GetAge

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This function maths the age of the given birthday.

Syntax

int getAge(int day, int month, int year)

Required Arguments

• day: The day when the player was born.
• month: The month when the player was born.
• year: The year when the player was born.

Code

function getAge(day, month, year)
	local time = getRealTime();
	time.year = time.year + 1900;
	time.month = time.month + 1;
 
	year = time.year - year;
	month = time.month - month;
 
	if month < 0 then 
		year = year - 1 
	elseif month == 0 then
		if time.monthday < day then
			year = year - 1;
		end
	end
 
	return year;
end

Example

-- A simple example:
addEventHandler("onResourceStart", getRootElement(), function()
	print(getAge(09, 04, 1989))
end);
-- that will output:
-- 20
-- Yep, i'm 20 years old!

Function created by Alexander de Jong AKA mrdejong.

See Also

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