# Template:Birth, death and age templates

Birth, death and age templates  
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| Birth, death, age  
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{{**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 year from age at 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 year from age at death**}} |  To display approximate birth year based on age at death.   
|  Template |  Description / use   
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{{**death date**}} |  To display a death date and related hidden metadata.   
{{**death-date**}}   
{{**death date and age**}} |  {{death date}} with suffix "(age _N_)".   
{{**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  
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{{**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 (textual)**}} |  {{age in years and days}} for use in prose (i.e. uses "and" as a separator).   
{{**age in days**}} |  Age in days between two dates.   
{{**age in days nts**}} |  {{age in days}} with output formatted for use in sortable tables.   
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{{**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.   
  
| Start / end dates  
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{{**start date**}} / {{**end date**}}   
{{**start-date**}} / {{**end-date**}}   
{{**start date and age**}}   
{{**start date and years ago**}}   
{{**end date and age**}}   
  
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How to manage this template's initial visibility 

To manage this template's visibility when it first appears, add the parameter: 

    `|state=collapsed` to show the template in its collapsed state, i.e. hidden apart from its titlebar – e.g. {{Birth, death and age templates |state=collapsed}};
    `|state=expanded` to show the template in its expanded state, i.e. fully visible – e.g. {{Birth, death and age templates |state=expanded}};
    `|state=autocollapse` to show the template in its collapsed state _but only if_ there is another template of the same type on the page – e.g. {{Birth, death and age templates |state=autocollapse}}.

`**expanded**` _has been set as the default state._