If you want to display just the year change this code:
$str .= '"Birthday='.$node->born.'",'."\n";
if (!empty($node->died) && $node->died != '-') {
$str .= '"Deathday='.$node->died.'",'."\n";
}
to this code:
$str .= '"Birthday='.substr($node->born, 0, 4).'",'."\n";
if (!empty($node->died) && $node->died != '-') {
$str .= '"Deathday='.substr($node->died, 0, 4).'",'."\n";
}