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The {{Start date and age}} template displays the date that an event or entity started or was created. It also includes a duplicate, machine-readable date in the ISO 8601 format (which is hidden by CSS), for use inside other templates which emit microformats. The hidden date degrades gracefully when CSS is not available.

Usage

Common usage

{{Start date and age|yyyy|mm|dd}} to display formatted as:

2010 nî 3 goe̍h 25 ji̍t​ (2010-03-25)

{{Start date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|df=yes}} to display formatted as:

2010 nî 3 goe̍h 25 ji̍t​ (2010-03-25)

Full syntax

{{Start date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}} to display formatted as:

2010 nî 3 goe̍h 25 ji̍t​ (2010-03-25)

Parameters

Parameter	Status	Description
1	required	A four-digit number indicating the year.
2	optional	A number between 1 and 12 indicating the month (leading zeros in the number are ignored). The month may also be specified as a name or abbreviation (e.g. "August" or "Aug").
3	optional	A number between 1 and 31 indicating the day of the month (leading zeros in the number are ignored).
df=	optional	If the parameter df equals yes, y, or 1, the date will be displayed in DMY format: 4 March 2010. When this parameter is not included or set to some other value, the date will be displayed in MDY format: March 4, 2010.
p= paren=	optional	If the parameter p or paren equals yes, y, or 1, the age will be displayed within parentheses. When this parameter is not included or set to some other value, the date and age are separated by a semicolon and a breaking space.
br=	optional	If the parameter br equals yes, y, or 1, a line break will be inserted between the date and the age. When this parameter is not included or set to some other value, a breaking space will be inserted between the date and the age. This does not change the separating characters between the date and age which are either a semicolon (default setting) or parentheses (if p=yes).
end=	optional	This template includes hidden microformat <span>, similar to Template:Start date. If the parameter end equals yes, y, or 1, the template will instead use <span>, similar to Template:End date. This parameter is used by Template:End date and age. For more details, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Microformats.

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

The default output of this template is to display the month before the day (MDY). This default may not be appropriate for articles about events or entities in parts of the world where dates are commonly given with the day preceding the month (DMY). To display the day first, assign the df parameter a value of yes, y, or 1 (e.g. df=yes).

If the default format is preferred, the parameter df may be used with value of no, n, or 0 (e.g. df=no). These values can assist bots or other automated processing to detect the intended date format; omitting the df parameter may lead an editor or bot to change the format to an unintended value.

The preference to display the month first may also be indicated via the parameter mf (e.g. mf=yes). While not actually used by the template, this is another method of indicating that the default format is intended. Do not specify both "df" and "mf" parameters in the same use of the template.

Examples

Default separator: semicolon

Syntax	Result
Full date (year, month, day)
{{Start date and age|2010|01|02}}	2010 nî 1 goe̍h 2 ji̍t​ (2010-01-02)
{{Start date and age|2008|Jan|09|df=no}}	2008 nî 1 goe̍h 9 ji̍t​ (2008-Jan-09)
{{Start date and age|2003|January|05|mf=yes}}	2003 nî 1 goe̍h 5 ji̍t​ (2003-January-05)
{{Start date and age|2010|1|2|df=yes}}	2010 nî 1 goe̍h 2 ji̍t​ (2010-01-02)
{{Start date and age|2008|Jan|9|df=y}}	2008 nî 1 goe̍h 9 ji̍t​ (2008-Jan-09)
{{Start date and age|2003|January|5|df=1}}	2003 nî 1 goe̍h 5 ji̍t​ (2003-January-05)
100 days ago: {{Start date and age|2024|7|30}}	2024 nî 7 goe̍h 30 ji̍t​ (2024-07-30)
Yesterday: {{Start date and age|2024|11|6}}	2024 nî 11 goe̍h 6 ji̍t​ (2024-11-06)
Today: {{Start date and age|2024|11|7}}	2024 nî 11 goe̍h 7 ji̍t​ (2024-11-07)
Year and month
{{Start date and age|2001|9}}	2001 nî 9 goe̍h​ (2001-09)
{{Start date and age|2002|09}}	2002 nî 9 goe̍h​ (2002-09)
{{Start date and age|2003|Sep}}	2003 nî 9 goe̍h​ (2003-Sep)
{{Start date and age|2004|September}}	2004 nî 9 goe̍h​ (2004-September)
Year only
{{Start date and age|2005}}	2005 nî​ (2005)

