Wow, that is so much easier than the insane formula I was trying to remember when I programmed in the evil language of PHP. Thank you so much!!
On Apr 6, 11:27 pm, Gianluca Tessarolo <[email protected]> wrote: > Assuming that date contains the borning date: > > if date < Date.today - 13.years > # Ok > else > # No > end > > > Hi, > > In the U.S.A for anyone to have access to any site that allows you > > access to a chatroom, forum, anything that sends text over the > > internet you have to be over 13 unless everything everyone can say is > > from a pre-select menu. > > > Well, I don't want to limit people's freedom of speech but I do want > > to be compliant with theCOPPA, so I'm trying to make a form where you > > select the day you were born, the month you were born, the year you > > were born and then if the combination equals that the person is under > > 13 they aren't allowed to sign up. I'm trying to remember the formula > > that's used to figure out someones age by the day, I think it had > > something to do with how many milliseconds you've been alive.... > > anyways if anyone knows the answer to my question and if you are > > generous enough to post any examples I would be very grateful. > > I will do my best to reply to any questions but I will not have much > > access to the internet as usual for the rest of the week. > > > thanks for your replies in advance. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
