Template:Years since

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Function returning number of years since year {{{1}}}. The function is robust enough to survive various wrong inputs. Also user can control output to clip it to some range defined by {{{min}}} and {{{max}}} parameters. Also output can be rounded down to be multiple of parameter {{{mod}}}.

Usage

{{Years since |1= |mod= |min= |max= |error= }}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
1	Year in between 0 and 2024.		1670	required
mod	Output can be rounded down to be multiple of parameter {{{mod}}}		1	optional
min	minimum number possibly returned. Anything smaller will be set to {{{min}}}		0	optional
max	maximum number possibly returned. Anything bigger will be set to {{{max}}}		2024	optional
error	value returned in case of not a number input parameter {{{1}}}.		empty string	optional

Additional information

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Examples

Code	Result
{{Years since|1950}}	74
{{Years since|error=0}}	0
{{Years since|x|error=0}}	0
{{Years since||error=0}}	0
{{Years since| 1000 |min=60 |max=100 |mod=10}}	100
{{Years since| 1923 |min=60 |max=100 |mod=10}}	100
{{Years since| 1941 |min=60 |max=100 |mod=10}}	80
{{Years since| 1942-1 |min=60 |max=100 |mod=10}}	80
{{Years since| 1999 |min=60 |max=100 |mod=10}}	60
{{Years since| x |min=60 |error=0}}	0
{{Years since| 1816 |max=200 |error=0}}	200