how to calculate age in java code example

Example 1: java age from date

LocalDate today = LocalDate.now();
LocalDate birthday = LocalDate.of(1987, 09, 24);

Period period = Period.between(birthday, today);

//Now access the values as below
System.out.println(period.getDays());
System.out.println(period.getMonths());
System.out.println(period.getYears());

Example 2: how to calculate age from date of birth in java using calendar

package com.candidjava.time;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.Period;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class DobConversion {
 public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {
  //direct age calculation 
  LocalDate l = LocalDate.of(1998, 04, 23); //specify year, month, date directly
  LocalDate now = LocalDate.now(); //gets localDate
  Period diff = Period.between(l, now); //difference between the dates is calculated
  System.out.println(diff.getYears() + "years" + diff.getMonths() + "months" + diff.getDays() + "days");

  //using Calendar Object
  String s = "1994/06/23";
  SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd");
  Date d = sdf.parse(s);
  Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
  c.setTime(d);
  int year = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);
  int month = c.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1;
  int date = c.get(Calendar.DATE);
  LocalDate l1 = LocalDate.of(year, month, date);
  LocalDate now1 = LocalDate.now();
  Period diff1 = Period.between(l1, now1);
  System.out.println("age:" + diff1.getYears() + "years");
 }
}

Example 3: how to calculate age on entry of dob in java

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
 
public class AgeCalculator
{
   private static Age calculateAge(Date birthDate)
   {
      int years = 0;
      int months = 0;
      int days = 0;
 
      //create calendar object for birth day
      Calendar birthDay = Calendar.getInstance();
      birthDay.setTimeInMillis(birthDate.getTime());
 
      //create calendar object for current day
      long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
      Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
      now.setTimeInMillis(currentTime);
 
      //Get difference between years
      years = now.get(Calendar.YEAR) - birthDay.get(Calendar.YEAR);
      int currMonth = now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1;
      int birthMonth = birthDay.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1;
 
      //Get difference between months
      months = currMonth - birthMonth;
 
      //if month difference is in negative then reduce years by one 
      //and calculate the number of months.
      if (months < 0)
      {
         years--;
         months = 12 - birthMonth + currMonth;
         if (now.get(Calendar.DATE) < birthDay.get(Calendar.DATE))
            months--;
      } else if (months == 0 && now.get(Calendar.DATE) < birthDay.get(Calendar.DATE))
      {
         years--;
         months = 11;
      }
 
      //Calculate the days
      if (now.get(Calendar.DATE) > birthDay.get(Calendar.DATE))
         days = now.get(Calendar.DATE) - birthDay.get(Calendar.DATE);
      else if (now.get(Calendar.DATE) < birthDay.get(Calendar.DATE))
      {
         int today = now.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
         now.add(Calendar.MONTH, -1);
         days = now.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH) - birthDay.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH) + today;
      } 
      else
      {
         days = 0;
         if (months == 12)
         {
            years++;
            months = 0;
         }
      }
      //Create new Age object 
      return new Age(days, months, years);
   }
 
   public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException
   {
      SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
      Date birthDate = sdf.parse("29/11/1981");     
      Age age = calculateAge(birthDate);
      System.out.println(age);
   }
}