Could someone do some maths for me please?

[dotty.]

Someone enlisting in the Army on 26 Oct 1914 was 29 years and 96 days old, could i have an exact date of birth please? I am working it out to July 1885.

Thanks

[sherrardk]

23 July?

[dotty.]

does that look right then? I got it to the 20s in July. Thanks

[mike11111]

I make it the 22nd.

[micmak]

I made it July 22nd

[Prudie]

I make it 22nd too

[dotty.]

Thanks all, 4 pages of WW1 enlistment papers and no exact birth date, i need it to spot his death as the birth date could be the clincher in a choice of 2.

[factor-fiction]

... me too.
29 years and 96 days (9 days in July, 31 in August, 30 in Sept and 26 in Oct)

[TonyV]

I got 24th July 1885 allowing for 7 leap years in that 29 years

[TonyV]

well I was within a day or 2 of the rest of you

[mike11111]

You don't count leap years here. Going back 96 days takes you to July 22nd 1914. Then just subtract 30 years to reach July 22nd 1885.

[mike11111]

I meant 29 years.

[TonyV]

ok I chose the difficult option and did the 29 years first - lol Anyway interesting 10 mins

[TonyV]

Just looked at my calcs - never used the 7 extra days anyway - just a couple of arithmetical errors - gave me my incorrect answer

[scotman]

MS Excel says 22nd July

[starone]

I bet there's a website somewhere which will tell you without you having to do difficult calculations.

[scotman]

You might get something from Wolframalpha but Excel is just as easy.