|year of birth|optional month of birth}}
{{Death year and age|year of death|year of birth}}
{{Death year and age|year of death|year of birth|optional month of death}}

Examples

Template text	Result
{{Birth year and age|}}	(age –)
{{Birth year and age||୧୨}}	ଡିସେମ୍ବର  (age )
{{Death year and age||}}	(aged –)
{{Death year and age|||୧୨}}	ଡିସେମ୍ବର (aged –)

See also

• Wikipedia:Age calculation templates
• {{BirthDeathAge}} – carries out the functions of this template and all the following ones
• {{Birth date}}
• {{Birth date and age}} – same as {{Birth date}}, except that "(age ##)" appears after the death date
• {{Death date}}
• {{Death date and age}} – same as {{Death date}}, except that "(aged ##)" appears after the death date
• {{Death year and age}} – year of death and approximate age

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