Template:Death date/sandbox

This is the template sandbox page for Template:Death date (diff).
See also the companion subpage for test cases.

Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

This template is used on approximately 9,500 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template uses Lua:

Module:String (sandbox)
Module:Wd (sandbox)

Template:Death date will return a person's date of death.

Using this template rather than simply inserting the date into articles allows for the inclusion of hidden metadata about the date. This metadata can be used by web browsers and other software tools to extract the details, and display them using some other website or mapping tool, index or search them.

Usage[edit]

{{Death date|year of death|month of death|day of death|additional parameters}}

Additional parameters[edit]

The df (day first) and mf (month first) parameters indicate the intended date format to display. The appropriate parameter should be set to "y" or "yes", e.g. |df=y or |df=yes.

The default output of this template is to display the month before the day. This default may not be appropriate for articles about people from parts of the world where the day precedes the month in a date. In such articles the parameter, "df", should be set to display the day before the month.

The parameter "mf", while not actually used by the template, will indicate that month first format is intended. Using these parameters can assist bots or other automated processing to detect which date format is intended; leaving the format as default may lead an editor or bot to change the format to an unintended value.

Do not specify both "df" and "mf" parameters in the same use of the template, as these formats are mutually exclusive.

Range, Calendar[edit]

Since the data is emitted in the ISO 8601 format, the calendar must be the Gregorian calendar; the first acceptable year is 1583, the last acceptable year is 9999 (which would only be a concern for fictitious characters).

Examples[edit]

{{Death date|1993|2|24}} → (1993-02-24)February 24, 1993

{{Death date|1993|2|24|df=yes}} → (1993-02-24)24 February 1993

{{Death date|1993|2|24|mf=yes}} → (1993-02-24)February 24, 1993

TemplateData[edit]

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Death date in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Death date

This template will return a person's date of death. Using this template rather than simply inserting the date into articles allows for the inclusion of hidden metadata about the date. This metadata can be used by web browsers and other software tools to extract the details, and display them using some other website or mapping tool, index, or search them.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Year of death	`1`	The year in which the person died. Example 1993	Number	required
Month of death	`2`	The month (number) in which the person died. Example 2	Number	required
Day of death	`3`	The day (number) in which the person died. Example 24	Number	required
Day first	`df`	When set to 'y' or 'yes', the date of death is output in a DMY format. Example y	String	optional
Month first	`mf`	When set to 'y' or 'yes', stresses that the default MDY date format is intended for the date of death. Example y	String	optional