Calculating exact time in Years, MOnths, Days

[dbasnett]

You might want to rethink that.

In other news, brute force fell flat. In order for my technique to work, you have to have a way to calculate the "expected" range. Calculating the expected range is what the algorithm is trying to do; you can't test something with itself. I'm not sure I trust #58 either; all you're doing is testing one algorithm for calculating the range against another. Rats.

Haven't spent much time on the revised #2; I can't figure out which pieces are important and which pieces aren't. I'll wait until you've got something presentable while I ruminate on the test cases.

1/29/2005 does (did) exist.

Read #42 to see why I think #58 works.

Here is a simple example of how to use the code in #2

    Private Sub Button4_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button4.Click
        Try
            Dim foo As New AgeCalc(Date.Parse(TextBox1.Text), Date.Parse(TextBox2.Text))
            Dim bar As Age = foo.AgeInYearsMonthsDays
            Label1.Text = bar.Years.ToString & "  " & bar.Months.ToString & "  " & bar.Days.ToString
        Catch ex As Exception

        End Try
    End Sub

Try these date pairs for controversy:

1/30/2005 - 4/30/2005

1/31/2005 - 4/30/2005