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The '''{{tl|Birth date}}''' and '''{{tl|Birth date and age}}''' templates will return a person’s date of birth and optionally his/her age. They have the shortcuts '''{{tl|dob}}''' and '''{{tl|bda}}''', respectively.

Using this template rather than simply inserting the date into articles allows for the inclusion of hidden [[metadata]] about the date. This metadata can be used by web browsers and other software tools to extract the details, and display them using some other website or mapping tool, index, or search them.

===Syntax===

: <code><nowiki>{{Birth date|year of birth|month of birth|day of birth|additional parameters}}</nowiki></code>

'''Do not use with non-Gregorian dates''' because the resulting hCard hidden date will be false.

===={{tl|dob}} is a redirect to {{tl|Birth date}}====

: <code><nowiki>{{dob|year of birth|month of birth|day of birth|additional parameters}}</nowiki></code>

 

 

 

 

 

 

===="month first" (mf) and "day first" (df) options====

: <code><nowiki>{{Birth date|1993|2|24|df=yes}}</nowiki></code> displays "{{Birth date|1993|2|24|df=yes}}".

: <code><nowiki>{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|df=yes}}</nowiki></code> displays "{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|df=yes}}".

: <code><nowiki>{{Birth date|1993|2|24|mf=yes}}</nowiki></code> displays "{{Birth date|1993|2|24|mf=yes}}".

: <code><nowiki>{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|mf=yes}}</nowiki></code> displays "{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|mf=yes}}".

===hCard microformat===

The templates also returns the date, hidden by CSS, in the [[WP:ISO 8601|ISO 8601]] standard.<ref>{{cite web | date = April 7, 2013 | url = http://microformats.org/wiki/date-pattern | title = Date Design Pattern | website = Microformats Wiki}}</ref>

Note: For the "foundation", "built" and similar set-up dates of companies, buildings etc., use {{tl|start date}} (this will work for year-only or month-year dates). Because the ISO 8601 standard requires the Gregorian calendar, this template should not be used if the date is given in the Julian calendar.

===Notes===

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

 

When only the month or 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.

 

Some kinds of invalid input are tracked in [[:Category:Pages using age template with invalid date]].

==See also==

*{{tl|Birth date}}

*{{tl|Recent birth}}

* {{tl|Birth-date and age}} which also accepts formats like "1 April 1990"

===References===

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