Calculate Ages with Query/400

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We need to calculate an age using Query/400. The database file that we are using has an eight-digit zoneddecimal birthdate field, in the format YYYYMMDD. Can you help?
You need to convert the zoned decimal field to a date field. Then you will be able to subtract it from the
system date to get a date duration. A date duration is an eight-digit field representing years, months, and
days. For more information about date durations, see my answer to Helen's question.
The following query output, which was generated on May 26, 2004, shows age in two formats. The third
column shows years, months, and days. The fourth column shows years only.
NAME
DOB
AGE
AGEYEARS
Betty
1981-01-01
23 years 04 months 25 days
23
Sue
1981-12-31
22 years 04 months 26 days
22
Bill
2000-05-25
4 years 00 months 01 days
4
Jack
2000-05-26
4 years 00 months 00 days
4
Jim
2000-05-27
3 years 11 months 30 days
3
Here are the result field calculations that I used to build those columns.
Select define result fields.
Field
Expression
Len Dec
DOBCHAR
digits(dob)
DOBEDITED

substr(dobchar,1,4)||'-'||
substr(dobchar,5,2)||'-'||
substr(dobchar,7,2)

DOBDATE

date(dobedited)

AGE

current(date) - dobdate

AGEYEARS

age / 10000

DOBCHAR converts the zoned-decimal date to character format. DOBEDITED puts the date into *ISO
format (YYYY-MM-DD), and DOBDATE converts to the date data type. Subtracting DOBDATE from the
system date yields a date duration, which you will need to edit in order to make it readable.
To edit the duration, select specify report column formatting, from the Query menu, move the cursor to the
AGE field, press F16, select option 4, and enter this edit word:
'

&years&

&months&

&days&'

There are four blanks before &years& and two blanks each before &months& and &days&.
I used simple division to extract the years portion of the duration. Since the months portion of the duration
will never be more than 11, the number of years will never be rounded.
--Ted