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If only the year is known then the first day of the year is used. If only a month is known then the first day of the month is used. Where events happen across a range of dates the first date is used for age calculation. Important Dates in Recent History & Ancient History Then click on the submit button & it will automatically calculate your exact age on that specified date when something happened in years, days, hours & minutes.

After entering your birth day, change the second date in the calculator to the date in the past you wanted to see your age on. This calculator automatically grabs the current date from your computing device & asks you to enter your date of birth.

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