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 746
{{age in days|27 May 2002}}	gives 8,214
{{age in days||{{#time:j M Y|+ 15 months}}}}	gives 457

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 335
{{age in days|2007|5|24}}	gives 6391

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 (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

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.

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