Template:Death date and age/doc

Returns a person's date of death and age at that date.

The idea of using the template, as with birth date and age etc, is to allow for the inclusion of hidden metadata to be used, indexed or searched by software tools. However, as of October 2008 this template does not include any such metadata and never has since it was founded in December 2006. The apparent reason is that the hCard microformat, logically enough for an extension of "standard for electronic business cards", contains only "BDAY" field but nothing to do with a death. It is unclear when metadata standard for the dead will be developed and adopted. Until then, the template does nothing but format the input parameters.

To display the death date with age



 * Formats:

Examples

 * returns: February 24, 1993
 * returns: February 24, 1993

Note: The template will appear broken when the parameters are left blank.

"day first" (df) and "month first" options
The df (day first) parameter indicates the intended date format to display. It is switched on by setting it to "y" or "yes" e.g. df=yes or df=y.

The default output of this template is the month before the day (American-based style). This default may not be appropriate in articles about people from parts of the world where the day precedes the month in a date (e.g. Europe). In such cases the parameter df should be set.

It is possible to use similar parameter "mf" to stress the month-first format so that relying on the default does not lead an editor or bot to change the format to an unintended value; however, it is ignored by the template itself. (So, should both parameters be mistakenly used at once, df takes precedence.)

Examples:
 * displays "February 24, 1993"
 * displays "February 24, 1993"

Alternate templates when specific date unknown
When only the year 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 e.g. privacy), use the templates birth year and age and death year and age instead.

Interaction with other templates

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

FAQ

 * Q: Why don't these templates add categories such as "Births in [Year]" to articles where they are used?
 * A: Because they are sometimes used for dates in lists of people (e.g. members of sports teams).

TemplateData
 {       "description": "This template returns a person's date of death and age at that date.", "params": { "1": {                       "label": "Year of death", "description": "The year in which the person died", "type": "number", "required": true },               "2": {                        "label": "Month of death", "description": "The month (number) in which the person died", "type": "number", "required": true },               "3": {                        "label": "Day of death", "description": "The day (number) in which the person died", "type": "number", "required": true },               "4": {                        "label": "Year of birth", "description": "The year in which the person was born", "type": "number", "required": true },               "5": {                        "label": "Month of birth", "description": "The month (number) in which the person was born", "type": "number", "required": true },               "6": {                        "label": "Day of birth", "description": "The day (number) in which the person was born", "type": "number", "required": true },               "df": { "label": "Day first", "description": "When set to 'y' or 'yes', the date of death is output in a DMY format", "type": "string", "required": false },               "mf": { "label": "Month first", "description": "When set to 'y' or 'yes', stresses that the default MDY date format is intended for the date of death", "type": "string", "required": false }       } } 