How can I calculate the age of a person in year, month, days?

Question

I want to calculate the age of a person given the date of birth and the current date in years, months and days relative to the current date.

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Answer 1

Here is this using the borrowing rule of mathematics.

        DateTime dateOfBirth = new DateTime(2000, 4, 18);
        DateTime currentDate = DateTime.Now;

        int ageInYears = 0;
        int ageInMonths = 0;
        int ageInDays = 0;

        ageInDays = currentDate.Day - dateOfBirth.Day;
        ageInMonths = currentDate.Month - dateOfBirth.Month;
        ageInYears = currentDate.Year - dateOfBirth.Year;

        if (ageInDays < 0)
        {
            ageInDays += DateTime.DaysInMonth(currentDate.Year, currentDate.Month);
            ageInMonths = ageInMonths--;

            if (ageInMonths < 0)
            {
                ageInMonths += 12;
                ageInYears--;
            }
        }
        if (ageInMonths < 0)
        {
            ageInMonths += 12;
            ageInYears--;
        }

        Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}, {2}", ageInYears, ageInMonths, ageInDays);