How to calculate age (in years) based on Date of Birth and getDate()

Question

I have a table listing people along with their date of birth (currently a nvarchar(25))

How can I convert that to a date, and then calculate their age in years?

Answer 1

Just check whether the below answer is feasible.

DECLARE @BirthDate DATE = '09/06/1979'

SELECT 
 (
 YEAR(GETDATE()) - YEAR(@BirthDate) - 
 CASE  WHEN (MONTH(GETDATE()) * 100) + DATEPART(dd, GETDATE()) >     
 (MONTH(@BirthDate) * 100) + DATEPART(dd, @BirthDate)
 THEN 1             
 ELSE 0             
 END        
 )