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

public int getAge(Date birthDate) {
    Calendar a = Calendar.getInstance(Locale.US);
    a.setTime(date);
    Calendar b = Calendar.getInstance(Locale.US);
    int age = b.get(YEAR) - a.get(YEAR);
    if (a.get(MONTH) > b.get(MONTH) || (a.get(MONTH) == b.get(MONTH) && a.get(DATE) > b.get(DATE))) {
        age--;
    }
    return age;
}