The age function returns the age at the time of timestamp (in completed years) of somebody born on date_of_birth.
Syntax:
age(timestamp, date_of_birth)
Can be an expression.
Return data type: numeric
Arguments:
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| timestamp | The timestamp,or expression resolving to a timestamp, up to which to calculate the completed number of years. |
| date_of_birth | Date of birth of the person whose age is being calculated. Can be an expression. |
These examples use the date format DD/MM/YYYY. The date format is specified in the SET DateFormat statement at the top of your data load script. Change the format in the examples to suit your requirements.
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| age('25/01/2014', '29/10/2012') | Returns |
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| age('29/10/2014', '29/10/2012') | Returns
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Add the example script to your app and run it. Then add, at least, the fields listed in the results column to a sheet in your app to see the result. Employees: LOAD * INLINE [ Member|DateOfBirth John|28/03/1989 Linda|10/12/1990 Steve|5/2/1992 Birg|31/3/1993 Raj|19/5/1994 Prita|15/9/1994 Su|11/12/1994 Goran|2/3/1995 Sunny|14/5/1996 Ajoa|13/6/1996 Daphne|7/7/1998 Biffy|4/8/2000 ] (delimiter is |); AgeTable: Load *, age('20/08/2015', DateOfBirth) As Age Resident Employees; Drop table Employees; |
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