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:<nowiki>{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24}}</nowiki> returns {{Birth date and age|1993|2|24}} | :<nowiki>{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24}}</nowiki> returns {{Birth date and age|1993|2|24}} | ||
===Month First (mf) and Day First (df) Options=== | |||
The default output of this template is to display the month before the day. The majority of readers will see the date displayed this way because aren't logged in and therefore don't have accounts with a [[help:preferences#Date_format|date preference]] set. This default may not be appropriate articles about people from parts of the world where the day precedes the month in a date. In such articles the optional parameter, "df", can be set (to "y" or "yes" for example) to display the day before the month. Conversely the parameter "mf" can be set for month first, currently the default behaviour. | |||
Examples: | Examples: | ||
:<nowiki>{{Birth date|1993|2|24|df=yes}}</nowiki> | :<nowiki>{{Birth date | 1993 | 2 | 24 | df=yes }}</nowiki> displays <!-- Don't remove "24_February|" from this example --> "[[24_February|24 February]] [[1993]]" to readers without a date preference. | ||
:<nowiki>{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|df=yes}}</nowiki> | :<nowiki>{{Birth date and age | 1993 | 2 | 24 | df=yes }}</nowiki> displays <!-- Don't remove "24_February|" from this example --> "[[24_February|24 February]] [[1993]] (age {{Age|1993|2|24}})" to readers without a date preference. | ||
===hCard microformat=== | |||
The templates also return the date, hidden by CSS, in the [[ISO 8601]] format needed by [[HCard|hCard microformat]]s. for example: | The templates also return the date, hidden by CSS, in the [[ISO 8601]] format needed by [[HCard|hCard microformat]]s. for example: | ||
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See [[WP:UF|the microformats project]] for details. | See [[WP:UF|the microformats project]] for details. | ||
===Notes=== | |||
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 privacy reasons, use the templates {{tl|Birth year and age}} and {{tl|Death year and age}} instead. | 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 privacy reasons, use the templates {{tl|Birth year and age}} and {{tl|Death year and age}} instead. | ||