We can convert a string variable into date datatype by using the apex date class function date.parse(String);
Syntax:
Date var1=date.parse(String);
Example:
String var=’12/25/2016’;
Convert var to date type by:
Date var1=date.parse(var);
Now var1 contain it as a date type.
It returns an error if the date stored in a string variable is not a valid date:
String var2=’12/21/19934’; //wrong date Date var3=date.parse(‘var2’);
It returns an error – Invalid date ’12/21/19934’
We can find the year component of the date using date.year();
We can find the current date using a function System.Today();
Integer curYear = System.Today().year(); Integer birthYear = birthDate.year(); Integer age = curYear - BirthYear;
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