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date_to_age()

Description

Generates a text representation of the age from a given date

This can be used to give a more user friendly indication of how old something is.

@var string $datetime ISO format date which can be a BCE date (ie. with negative year -yyyy)

Parameters

ColumnTypeDefaultDescription
$datetime: string

Return

string Returns a string representing the age calculated from $datetime, otherwise an empty string if date is invalid

This article was last updated 5th September 2025 17:35 Europe/London time based on the source file dated 5th September 2025 11:45 Europe/London time.