Age calculator

In completed years on a cut-off date that the notification gives, such as 1 January or 1 August of the recruitment year. Someone who is 27 years and 11 months old on that date counts as 27.

For most central government jobs the upper age limit goes up by 3 years for OBC, 5 years for SC and ST, and 10 more years for persons with disabilities. State jobs and some recruitments differ, so check the notification.

Usually not. Relaxation raises the upper limit only; you must have reached the minimum age on the cut-off date.

Take the year of birth from the year of the date you count on, and take away one more if the birthday has not come yet that year. The months and days are counted on from the last birthday in the same way. Government recruitment in India counts age like this, on a cut-off date that the notification gives.

If cell A2 holds the date of birth as a date, =DATEDIF(A2,TODAY(),"Y") gives the completed years, and "YM" or "MD" in place of "Y" give the months and days after them. If it was typed as text, such as 15/03/2000, turn it into a date first: =DATEDIF(DATE(RIGHT(A2,4),MID(A2,4,2),LEFT(A2,2)),TODAY(),"Y"). To count on a cut-off date instead of today, put it in place of TODAY(), such as DATE(2026,8,1).

Your age as one number of years, with the part of the year since your last birthday as a decimal: halfway between your 26th and 27th birthdays you are 26.50. It is used on growth charts, in sport and in some school admissions; this calculator shows it to two decimal places, rounded down like the years.