by Peter Riddell
That Answers Like A Human
Hi, my name's Peter Riddell, I study Information Technology and I too am plagued by the scourge that is date subtraction and spreadsheets. ( I thought they would excel at date subtraction). After a bit of mucking around I have written an Excel module to subtract dates and also an Open Office.org module to subtract dates. I searched the internet, downloading a few calculators with their accompanying adware, spyware and nagware. After this painful and fruitless journey I went against my better judgement and decided to solve the problem with my newfound c++ skills. "That should lighten my workload", I thought, "I'll quickly whip up a tool to do it for me in future".
Lifespan Age Calculator and Date Calculator is the product of my desire not to have to do any more date calculations than can possibly be avoided. Ironically, in the process of making this, I think I've done more date subtractions than Liz Taylor's divorce attorney or Chopper Reid's parole officer.
Lifespan Age Calculator Stand Alone Program
Select this if you want to double click a shortcut and type in dates to get an elapsed age.
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Lifespan Age Calculator Excel Macro
Select this if you want to calculate elapsed age in years, months and days in an Excel spreadsheet
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Lifespan Age Calculator for Open Office Calc
Select this if you want to calculate elapsed age in years, months and days in an Open Office Calc spreadsheet.
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| Stand Alone Program | Microsoft Excel Macro | Open Office Calc Macro |
| ~ subtract dates | ~ subtract dates | ~ subtract dates |
| ~ answer years, months, days | ~ answer years, months, days | ~ answer years, months, days |
| ~ calculate start date | ~ no date type restrictions | ~ free update notification |
| ~ fast, efficient, tiny download | ~ free update notification | ~ fast, efficient, tiny download |
| ~ no adware or spyware | ~ several options for function args | ~ several options for function args |
| ~ easy installation | ~ detailed installation instructions | ~ detailed installation instructions |
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a pair of dates that Lifespan returns an incorrect answer for, or an end
date and age for which Lifespan calculates an incorrect start date. The
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If it turns out not to be a bug, it's ok.
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email, you could say nice things if you wish. Lifespan Age Calculator
subtracts dates giving the answer in elapsed years months and days. It
can also subtract an age from a date to determine a starting date. Perfect
for Family Historians and Genealogists.
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LINUX AND APPLE SUPPORT
Linux - LIFESPAN AGE
CALCULATOR v3.1 will work under the WINE emulator. WINE is installed as
a standard part of most modern Linux distros. To run Lifespan Age Calculator
in Linux, unpack the Lifespan installer you downloaded. It's just a zip
file. Right click on the Lifespan executable file, lifespan.exe, and choose
to "Run In Terminal". If you have a command line fixation, open
a terminal, navigate to the folder in which you've stored the single Lifespan
executable file and type:
wine lifespan.exe
Apple - Implementation of the Apple version of Lifespan has proven to be a real pain in the b***. I can only recommend the use of X86 emulation products such as Bosch or PCx. Lifespan should be able to run in WINE here too. Sorry I can't make if happen natively for you guys but Lifespan doesn't pay the bills at my place, unfortunately.
GENEALOGISTS AND HISTORIANS
There is a potential 11 day inaccuracy in some dates due to the Julian-Gregorian calendar change-over. By country, 11 days can disappear anywhere from 1582 to 1928. Incorporating this level of detail into Lifespan would destroy it's simplicity, however I am not throwing you to the wolves on this point. Toke Norby's Calendar Page is a great reference on this topic. This link also has some good material and a detailed listing of when many countries made the transition. This transition period is open to conjecture in some countries (which is why hard coding this is highly impractical). If the Lifespan you are looking at covers the date range relevent to the country you are considering subtract 11 days from the answer Lifespan Age Calculator gives you. Aren't you glad I let you decide when that time range is and didn't just hardcode it.