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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
[edit]Full dates
[edit]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 746 {{age in days|27 May 2002}}
gives 8,140 {{age in days||{{#time:j M Y|+ 15 months}}}}
gives 456
Year, month and day
[edit]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 335 |
{{age in days|2007|5|24}} |
gives 6317 |
Sorting
[edit]By adding |sortable=on
a sort key will be added to the output for use in sortable tables.
Formatting
[edit]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
[edit]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.
See also
[edit]