Calculating ages

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From: Chris Ridd <RiddCJ>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 1990 13:26

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Does anyone know how to calculate a person's age in Prolog (well, any
language will do)?  We are given today's date and their birthday, and
need the answer in years, weeks and days.  We can think of various
problems with leap-years and so on, but can't find any references or
algorithms.

   Chris

-- Chris Ridd, Computer Science, Birmingham Uni, UK -- RiddCJ@Cs.Bham.Ac.Uk --

"'It's going to look pretty good, then, isn't it,' said War testily, 'the One
Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocralypse.'" - Sourcery

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From: cjr@cs.bham.ac.uk (Chris Ridd <RiddCJ>)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.prolog,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Calculating ages
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Date: 17 Aug 90 13:26:30 GMT
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