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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:
01155665
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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?
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>>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?
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>>Thanks,
>>Doug

See Re: What is best way to calculate age Thread #1155605 Message #1155645

What should this class return for today and 02/29/1988?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.


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