How to calculate age in T-SQL with years, months, and days

Question

What would be the best way to calculate someone\'s age in years, months, and days in T-SQL (SQL Server 2000)?

The datediff function doesn\'t handle year

Answer 1

Here is SQL code that gives you the number of years, months, and days since the sysdate. Enter value for input_birth_date this format(dd_mon_yy). note: input same value(birth date) for years, months & days such as 01-mar-85

select trunc((sysdate -to_date('&input_birth_date_dd_mon_yy'))/365) years,
trunc(mod(( sysdate -to_date('&input_birth_date_dd_mon_yy'))/365,1)*12) months,
trunc((mod((mod((sysdate -to_date('&input_birth_date_dd_mon_yy'))/365,1)*12),1)*30)+1) days 
 from dual