Template:Age in years, months and days/doc

From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This template returns the number of full years, then surplus months, then surplus days between two specified dates. If the second set of parameters is not included, it will return the number of years, months and days between a specified date and today's date. The words "year", "month" and "day" are plural when appropriate.

The years and months are separated by a comma. Since serial commas are optional and use varies, this template does not automatically place a comma after the months. If a serial comma is desired, adding |sc=y to the template invocation will include one.

See Wikipedia:Age calculation templates for more information on using this kind of template.

Syntax[change source]

{{Age in years, months and days|year= |month= |day= }} or
{{Age in years, months and days|yyyy|mm|dd|yyyy2|mm2|dd2}}

Examples[change source]

{{Age in years, months and days|year=2001|month=1|day=15}} returns "23 years, 2 months and 13 days"
{{Age in years, months and days|2001|01|15|2008|09|05}} returns "7 years, 7 months and 21 days"
{{Age in years, months and days|2016|8|4|2016|9|5}} returns "1 month and 1 day"

Notes[change source]

This template can handle an ambiguous start date:

{{Age in years, months and days|year=2010|month=9}} returns "13 years and 5 or 6 months"
{{Age in years, months and days|2009|6||2011|2|21}} returns "1 year and 7 or 8 months"

But it cannot handle an ambiguous end date:

{{Age in years, months and days|2012|11|2|2016|4}} returns "3 years and 4 or 5 months"
{{Age in years, months and days|2012|11|2|2017}} returns "4 or 5 years"

Since the length of a month varies, the number of days to roll over the number of months varies.

{{Age in years, months and days|2007|3|12|2015|6|11}} returns "8 years, 2 months and 30 days"
{{Age in years, months and days|2007|3|12|2015|7|11}} returns "8 years, 3 months and 29 days"

To add a serial comma specify |sc=y.

{{Age in years, months and days|year=2001|month=1|day=15|sc=y}} returns "23 years, 2 months, and 13 days"
{{Age in years, months and days|2001|1|15|2008|9|5|sc=y}} returns "7 years, 7 months, and 21 days"
{{Age in years, months and days|2016|03|14|sc=y}} returns "8 years and 14 days"

TemplateData[change source]

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Age in years, months and days in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Age in years, months and days

This template returns the number of full years, surplus months, and surplus days between two specified dates. If the second set of parameters is not included, it will return the number of years, months and days between a specified date and today's date.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Year ('from' date)1 year

The year of the (first) date

Numberrequired
Month ('from' date)2 month

Number of the month of the (first) date

Numberrequired
Day of month ('from' date)3 day

The day of the month of the (first) date

Numberoptional
Year ('to' date)4

The year of the 'to' date, if required

Default
the current year
Numberoptional
Month ('to' date)5

Number of the month of the 'to' date, if required

Default
the current month
Numberoptional
Day of month ('to' date)6

The day of the month of the 'to' date, if required

Default
the current day
Numberoptional
Serial commasc

Enter 'y' to turn on the serial comma after the months

Default
none
Lineoptional

See also[change source]