How do I calculate someone's age in Java?

Question

I want to return an age in years as an int in a Java method. What I have now is the following where getBirthDate() returns a Date object (with the birth date ;-)):

Answer 1

I use this piece of code for age calculation ,Hope this helps ..no libraries used

private static DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", Locale.getDefault());

public static int calculateAge(String date) {

    int age = 0;
    try {
        Date date1 = dateFormat.parse(date);
        Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
        Calendar dob = Calendar.getInstance();
        dob.setTime(date1);
        if (dob.after(now)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can't be born in the future");
        }
        int year1 = now.get(Calendar.YEAR);
        int year2 = dob.get(Calendar.YEAR);
        age = year1 - year2;
        int month1 = now.get(Calendar.MONTH);
        int month2 = dob.get(Calendar.MONTH);
        if (month2 > month1) {
            age--;
        } else if (month1 == month2) {
            int day1 = now.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
            int day2 = dob.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
            if (day2 > day1) {
                age--;
            }
        }
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return age ;
}