Home Forums Programming General Help calculating the age from the date of birth in table RE: Help calculating the age from the date of birth in table

  • March 3, 2015 at 8:25 am

    #1781373

    It's been a while since I'd use or suggest a scalar function as a solution to a problem.

    Instead, this should do it.

    SELECT dob,

    CASE WHEN DATEADD(YYYY, DATEDIFF(YYYY, dob, GETDATE()), dob) > GETDATE()

    THEN DATEDIFF(YYYY, dob, GETDATE()) - 1

    ELSE DATEDIFF(YYYY, dob, GETDATE())

    END

    FROM (VALUES(CAST('19851115' as date)), ('19850131'), ('19850302'), ('19840302'))x(dob) --Sample dates

    Luis C.
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