Calculate Age

Calculate age from US address format

by Christopher O

JavaScript

function _calcAge(usdate) { // usdate = '01/01/1953'
		var dThen = new Date(usdate).getTime();
    var dNow = new Date().getTime();
    var diffMs = Math.abs(dNow - dThen);
    var ageDate = new Date(diffMs); // miliseconds from epoch
    return Math.abs(ageDate.getUTCFullYear() - 1970);
}

console.log(_calcAge('05/01/1953'));