Subtract typed date from system date

[Carlos_Alberto_Leonel]

How to subtract typed date: 07/24/1966 from current system date: 07/24/2023 to know how old the person is?

[Taifun]

Use the methods from the clock

[Guide] How to use the CLOCK

Hello everyone, I have made a basic guide on how to use the clock component. Here, I will explain all the blocks associated to the clock component and a few sample projects which use the clock. 1.DESIGNER PROPERTIRES OF THE CLOCK 1.1Timer Always Fires This is a Boolean property, i.e it accepts only true or false. If you wish the clock to run even if the application is not the active screen, i.e the user is using some other application. Can this be set using blocks? Yes! By default: Tru…

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[Carlos_Alberto_Leonel]

I made this one using the Date Picker but I wanted the user to enter the date

[Taifun]

@Carlos_Alberto_Leonel

but I wanted the user to enter the date

just adjust your blocks to your needs
where exactly is the problem?
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[Carlos_Alberto_Leonel]

I do not know how to do this. The example I gave was if he types in the textbox the date of birth 05/17/1966 I want to get that date value and subtract from the current date to know the age.

[Taifun]

Read again the guide mentioned above and try the Duration methods

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[Still-learning (1-2-3-4...)]

may be something like this?

also ref taifun suggestion and this too How to get the number of years, months and days between two dates? - #5 by Still-learning .

[Carlos_Alberto_Leonel]

I took the example of the post ow to get the number of years, months and days between two dates?
I changed the two parameters start and end with the value entered by the user and the system value.

Putting only the date without formatting example: 11/05/1966 gives this error.

Could you let me know what’s wrong?

[Still-learning (1-2-3-4...)]

If you r using system time, then don’t use make instant from block. Directly use get millis. See I have tried like this and got result as I expect…