Get Age From Birthday

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June 23rd, 2004, 10:32 PM

hymns

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Get Age From Birthday

hi,

i've try convert my php to cfml but i've failure to convert the myAge() function.

how to get an age using birthday

eg. September 08 1980 or 1980-09-08 or 1980/09/08

This is the PHP code

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php

echo myAge('September 3rd, 1980') ."<br>";

echo myAge('1980-9-3') ."<br>";

echo myAge('1980/09/08') ."<br>";



function myAge($_dob) {

    $dob = date("Y-m-d",strtotime($_dob));

    $ageparts = explode("-",$dob);



    $age = date("Y-m-d")-$dob;



    return (date("nd") < $ageparts[1].str_pad($ageparts[2],2,'0',STR_PAD_LEFT)) ? $age-=1 : $age;

}

?>

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June 24th, 2004, 08:28 AM

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<cfset myBirthday = "04/02/71">

<cffunction name="doAge">
<cfargument name="birthday">
<cfreturn dateDiff( 'yyyy', arguments.birthday, now() )>
</cffunction>

<cfoutput>
#doAge( myBirthday )#
</cfoutput>

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June 25th, 2004, 01:27 AM

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wow!

very nice!
thanks kiteless!

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