Returns the age as years calculated between to dates.
It typically answers the question "How old are you|the dog|my car".
The answer is derived by comparing the given "Date of birth" param (dob) with today.
An optional "now" param can be used to answer the question "How old where xx at a given date".
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<?LassoScript
define_tag(
'age',
-description = 'Returns the age as years calculated between to dates.',
-req = 'dob', -type = 'date',
-opt = 'dod', -type = 'date'
);
local('now' = local_defined('dod') ? date(#dod) | date);
return(integer(#now -> year - #dob -> year) - ((integer(#dob -> month) * 100) + integer(#dob -> day) > (integer(#now -> month) * 100) + integer(#now -> day) ? 1 | 0));
/define_tag;
?>
