Based on my reading of the docs, there is a simpler way: var age = new Date(birthDate.getTime() - todayDate.getTime);
Untested. Tracy ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JRBower Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 2:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Return a person's age Doug, Thank you. I will give your code a go. :) Best Regards, James Doug Lowder wrote: > > Here's how I would do it: > > var age:Number = todayDate.fullYear - birthDate.fullYear; > if (todayDate.month < birthDate.month || (todayDate.month == > birthDate.month && todayDate.date < birthDate.date)) age--; > return age; > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Return-a-person%27s-age-tf4545118.html#a12993386 <http://www.nabble.com/Return-a-person%27s-age-tf4545118.html#a12993386> Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

