Dates and times

[Potatoman]

How do i work out a persons age given their DOB? I have to write a VB.net computer program that does this, so i cant cheat with excel!

[Team Cor]

Try this http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread13318.html

but I have to ask: difference between cheating with Excel and posting for the answer? :-)

[OBonio]

Lookup the TimeSpan class.  Using DateTime.Now and the person's DoB  (DateTime.Parse(thePersonsDateOfBirth), you should be able to figure out their age down to the millisecond.  Hope this helps. 

[OBonio]

How easy do you want this to be?  I can give you the code in 2 lines if you want it.

[Potatoman]

obonio - yes please!

[OBonio]

        Dim ageTimeSpan As New TimeSpan(DateTime.Now.Ticks - DateTime.Parse("25-Nov-1975").Ticks)
        MessageBox.Show(Math.Floor(ageTimeSpan.Days / 365.25) & " years old")

[OBonio]

Hmm, this blinking thing has screwed the code up.  Remeber it's on 2 lines only and there's no   in it either.  First line is from Dim to the end of .Ticks).  2nd line if from the start of MessageBox to the end.

If you need any explanation, let me know.

[Potatoman]

obonio, thanks for your help! BTW, i passed the assignment!

[OBonio]

Congrats.  Great stuff.  Make sure you understand what's going on though!  Nothing learnt is nothing gained!