How to find difference in years between two dates?

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

John Machin wrote:
> Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
> 
>>John Machin wrote:
>>
>>>Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
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>>>Which pieces of the following seem to be working to you?
>>
>>John, it seems you failed to notice the use of "may" and "seems" in my
>>post. IIRC, both are supposed to strongly suggest a lack of certitude.
>>
> 
> I didn't fail to notice that you were seeming. Re-read my question:
> It's asking you which bits you were seeming.

OP problem:
age = (date.today() - born).year

Possible solution:

import mx.DateTime as dt
def age(date):
    return dt.Age(dt.today(), date).years
born = dt.Date(1967, 5, 1)
assert age(born) == 39



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