Calclulate age from DOB (date of birth)
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This function calculates age from DOB, it returns years, months and partial years (i.e., 17, 3, 17.296272).
Source Code
require 'dateparse'
local age = require 'age'
function main(Data)
local Msg = hl7.parse{vmd ='example\\demo.vmd', data = Data}
-- using dateparse allows common date formats
local AgeYr, AgeMth, AgeDec = age.getAge(Msg.PID[7][1]:D())
trace(AgeYr, AgeMth, AgeDec)
AgeYr, AgeMth, AgeDec = age.getAge('19980210')
trace(AgeYr, AgeMth, AgeDec)
AgeYr, AgeMth, AgeDec = age.getAge('1998-02-10')
trace(AgeYr, AgeMth, AgeDec)
end
Description
This function calculates age from DOB, it returns years, months and partial years (i.e., 17, 3, 17.296272).
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Usage Details
The code uses the age module to calculate age from DOB, the calculation allows for leap years.
Note: The age module uses dateparse so it accepts most common date formats.
How to use the code:
- Paste it into a Filter or To Translator or load the attached project zip
Note: If you paste the code you will need to add the age module - Load some sample HL7 messages, you can use the attached sample_data.txt
Note: The project file already contains the sample messages - Look at the code and annotations to see how it works
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