Template:Death date/doc

Returns 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.

Range, Calendar
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).

To display the death date only

 *   where the month, day, and year are in the Gregorian calendar. Use of this template with non-Gregorian dates creates false hidden metadata.

Examples

 * February 4, 1993 returns "February 4, 1993"
 * February 4, 1993 returns "February 4, 1993"

Note: The template will appear broken when the parameters are left blank.

"day first" (df) and "month first" (mf) options
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=yes or mf=y.

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

The parameter "mf" 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.

Examples:
 * February 24, 1993 displays "24 February 1993".
 * February 24, 1993 displays "February 24, 1993".