In a message dated 97-10-18 22:02:30 EDT, EJIsrael@aol.com writes: > And again, since there's not 35 days in a month, subtract 30 days from the > "day" column and add "1" month to the month column, and you get 1900 08 05 > (Aug 5, 1900). It worked! (But if I didn't know he was born Aug 5, I would > have subtracte 31 days and had his date of birth as Aug 4). > Jane, had you used the other method it would have been accurate to the day. died 1971 02 (month) 21 (day) age 70 (yrs.) 6 (months) 16 (days) Borrow one from the year and add 12 months to the months as follows: 1970 14 21 - age at death 70 06 16 ---------------------------------------------- 1900 08 05 = Aug. 5, 1900 With this method there is no need to worry about how many days are in the month. Joan Myers Young ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== Have you visited the webpage associated with this mail list? If not go to http://members.aol.com/PennaDutch/pennadutch.html