Typing a date
Type the day, month and year; the cursor moves on by itself. You can also paste a whole date such as 15/08/1990, 15 Aug 1990 or 1990-08-15 into any box, or press the calendar button. The line under the boxes spells out the date so you can check it was read the right way round. Change the order in Settings.
How the age is counted
Years and months are counted on the calendar, the way people say their age. If a month is shorter than the birth day (born on the 31st, for example), the month is complete on its last day. Someone born on 29 February has a birthday on 28 February or 1 March in other years; choose which in Settings. Hours, minutes and seconds are counted from midnight at the start of the birth date, or from the birth time if you add one.
The rings
Like the rings in a tree trunk, there is one ring for every year lived, with a darker ring every ten years. The amber arc is the year you are in now and shows how far it is to the next birthday. Point at a ring, or focus the rings and use the arrow keys, to see the dates of that year.
Keyboard
- / type a date of birth
- Alt+1 to 4 switch between Age, Date tools, Birthdays and Settings
- ↑ and ↓ in a date box change the day, month or year by one
- ← and → on the rings step through the years
- Esc close a window