age ( date1 ; date2 )
Calculates the number of years, months, and days between any two dates
Average rating: 4.0 (87 votes) Log in to vote
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Winfried Huslik - Show more from this author
Huslik Verlag GmbH http://fmdiff.com |
Sample input:
age ("7/27/1980" ; "7/26/2006" )
Sample output:
25
10
30
25 years, 10 months, and 30 days
10
30
25 years, 10 months, and 30 days
Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)
This calculation takes into account different days in a month as well as leap years and negative distances. The result is provided as a line separated list containing Years, Months, Days. To access these results use LeftValues (), MiddleValues (), and RightValues () respectively. Use at your own risk.
This formula is meant as a replacement for the one given at FileMaker Custom Help
Address comments to agecalc@fmdiff.com.
Download an example file at http://fmdiff.com/fm/agecalc.html.
Comments
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Darren, UK Jul 13, 2010 |
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| Don't know why the vote is so low on this function? It's the only age function that calc's the date correctly. Thank you |
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Chaim Bacon, SeekUnique Apr 6, 2011 |
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| This function is accurate. I had previously used the custom function at www.briandunning.com/cf/57, but that produced errors ON THE ACTUAL BIRTHDAY date. | ||
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Garry Hansford, Toowoomba, AUS Apr 9, 2011 |
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| Works for me! | ||
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Rick, Emerson, NJ USA Oct 30, 2011 |
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| Works great, fixed issues I had with other functions. I agree with the others that seems to be the best age calc function available. | ||
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James Hea Feb 27, 2012 |
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| I tested this against another custom function that also failed on the birthday. This one works! | ||
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HazMatt, Blaine, MN USA Mar 29, 2013 |
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| Function seems to work dandy! One minor quibble is that the fourth value output always assumes a plural value (i.e. "1 Days"). To fix that, you can change the last output line to: y & " year" & If(y = 1; ""; "s") & ", " & m & " month" & If(m = 1; ""; "s") & ", and " & d & " day" & If(d = 1; ""; "s") & ¶ Regardless, I rated this function 5 / 5. |
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Ganesh, Carmel, CA May 6, 2013 |
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| Awesome Calculation. You can also try http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5532/kw/todays%20date%20function/session/L3RpbWUvMTM2Nzg5OTc1NC9zaWQvT3h5cl95cGw%3D Full Age FullAge (calculation, text result) = GetAsText ( Year ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) - Year ( Birthdate ) - If ( Get ( CurrentDate ) < Date ( Month ( Birthdate ) ; Day ( Birthdate ) ; Year ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) ) ; 1 ; 0 ) ) & " Years, " & GetAsText ( Mod ( Month ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) - Month ( Birthdate ) + 12 - If ( Day ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) < Day ( Birthdate ) ; 1 ; 0 ) ; 12 ) ) & " Months, " & GetAsText ( Day ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) - Day ( Birthdate ) + If ( Day ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) ≥ Day ( Birthdate ); 0 ; If ( Day ( Get ( CurrentDate ) - Day ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) ) < Day ( Birthdate ) ; Day ( Birthdate ) ; Day ( Get ( CurrentDate ) - Day ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) ) ) ) ) & " Days " |
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Ganesh, Carmel, CA May 31, 2013 |
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| Just saw this on a post at fmlayouts.com (unrelated to the age calculation issue) but the post by loSTaNT had a file that had an awesome age calculation field that works and is much simpler as well. You can download the file at: http://fmlayoutmode.com/wp/?p=1356 and the referenced calculation field is: Let ( [ @cd = Get ( CurrentDate ) ; @cdConverted = Year ( @cd ) + Month ( @cd ) / 100 + Day ( @cd ) / 10000 ; @bdConverted = Year (Birthdate ) + Month (Birthdate ) / 100 + Day (Birthdate ) / 10000 ] ; Int ( @cdConverted - @bdConverted ) ) |
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KevinSmith Jan 22, 2014 |
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| It works and I'm happy with the function. a) Accuracy - I've tested it against "FullAge (calculation, text result)" mentioned in this discussion by Ganesh on May 6 2013. The two agree most of the time. Sometimes there's a day's difference. I assume that's because there's room for defining a month as 30/31 days. b) Absolute Value - The "FullAge (calculation, text result)" will give a negative number if you swap the dates around. This function age ( date1 ; date2 ) always assumes you want a positive figure. c) Parameters - I like that it passes back info as 4 separate parameters : Y,M,D,Sentence d) Singular/Plural - Make this adjustment to the last part of the calculation. It ensures that if there is one day/month/year that system returns "month" instead of "months": y * neg & ¶ & m * neg & ¶ & d * neg & ¶ & y & If (y = 1; " year, " ;" years, " )& m & If (m=1; " month & ";" months & " )& d & If (d=1;" day";" days" ) & ¶ |
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Dave, Birmingham, AL Jun 18, 2015 |
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| I brought it over as is, and then made a duplicate, named it age_abbreviated, and changed the output to: y * neg & " Y, " & m * neg & " M, " & d * neg & " D" So output goes to something like "34 Y, 3 M, 13 D" which fits nicer into the field I set up. Very appreciative of this function! |
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M Boucher, France Mar 20, 2018 |
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| hi, I try all of them but have a problem with the February 29 and of course, at the end there is a problem |
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James Gill Oct 28, 2019 |
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| FYI this CF does not return the correct age for a Date of Birth of 10/29/2001 and a current date of 10/28/2019 because it says I am 18, rather than 17. | ||
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