How to calculate age using TimeSpan w/ .NET CF?

[charliewest]

Can someone pls point me to or recommend the easiest way to calculate
someone´s age using the TimeSpan object, in .NET CF?

Isn´t there a simple way to use the TimeSpan object to calculate the elapsed
time and somehow convert the days to years w/out using the VB DLL?

Thanks.

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

charliewest <ch*********@di scussions.micro soft.com> wrote:

Can someone pls point me to or recommend the easiest way to calculate
someone?s age using the TimeSpan object, in .NET CF?

Isn?t there a simple way to use the TimeSpan object to calculate the elapsed
time and somehow convert the days to years w/out using the VB DLL?

What's wrong with the normal non-CF way of taking today's date (as a
DateTime) and their birthdate (likewise), then subtracting one from
another to get a TimeSpan?

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[Ansil MCAD]

hi
DateTime d1=DateTime.Now ;
DateTime d2 = new DateTime(1978,4 ,5);
TimeSpan difference = d1.Subtract(d2) ;

difference.Tota lDays/365.25).ToStrin g() will give you the years diffrence

regards
Ansil

"charliewes t" wrote:

Can someone pls point me to or recommend the easiest way to calculate
someone´s age using the TimeSpan object, in .NET CF?

Isn´t there a simple way to use the TimeSpan object to calculate the elapsed
time and somehow convert the days to years w/out using the VB DLL?

Thanks.

[charliewest]

There´s nothing wrong w/ the normal way if you know how ;-). Unfortunately, i
have been pampered by things like DateDiff. Obviously, dividing by
DaysPerYear is an option, however, i did want to check if there are
"built-in" functions that calculate this. Thanks.

"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" wrote:

charliewest <ch*********@di scussions.micro soft.com> wrote:

Can someone pls point me to or recommend the easiest way to calculate
someone?s age using the TimeSpan object, in .NET CF?

Isn?t there a simple way to use the TimeSpan object to calculate the elapsed
time and somehow convert the days to years w/out using the VB DLL?

What's wrong with the normal non-CF way of taking today's date (as a
DateTime) and their birthdate (likewise), then subtracting one from
another to get a TimeSpan?

--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.co m>
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

charliewest <ch*********@di scussions.micro soft.com> wrote:

There?s nothing wrong w/ the normal way if you know how ;-). Unfortunately, i
have been pampered by things like DateDiff. Obviously, dividing by
DaysPerYear is an option, however, i did want to check if there are
"built-in" functions that calculate this. Thanks.

DateTime birthday = ...;

TimeSpan age = DateTime.Today - birthday;

Then look at whatever you're interested in within the "age" value.

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[gwenda]

Hi Ansil - I like your answer but what if you want to report the age in
Years, Months, Days??
G

"Ansil MCAD" wrote:

hi
DateTime d1=DateTime.Now ;
DateTime d2 = new DateTime(1978,4 ,5);
TimeSpan difference = d1.Subtract(d2) ;

difference.Tota lDays/365.25).ToStrin g() will give you the years diffrence

regards
Ansil

"charliewes t" wrote:

Can someone pls point me to or recommend the easiest way to calculate
someone´s age using the TimeSpan object, in .NET CF?

Isn´t there a simple way to use the TimeSpan object to calculate the elapsed
time and somehow convert the days to years w/out using the VB DLL?

Thanks.

[Bob Scola]

gwenda wrote:

Hi Ansil - I like your answer but what if you want to report the age in Years, Months, Days??
G

"Ansil MCAD" wrote:

Here's what I think you want ---
Bob
int age= Age(DateTime.Pa rse("4/26/1973"));
public static int Age(DateTime birthDate)
{
int years, months, days;
DateDiff(DateTi me.Now, birthDate, out years, out months, out days);
return years;
}
public static void DateDiff(DateTi me d1, DateTime d2,
out int years, out int months, out int days)
{
// compute & return the difference of two dates,
// returning years, months & days
// d1 should be the larger (newest) of the two dates
//
//
// y m d
// 3/10/2005 <-- 3/10/2005 0 0 0
// 3/10/2005 <-- 3/09/2005 0 0 1
// 3/10/2005 <-- 3/01/2005 0 0 9
// 3/10/2005 <-- 2/28/2005 0 0 10
// 3/10/2005 <-- 2/11/2005 0 0 27
// 3/10/2005 <-- 2/10/2005 0 1 0
// 3/10/2005 <-- 2/09/2005 0 1 1
// 3/10/2005 <-- 7/20/1969 35 7 21

// we want d1 to be the larger (newest) date
// flip if we need to

if (d1 < d2)
{
DateTime d3= d2;
d2= d1;
d1= d3;
}

// compute difference in total months
months= 12 * (d1.Year - d2.Year) + (d1.Month - d2.Month);

// based upon the 'days',
// adjust months & compute actual days difference
if (d1.Day < d2.Day)
{
months--;
days= GetDaysInMonth( d2.Year, d2.Month) - d2.Day + d1.Day;
}
else
{
days= d1.Day - d2.Day;
}

// compute years & actual months
years= months / 12;
months-= years * 12;

//Debug.WriteLine (string.Format( "{0} <-- {1} {2,2} {3,2} {4,2}",
d1.ToShortDateS tring(),d2.ToSh ortDateString() ,years,months,d ays));
}
private static int GetDaysInMonth( int year, int month)
{
// this is also available from Calendar class,
// but just as easy to do ourselves

if (month < 1 || month > 12)
{
throw new ArgumentExcepti on("month value must be from 1-12");
}

// 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
int[] days= {0, 31,28,31,30,31, 30,31,31,30,31, 30,31};

if (((year/400*400) == year) ||
(((year/4*4)==year) && (year%100 != 0)))
{
days[2]= 29;
}

return days[month];
}