Template:Birth date and age/doc

The birth date and age template will return a person's date of birth and his/her calculated age. It has the shortcut bda.

This template is intended for living persons only. In the rare case that a living person's birth date is given in a non-Gregorian calendar this template should not be used.

Usage
To display a birth date with calculated age use:



or the shortcut:



The parameters for year (1) and day (3) are numerical. The second parameter, for the month, can be numerical or passed as a string. The month name is case insensitive and may be abbreviated. The parameter names 'year', 'month', and 'day' can be used instead of the first, second, and third parameters.

using default parameters for year/month/day
 * Examples :
 * returns "January 4, 1983"
 * returns "January 4, 1983"
 * returns "January 4, 1983"
 * returns "January 4, 1983"

using named parameters
 * returns "January 4, 1983"
 * returns "January 4, 1983"