Optional separator: parentheses

Syntax	Result
Full date (year, month, day)
{{Start date and age|2003|02|15|p=yes}}	2003 nî 2 goe̍h 15 ji̍t​ (2003-02-15)
{{Start date and age|2003|02|15|df=y|p=y}}	2003 nî 2 goe̍h 15 ji̍t​ (2003-02-15)
Year and month
{{Start date and age|2003|02|p=1}}	2003 nî 2 goe̍h​ (2003-02)
Year only
{{Start date and age|2003|paren=yes}}	2003 nî​ (2003)

Line break with semicolon

Syntax	Result
Full date (year, month, day)
{{Start date and age|2003|02|15|br=yes}}	2003 nî 2 goe̍h 15 ji̍t​ (2003-02-15)
{{Start date and age|2003|02|15|df=y|br=y}}	2003 nî 2 goe̍h 15 ji̍t​ (2003-02-15)
Year and month
{{Start date and age|2003|02|br=1}}	2003 nî 2 goe̍h​ (2003-02)
Year only
{{Start date and age|2003|br=yes}}	2003 nî​ (2003)

Line break with parentheses

Syntax	Result
Full date (year, month, day)
{{Start date and age|2003|02|15|p=yes|br=yes}}	2003 nî 2 goe̍h 15 ji̍t​ (2003-02-15)
{{Start date and age|2003|02|15|df=y|p=y|br=y}}	2003 nî 2 goe̍h 15 ji̍t​ (2003-02-15)
Year and month
{{Start date and age|2003|02|p=1|br=1}}	2003 nî 2 goe̍h​ (2003-02)
Year only
{{Start date and age|2003|paren=yes|br=yes}}	2003 nî​ (2003)

Usage in articles

This template is most often used in infoboxes in articles about buildings or organizations, identifying when they were started/founded/opened or dissolved/ended/closed.

It has also been used for naval ships to indicate their commissioned age, however several Wikipedia editors have reverted such edits. Use of this template in ship articles is therefore not recommended.

Supporting templates

• Template:MONTHNAME – display name of month for a given number 1 (January) through 12 (December).
• Template:Time ago – display number of days, months, or years ago (for dates given as |yyyy|mm|dd).
• Template:Years or months ago – display number of months or years ago (for dates given as |yyyy|mm or |yyyy).
• Template:Yesno – allows optional formatting parameters to accept values other than "yes" (such as "y" or "1").

See also

• {{Start date}}
• {{Time ago}} and {{Years or months ago}}
• {{Age}}

TemplateData

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools

See the monthly error report for this template. TemplateData for Start date and age The Start date and age template displays the date that an event or entity started or was created. 模板參數 參數 描述 類型 狀態 Year 1 A four-digit number indicating the year 範例 2017 數值 必填 Month 2 A number between 1 and 12 indicating the month 範例 12 數值 建議 Day 3 A number between 1 and 31 indicating the day of the month 範例 31 數值 建議 Display date first df If the parameter df equals yes, y, or 1, the date will be displayed in DMY format: 4 March 2010. When this parameter is not included or set to some other value, the date will be displayed in MDY format: March 4, 2010. 預設 no 範例 no 布林值 非必填 Display with parentheses paren p If the parameter p or paren equals yes, y, or 1, the age will be displayed within parentheses. When this parameter is not included or set to some other value, the date and age are separated by a semicolon and a breaking space. 預設 no 範例 yes 布林值 非必填 Line break between date and age br If the parameter br equals yes, y, or 1, a line break will be inserted between the date and the age. When this parameter is not included or set to some other value, a breaking space will be inserted between the date and the age. This does not change the separating characters between the date and age which are either a semicolon (default setting) or parentheses (if paren=yes). 預設 no 範例 yes 布林值 非必填 Use microformat for end date end This template includes hidden microformat <span class="bday dtstart published updated">, similar to Template:Start date. If the parameter end equals yes, y, or 1, the template will instead use <span class="dtend">, similar to Template:End date. This parameter is used by Template:End date and age. For more details, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Microformats. 預設 no 範例 yes 布林值 非必填