Calculating age from date of birth

For age calculations. Vectorised.

Usage

age_calc(dob, enddate = Sys.Date(), units = "years", precise = TRUE)

Arguments

dob

Date of birth. Data format follows standard POSIX layout. Format is yyyy-mm-dd.

enddate

Date to calculate age at. Format is yyyy-mm-dd.

units

Default is "years". Can be changed to "days".

precise

Default is TRUE. Flag set whether to include calculations of spring years. Only of matter if using units = "days".

Value

Vector of age

Examples

# Kim Larsen (cpr is known from album)
  dob<-as.Date("1945-10-23")
  date<-as.Date("2018-09-30")
  trunc(age_calc(dob,date))
#> [1] 72