How to calculate age based on Birthdate field

Question

Hello, does anyone know Sugar Logic formula to calculate age based on a Birthdate date field. 
 Thank you

Jean Pierre Rojas · Accepted Answer

Hi Jean, 
 Create a field for the Age with integer data type and make it a calculated field through the studio. 
 By using the below formula you can calculate the Age. 
 floor(divide(abs(daysUntil($birthdate)),365)) 
 Hope this helps you and you are looking for the same. 
 
 Thanks, 
 Poojitha K

Jean Pierre Rojas · Answer

Actually, looking into this a little more, can shorten it and be similar precision (passes your test) with just this version? floor(divide(abs(daysUntil($birthdate)),365.242))

Jean Pierre Rojas · Answer

Keep in mind that calculated fields are re-calculated only when you save the record, or by manually triggering the "Recalculate Values" in the List View Action Menu on a set of selected records, so if you have a record that has not been updated for a while the age will be wrong. 
 To keep the field up to date you have a few options: 
 
 A Scheduler that updates the field on all your records on a regular basis, could run once a month, for example, and check all birthdays that month to recalculate and update their age. This will allow you to store the age and use it in Reports. 
 A non-db field of a custom type where the value is calculated in the field's controller when the field is displayed 
 A non-db field that is calculated in the after-retrieve logic hook (note that this will NOT populate the age when you are creating a new record, because the after-retrieve does not trigger when displaying the results of creating a brand new record). 
 
 I suppose you could make the last two DB fields that recalculate when the record is opened, but I think that would mean a LOT of unnecessary saves to your DB, and trigger the update of your Last Modified and Modified By every time one simply opens a record... 
 All in all, I would recommend against adding such a field. Just a personal preference. 
 FrancescaS

Jean Pierre Rojas · Answer

Thanks it's working :)