Template:Age for infant

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This template displays an age appropriate for an infant: months and days up to one year, years and months up to three years, and years beyond.

Usage

{{age for infant|abbr= yes/no|YEAROFBIRTH|MONTHOFBIRTH|DAYOFBIRTH}}

{{subst:age for infant|abbr= yes/no|YEAROFBIRTH|MONTHOFBIRTH|DAYOFBIRTH|CMPYEAR|CMPMONTH|CMPDAY}}

abbr - if set to yes days are displayed as "dys", months as "mos", etc., etc. If set to no or undefined, the template displays normally.
DAYOFBIRTH - the day the infant was born
MONTHOFBIRTH - the month in which the baby was born
YEAROFBIRTH - the year the baby was born, in four digits
CMPDAY - the day to compare to, rather than the current day
CMPMONTH - the month to compare to, rather than the current month
CMPYEAR - the year to compare to, rather than the current year

Wikipedia's current date is 2024-11-22.

"{{age for infant|2024|10|21}}" gives "7001320000000000000♠1 month 1 day" [1]
{{age for infant|2024|1|1|abbr=yes}} gives: 7002326000000000000♠10 mos 21 days
"{{age for infant|2022|10|21}}" gives "7002763000000000000♠2 years 1 month" [2]
"{{age for infant|2019|1|1}}" gives "7003215200000000000♠5 years" [3]

Birth, death and age templates

Birth, death, age

Template	Description / use
{{BirthDeathAge}}	Combines functions of {{birth date}}, {{birth-date}}, {{birth date and age}}, {{birth year and age}}, {{death date}}, {{death-date}}, {{death date and age}} and {{death year and age}}.
{{birth date}}	To display a birth date and related hidden metadata.
{{birth-date}}
{{birth date and age}}	{{birth date}} with suffix "(age N)".
{{birth date and age2}}	{{birth date and age}} plus age as of a specified date.
{{birth-date and age}}	As {{birth date and age}} but accepts dates in text form ("15 June 1950", "June 15, 1950", "June 1950", etc).
{{birth year and age}}	Year of birth and approximate age.
{{Birth based on age as of date}}	To display approximate birth year and current age given a particular date (e.g. when a dated reference mentions the age of a person).
{{Birth date based on age at death}}	To display approximate birth year based on age at death.

Template	Description / use
{{death date}}	To display a death date and related hidden metadata.
{{death-date}}
{{death date and age}}	{{death date}} with suffix "(aged N)". Also called with {{event date and age}}
{{death-date and age}}	As {{death date and age}} but accepts dates in text form ("15 June 1950", "June 15, 1950", "June 1950", etc).
{{death date and given age}}	To display a death date and specified age.
{{death year and age}}	To display a year of and approximate age at death.

Age only

Template	Description / use
{{age in years, months, weeks and days}}	Number of complete years, months, weeks and days between two dates.
{{age in years, months and days}}	Number of complete years, months and days between two dates.
{{age in years and months}}	Number of complete years and remaining months between two dates.
{{age in years and days}}	Number of complete years and remaining days between two dates.
{{age in years and days nts}}	{{age in years and days}} with output formatted for use in sortable tables.
{{age in decimal years}}	Number of years between two dates, rounded to the specified number of decimal places.
{{age in years}}	Number of years between two dates.
{{age in years nts}}	{{age in years}} with output formatted for use in sortable tables.
{{age in years and months}}	Number of years and months between two dates.
{{age in months}}	Number of months between two dates.
{{age in weeks}}	Number of weeks between two dates.
{{age in weeks and days}}	Number of weeks and days between two dates.
{{age in days}}	Age in days between two dates.
{{age in days nts}}	{{age in days}} with output formatted for use in sortable tables.

Template	Description / use
{{age}}	Age based on number of complete years between two dates.
{{age nts}}	{{age}} with output formatted for use in sortable tables.
{{age as of date}}	Current age (in years) from a known age at a specified date.
{{age for infant}}	Current age for infant: months and days up to one year, years and months up to three years, and years beyond.

Start / end dates

Miscellaneous

Template	Description / use
{{OldStyleDate}}	Dates pre-1584 in Julian calendar

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