How to calculate age in year, month and days in Java?

Problem Description :

Write a program in Java that calculates an age of the person.

Calculate age in years, months and days

Concept :

For doing this calculation we are using Java 8 API methods that are very simple and straightforward.

Algorithm :

• Convert both the dates to LocalDates.
• Pass both LocalDates to between() method of Period class that is present in java.time.* package.
• Use getYears(), getMonths() and getDays() methods of Period class to print years, month and days respectively.

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How to check whether given date is valid or not?

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Note : Java 8 is required to run below code because we are using Java 8 API methods.

Java Program :

	package com.javamultiplex.datetime;
	import java.text.DateFormat;
	import java.text.ParseException;
	import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
	import java.time.Instant;
	import java.time.LocalDate;
	import java.time.Period;
	import java.time.ZoneId;
	import java.util.Date;
	import java.util.Scanner;
	/**
	*
	* @author Rohit Agarwal
	* @category Date and Time
	* @problem How to calculate age?
	*
	*/
	public class CalculateAge {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	Scanner input = null;
	try {
	input = new Scanner(System.in);
	System.out.println("Enter your DOB in dd/MM/yyyy format :");
	String dob = input.next();
	Date current = new Date();
	// If Date is valid, converting String to date.
	Date mydob = getValidDate(dob);
	if (mydob != null && mydob.before(current)) {
	// Get default Time zone Id.
	ZoneId defaultZoneId = ZoneId.systemDefault();
	// Convert Date mydob to LocalDate
	Instant instant1 = mydob.toInstant();
	LocalDate localeDateMyDob = instant1.atZone(defaultZoneId).toLocalDate();
	// Convert Date current to LocalDate
	Instant instant2 = current.toInstant();
	LocalDate localeDateCurrent = instant2.atZone(defaultZoneId).toLocalDate();
	Period period = Period.between(localeDateMyDob, localeDateCurrent);
	System.out.println("Age : " + period.getYears() + " Years " + period.getMonths() + " Months " + period.getDays() + " Days");
	} else {
	System.out.println("DOB is invalid.");
	}
	} finally {
	if (input != null) {
	input.close();
	}
	}
	}
	private static Date getValidDate(String date) {
	Date mydate = null;
	if (isValidDateFormat(date)) {
	/**
	* d -> Day of month
	* M -> Month of year
	* y -> Year
	*/
	DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
	/**
	* By default setLenient() is true. We should make it false for
	* strict date validations.
	*
	* If setLenient() is true - It accepts all dates. If setLenient()
	* is false - It accepts only valid dates.
	*/
	dateFormat.setLenient(false);
	try {
	mydate = dateFormat.parse(date);
	} catch (ParseException e) {
	mydate = null;
	}
	}
	return mydate;
	}
	private static boolean isValidDateFormat(String date) {
	/**
	* Regular Expression that matches String with format dd/MM/yyyy.
	* dd -> 01-31
	* MM -> 01-12
	* yyyy -> 4 digit number
	*/
	String pattern = "(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])\\/(0?[1-9]|1[0-2])\\/([0-9]{4})";
	boolean result = false;
	if (date.matches(pattern)) {
	result = true;
	}
	return result;
	}
	}

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Output :

Output - How to calculate an age in years, months and days in Java?

Note :  You can also validate your result using age calculator.

Similar Problems :

1. Write a program in Java that calculates work anniversary.
2. Write a program in Java that calculates marriage anniversary.

Solution of both the problems is same as above.

References :

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/LocalDate.html

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Date.html

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/Period.html

http://www.calculator.net/age-calculator.html

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Tags : Date and Time problems, Age in years, months and days in Java, Solution in Java,  ZoneId, Instant, LocalDate, Period, if else statement, DateFormat, SimpleDateFormat, String, Regular expressions.

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