Age

Age calculation with the result as a floating point number representing full and fractional years.

by Göran Andersson

JavaScript

function isLeapYear(year) {
    var d = new Date(year, 1, 28);
    d.setDate(d.getDate() + 1);
    return d.getMonth() == 1;
}

function getAge(date) {
    var d = new Date(date),
        now = new Date();
    var years = now.getFullYear() - d.getFullYear();
    d.setFullYear(d.getFullYear() + years);
    if (d > now) {
        years--;
        d.setFullYear(d.getFullYear() - 1);
    }
    var days = (now.getTime() - d.getTime()) / (3600 * 24 * 1000);
    return years + days / (isLeapYear(now.getFullYear()) ? 366 : 365);
}

var date = '1973-06-29';

alert(Math.floor(getAge(date)) + ' years');