heh.. just saw that previous postings were either not even .net or just.. uhm bigger? :p
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public static string GetAge(string strBDay)
{
// current date.
string strCDate = DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString();
// get year born & current year.
int yearborn = Convert.ToDateTime(strBDay).Year;
int yearnow = Convert.ToDateTime(strCDate).Year;
int totalyears = yearnow - yearborn;
// split bday up.
int strBDay_day = Convert.ToDateTime(strBDay).Day;
int strBDay_month = Convert.ToDateTime(strBDay).Month;
// get how many days since or till the bday this year.
TimeSpan hadbday = new TimeSpan();
string thisyearbday = Convert.ToString(strBDay_day + "." + strBDay_month + "." + yearnow);
hadbday = Convert.ToDateTime(strCDate) - Convert.ToDateTime(thisyearbday);
// get age.
int age = (totalyears - 1);
if(hadbday.TotalDays >= 0)
{
age++;
}
// return result.
return Convert.ToString(age);
}
public static int CurrentAge(int year, int month, int day) { DateTime currentDate = DateTime.Today; TimeSpan daysFromTillBDay; int age = currentDate.Year - year - 1;
daysFromTillBDay = currentDate - new DateTime(currentDate.Year, month, day); if (daysFromTillBDay.TotalDays >= 0) { age++; }
return age; }
Only real comment is why are you doing so many conversions back and forth between strings and datetimes? (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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