Chronological age calculator
Chronological age is the civil calendar time a person has lived from an explicit birth date to an explicit reference date, broken down into completed years, leftover months, and leftover days.
Run — free
People search for a chronological age calculator when a school cutoff, sports eligibility band, legal majority check, pediatric note, or research cohort needs that calendar figure — not biological age from biomarkers, not developmental age from milestones, not gestational age from conception, and not a host clock labeled today. This page accepts two strict ISO calendar dates, validates that each day exists on the Gregorian calendar including leap Februaries, and returns the age breakdown. A birth date after the reference date is invalid input rather than a negative age. The free browser widget and the API share one pure function: no network, no random seed, and no JavaScript Date object. Successful API requests cost $0.002; failed validation is not charged.
How to use it
Enter your values in the form above. The tool checks them before calculating and shows the result on the same page.
Check your inputs
Use the labels and units shown next to each field. If something is missing or outside the allowed range, the page points to the field to fix.
Use it again or automate it
Use the browser tool for individual checks and the API when you need the same capability in an automated workflow.
What you can do with it
Get an answer now
Enter one set of values and see the result without building a spreadsheet or script.
Compare scenarios
Change one value at a time and rerun the calculation to understand what affects the result.
Automate repeated work
Use the API when the same calculation needs to run inside your product or workflow.
FAQ
How do I use this capability?
Complete the fields above and run it on this page. The form highlights anything that needs attention.
For developers — API access
Everything on this page is available programmatically. This section is for teams who want to wire it into their own systems; everyone else can just use the tool above.
API endpoint
Prefer to automate it? One authenticated POST creates the task; the result comes back by webhook or a signed link. The same capability also runs here on the web, by email and from Telegram — and soon from our app too.
Call it from your stack
curl -X POST https://api.kit.forhosting.com/life/chronological-age \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $KIT_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"birth_date":"1985-07-04","reference_date":"2026-03-20"}'const res = await fetch("https://api.kit.forhosting.com/life/chronological-age", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.KIT_KEY}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"birth_date": "1985-07-04",
"reference_date": "2026-03-20"
})
});
const { task_id } = await res.json();import os, requests
res = requests.post(
"https://api.kit.forhosting.com/life/chronological-age",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KIT_KEY']}"},
json={
"birth_date": "1985-07-04",
"reference_date": "2026-03-20"
},
)
task_id = res.json()["task_id"]<?php
$res = file_get_contents("https://api.kit.forhosting.com/life/chronological-age", false, stream_context_create([
"http" => [
"method" => "POST",
"header" => "Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("KIT_KEY") . "\r\nContent-Type: application/json",
"content" => '{"birth_date":"1985-07-04","reference_date":"2026-03-20"}',
],
]));
$task = json_decode($res, true);body := bytes.NewBufferString(`{"birth_date":"1985-07-04","reference_date":"2026-03-20"}`)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.kit.forhosting.com/life/chronological-age", body)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("KIT_KEY"))
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)Example request
{
"birth_date": "1985-07-04",
"reference_date": "2026-03-20"
}Example response
{
"task_id": "tsk_a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6",
"type": "life.chronological_age",
"status": "queued",
"_links": {
"result": "/tasks/tsk_…/result"
}
}The API is asynchronous: the call returns a task_id immediately and the result arrives by webhook. Polling is capped at 1 req/s per task.
Pricing
Published price — no tokens, no invented credits. A failed task is never charged.
Limits
year_min | 1 |
year_max | 9999 |
Errors
| HTTP | Code | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
401 | unauthorized | Missing or invalid API key. |
402 | insufficient_balance | Your balance doesn't cover the task price. |
404 | unknown_type | That task type doesn't exist. |
429 | rate_limited | Too many requests. Use the webhook instead of polling. |