Saturday, January 14, 2017

.net - How do I calculate someone's age in C#?



Given a DateTime representing a person's birthday, how do I calculate their age in years?


Answer



An easy to understand and simple solution.



// Save today's date.
var today = DateTime.Today;

// Calculate the age.
var age = today.Year - birthdate.Year;
// Go back to the year the person was born in case of a leap year
if (birthdate.Date > today.AddYears(-age)) age--;


However, this assumes you are looking for the western idea of age and not using East Asian reckoning.


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