JQuery Age calculation on date

Question

Am I missing something in the following jQuery code?

var dob = $(\'#date\').val();
if(dob != \'\'){
    var today = new Date();
    var dayDiff = Math.ceil(t         


        

Answer 1

$('#date').val() returns the string '1988-04-07'. You need to parse it into an actual number.

dob = new Date(dob);
var today = new Date();
var age = Math.floor((today-dob) / (365.25 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
$('#age').html(age+' years old');

As @esqew points out, you also need to change id="#date" to id="date".