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Calculate Age in Years AND Months from Date of Birth

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February 6, 2020
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I am needing to calculate the age in years and months from a date of birth field. The date of birth is in MM/DD/YYYY format. My date of birth field is called "Date of Birth" I am new to Adobe and coding so I appreciate any help.

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Thom Parker

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Date and time calculations are more difficult that regular calculations because dates and times have a complex relationship. So you need to work a bit harder to script them.

You can read about working with dates and times here:

Working with date and time in Acrobat JavaScript - Part 1 of 3

Working with date and time in Acrobat JavaScript - Part 2 of 3

Working with date and time in Acrobat JavaScript - Part 3 of 3

https://www.pdfscripting.com/members/Date-and-Time-Handling.cfm

Let us know when you've worked up a rough script and we can help you refine it.

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

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lembrooksAuthor

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Thank you. I have worked up a few scripts that I haven't been able to work so I will post them a little later.

Thom Parker

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Are you trying out your scripts first in the Console Window? This is the best place to try out scripting ideas, to find out what works.

You'll find a tutorial for it here:

https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/Free_Videos.cfm#JSIntro

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

try67

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Try searching the forum. This issue was discussed here many times and there are full codes posted for it.

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lembrooksAuthor

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Wow thank you for the helpful post. I have searched several threads and have not found one that has worked. Most of the threads have had other stipulations that I do not need. I've also struggled with substituting my "Date of Birth" field rather than the field titles others are using.

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lembrooksAuthor

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I should add that I want it to say "years" and "months" after the corresponding number of years and months

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