Editing Template:Start date and age/doc (section)

== Parameters ==
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! Parameter
! Status
! Description
|-
| {{para|1}}
| required
| A four-digit number indicating the year.
|-
|  {{para|2}}
| optional
| A number between 1 and 12 indicating the month (leading zeros in the number are ignored).
|-
|  {{para|3}}
| optional
| A number between 1 and 31 indicating the day of the month (leading zeros in the number are ignored).
|-
|  {{para|df}}
| optional
| When set to {{para|df|yes}} or {{para|df|y}} displays the day before the month (e.g. "7 November 2004" instead of the default "November 7, 2004").
|-
|  {{para|p}}<br/> {{para|paren}}
| optional
| When set to {{para|p|yes}} or {{para|p|y}} the age will be displayed within parentheses. When this parameter is not included, the date and age are separated by a semicolon and a breaking space.
|-
| {{para|br}}
| optional
| When set to {{para|br|yes}} or {{para|br|y}} a line break will be inserted between the date and the age. When this parameter is not included, a breaking space will be inserted between the date and the age. This does not change the separating characters between the date and age which are either a semicolon (default setting) or parentheses (if {{para|p|yes}}).
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