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archibald
Obsidian | Level 7

 

 

Hi ,

I need to  calculate age at graduation.  I was wondering if  any of  the two methods below are appropriate and take care  leap years as well.

 

Method 1: AgeINTCK('year',dob,graduationdate,"C")

Method 2Age= (graduationdate-dob)/365.25

Thank you very much

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Isn't it a bit strange that one would have to resort to datestring formatting to calculate an age? The matter depends on a specific case: if you are born on the 29th of February (in a leap year, obviously), do you celebrate your birthday on the 28th of February or on the first of March, during non-leap years? If your answer is the former then your age is

 

intck("year", dob, event, "continuous")  /* birthday on the 28th during non-leap years */

 

otherwise, your age is

 

intck('year', dob, event) - (put(dob, mmddyy4.) > put(event, mmddyy4.))  /* birthday on March 1st during non-leap years */

 

Another option is to use function INT(YRDIF(dob, event, "AGE")). It considers that you will celebrate your birthday on the 28th, even on leap years.

 

PG

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Reeza
Super User

 

The recommended formula:

 

age = intck('year',dob,event) - (put(dob,mmddyy4.) > put(event,mmddyy4.)) ;

 

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-in-Health-Care-Related/Calculating-Age-But-Not-Rounding-Up/td-p/1...

 

PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Isn't it a bit strange that one would have to resort to datestring formatting to calculate an age? The matter depends on a specific case: if you are born on the 29th of February (in a leap year, obviously), do you celebrate your birthday on the 28th of February or on the first of March, during non-leap years? If your answer is the former then your age is

 

intck("year", dob, event, "continuous")  /* birthday on the 28th during non-leap years */

 

otherwise, your age is

 

intck('year', dob, event) - (put(dob, mmddyy4.) > put(event, mmddyy4.))  /* birthday on March 1st during non-leap years */

 

Another option is to use function INT(YRDIF(dob, event, "AGE")). It considers that you will celebrate your birthday on the 28th, even on leap years.

 

PG
archibald
Obsidian | Level 7

This makes a lot sense.Thanks a lot!

archibald
Obsidian | Level 7

Great! Thank you very much

archibald
Obsidian | Level 7
Great! Thank you very much Reeza

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