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Cut & Paste Ultimate Age Calculator
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Description: This is your ultimate age calculator script! Use it to display the age of any person or past event, in a variety of units. Highlights of the script are:
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Display the age in any one of the following units-"years", "months", or "days"
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Specify the number of decimals to show
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Specify whether to round up or down the age
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Script can be invoked multiple times on the same page to calculate/display multiple ages.
Example:
JavaScriptKit.com is
old!
has passed since the Millennium.
Bill Gates is
old.
Directions
Step 1: Insert the following script in the <HEAD> section of your page:
Step 2: With the above script installed, you can now calculate and display the age of any item by invoking the function displayage(). Insert the following sample code in the <BODY> section of your page to see how to use this function:
Here's the lowdown on displayage():
//displayage (year, month, day, unit, decimals, rounding)
//year should be a valid full year (ie: 1978)
//month should an integer from 1 to 12
//day should be a valid day of the month
//unit specifies the unit to display the age in. Valid values are
"years", "months", or "days"
//decimals specifies the number of trailing decimals. Valid values are 0 and
above
//rounding specifies whether to round up or down the age. Valid values are
"roundup" or "rounddown"