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What is best way to calculate age
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2000 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
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Thread ID:
01155605
Message ID:
01155660
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Take a look at the Age Calculator class download #25738. It returns age in years, months, and days. Does that help?


>We need totals of clients by age bracket. What is the best way to calculate the age? Right now, we are using:
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>INT((DATE() - a.dob) / 365)
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>But that doesn't take into consideration leap years (which could be significant for someone over 90 years old). Any suggestions? Should I just use:
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>INT((DATE() - a.dob) / 365.25)
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>Or is there a better (more accurate) way?
>
>Thanks,
>Doug
Rick Borup, MCSD

recursion (rE-kur'-shun) n.
  see recursion.
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