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Darjeeling
Darjeeling

Reputation: 999

calculate age in years months and days

I got problem using FROM_DAYS function in mysql, i want to get age from my_table, here's my query;

select dob,CURRENT_DATE,
DATE_FORMAT(FROM_DAYS(DATEDIFF(CURRENT_DATE,dob)),'%y yr %c mth %e dy') AS age, 
DATEDIFF(CURRENT_DATE,dob) days from my_table

result:

dob       || CURRENT_DATE || age              || days  ||
==========++==============++==================++=======++
1953-09-10|| 2013-09-12   || 60 yr 1 mth 3 dy || 21917 ||
2013-09-08|| 2013-09-12   || 00 yr 0 mth 0 dy ||     4 ||

when I tried FROM_DAYS(DATEDIFF(CURRENT_DATE,m.tgllahir)) for 2nd row this is the result 0000-00-00

and then I tried looking at Date and Time Functions and found this 

SELECT FROM_DAYS(730669);
        -> '2007-07-03'

but when I tried this is what I got; 

SELECT FROM_DAYS(730669);
        -> '2000-07-03'

I'm curious why FROM_DAYS function not working properly, but my main problem is how to find the age?

EDIT

after a discussion with Barmar I know that I can't use FROM_DAYS to get accurate age, so I tried to find different method

Upvotes: 0

Views: 11500

Answers (4)

Umar Gumai
Umar Gumai

Reputation: 11

I prefer using function.

This is the DDL of my function. This function is accurate and more precise.

DELIMITER $$ 
DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS f_age $$
CREATE FUNCTION `f_age`(
        x_dob DATE
    )
    RETURNS varchar(100) CHARSET latin1
    NOT DETERMINISTIC
    CONTAINS SQL

BEGIN
DECLARE x_result VARCHAR(100);
DECLARE y1, y2, m1, m2, d1, d2 INT;
DECLARE x1, x2 DATE;

  SET x_result = "";
  SET x1 = x_dob;
  SET x2 = CURDATE();

  IF (x1 < x2) THEN
    SET y1 = DATE_FORMAT(x1, '%Y');
    SET m1 = DATE_FORMAT(x1, '%c');
    SET d1 = DATE_FORMAT(x1, '%e');

    SET y2 = DATE_FORMAT(x2, '%Y');
    SET m2 = DATE_FORMAT(x2, '%c');
    SET d2 = DATE_FORMAT(x2, '%e');

    IF (d1 > d2) THEN
        SET m2 = m2 - 1;

        IF (m2 = 0) THEN
            SET y2 = y2 - 1;
            SET m2 = 12;
        END IF;

        SET d2 = d2 + DAY(LAST_DAY(CONCAT_WS("-", y2, m2, d2)));
    END IF;

    IF (m1 > m2) THEN
        SET y2 = y2 - 1;
        SET m2 = m2 + 12;
    END IF;

    IF (y2 > y1) THEN
        SET x_result = CONCAT((y2 - y1), ' yr ');
    END IF;

    IF ((y2 > y1) OR (m2 > m1)) THEN
        SET x_result = CONCAT(x_result, CONCAT((m2 - m1), ' mth '));
    END IF;

    IF ((y2 > y1) OR (m2 > m1) OR (d2 > d1)) THEN
        SET x_result = CONCAT(x_result, CONCAT((d2 - d1), ' dy'));
    END IF;
  ELSE
    SET x_result = "Error. Date of birth is today or more than today";
  END IF;

  RETURN x_result;
END $$

DELIMITER ;

Than, here is code to use the function:

SELECT f_age(dob) FROM table;

It also handle leap year accurately

Upvotes: 0

Gokulraj
Gokulraj

Reputation: 21

SELECT FLOOR(( DATE_FORMAT(NOW(),'%Y%m%d') - DATE_FORMAT(t.dob,'%Y%m%d'))/10000) AS years,
       FLOOR((1200 + DATE_FORMAT(NOW(),'%m%d') - DATE_FORMAT(t.dob,'%m%d'))/100) %12 AS months,
       (SIGN(DAY(NOW()) - DAY(t.dob))+1)/2 * (DAY(NOW()) - DAY(t.dob)) +
      (SIGN(DAY(NOW()) - DAY(t.dob))+1)/2 * (DAY(NOW()) - DAY(t.dob)) +
      (SIGN(DAY(t.dob) - DAY(NOW()))+1)/2 * (DAY(STR_TO_DATE(DATE_FORMAT(t.dob + INTERVAL 1 MONTH,'%Y-%m-01'),'%Y-%m-%d') - INTERVAL 1 DAY) - DAY(t.dob) + DAY(NOW())) AS days
 FROM tablename t

try this query

Upvotes: 2

Mark
Mark

Reputation: 9

To Use the FROM_DAYS() function and get the age of the person in the format you are looking for you must simply add a function to get the years months or days like so

CONCAT(
  YEAR(FROM_DAYS(DATEDIFF(NOW(),*DB LOCATION*))),' years,',
  MONTH(FROM_DAYS(DATEDIFF(NOW(),*DB LOCATION*))),' months,',
  DAY(FROM_DAYS(DATEDIFF(NOW(),*DB LOCATION*))),' days,',)

Upvotes: 0

Artur Kedzior
Artur Kedzior

Reputation: 4263

This is a query I use to calculate age in years, months and days:

SELECT 
username
,dob
,DATE_FORMAT(CURDATE(), '%Y') - DATE_FORMAT(dob, '%Y') - (DATE_FORMAT(CURDATE(), '00-%m-%d') < DATE_FORMAT(dob, '00-%m-%d')) AS years
,PERIOD_DIFF( DATE_FORMAT(CURDATE(), '%Y%m') , DATE_FORMAT(dob, '%Y%m') ) AS months
,DATEDIFF(CURDATE(),dob) AS days
FROM users

Upvotes: 0

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