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These templates return a person's date of birth and optionally his/her age.

Syntax:

or

Examples:

{{Birth date|1993|2|24}} returns February 24, 1993

{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24}} returns February 24, 1993 (age 31)

The templates also return the date, hidden by CSS, in the ISO 8601 format needed by hCard microformats. for example:

(<span class="bday">1993-02-24</span>)

Note: The template will appear broken when the parameters are left blank (as seen above).

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 == Usage ==
-Returns a person's date of birth and his/her age.
+These templates return a person's date of birth and optionally his/her age.
-Syntax: <nowiki>{{Birth date and age|year of birth|month of birth|day of birth}}</nowiki>
+Syntax:
-Example:
+:<nowiki>{{Birth date|year of birth|month of birth|day of birth}}</nowiki>
-<nowiki>{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24}}</nowiki> returns {{Birth date and age|1993|2|24}}
+or
-The template also returns the date, hidden by CSS, in the [[ISO 8601]] format needed by [[HCard|hCard microformat]]s. for example:
+:<nowiki>{{Birth date and age|year of birth|month of birth|day of birth}}</nowiki>
+Examples:
+:<nowiki>{{Birth date|1993|2|24}}</nowiki> returns {{Birth date|1993|2|24}}
+:<nowiki>{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24}}</nowiki> returns {{Birth date and age|1993|2|24}}
+The templates also return the date, hidden by CSS, in the [[ISO 8601]] format needed by [[HCard|hCard microformat]]s. for example:
 :<nowiki>(<span class="bday">1993-02-24</span>)</nowiki>