Template:Age in days
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This template returns the number of days between two dates. Dates may be input either as full dates or as year, month and day.
Usage
Full dates
To use, type:
{{age in days|date1|date2}}
(number of days between dates 1 and 2), {{age in days|date1}}
(number of days since date 1) or {{age in days||date2}}
(number of days until date 2)
Examples:
{{age in days|19 Aug 2008|4 Sep 2010}}
gives Template:Age in days/sec {{age in days|27 May 2002}}
gives Template:Age in days/sec {{age in days||{{#time:j M Y|+ 15 months}}}}
gives Template:Age in days/sec
Year, month and day
To use, type:
{{age in days|year1|month1|day1|year2|month2|day2}}
(number of days between dates 1 and 2), {{age in days|year1|month1|day1}}
(number of days since date 1) or {{age in days||||year2|month2|day2}}
(number of day until date 2)
Or with named parameters:
{{age in days|month1= |day1= |year1= |month2= |day2= | year2= }}
(number of days between dates 1 and 2), {{age in days|month1= |day1= |year1= }}
(number of days since date 1) or {{age in days|month2= |day2= | year2= }}
(number of day until date 2)
Examples:
{{age in days|2007|5|24|2008|4|23}} |
gives Template:Age in days/day |
{{age in days|2007|5|24}} |
gives Template:Age in days/day |
Sorting
By adding |sortable=on
a sort key will be added to the output for use in sortable tables.
Formatting
Three styles of formatting are possible.
|format=raw
gives unformatted numbers with hyphens as minus signs[1] (for use in further calculations). |format=commas
gives numbers formatted with commas and true minus signs.
For reasons of retrospective compatibility, the default when inputting dates as year, month and day is |format=raw
; however when inputting dates in full it is |format=commas
.
- Note
- ^ Negative days will occur if the first date is after the second.
Showing the unit
The default is not to show units. To show the unit ("day", days" or "d") use |show unit=
.
|show unit=abbr
adds "d" after the number of days. |show unit=full
adds "day" or "days" after the number of days as appropriate.