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age ( date1 ; date2 )

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Winfried Huslik, Huslik Verlag GmbH
http://fmdiff.com

Calculates the number of years, months, and days between any two dates

Sample Input:
age ("7/27/1980" ; "7/26/2006" )
Sample Output:
25
10
30
25 years, 10 months, and 30 days


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Description:

This calculation takes into account different days in a month as well as leap years and negative distances. The result is provided as a line separated list containing Years, Months, Days. To access these results use LeftValues (), MiddleValues (), and RightValues () respectively. Use at your own risk.
<br />This formula is meant as a replacement for the one given at <a href="http://filemaker.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/filemaker.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=5532&p_created=1129657697&p_sid=-ERH76bi&p_lva=&p_li=&p_topview=1">FileMaker Custom Help</a><br />
Address comments to agecalc@fmdiff.com.<br />Download an example file at <a href="http://fmdiff.com/fm/agecalc.html">http://fmdiff.com/fm/agecalc.html</a>.

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