General ⇒ Adding age / Years since to resume / CV

[pjrobertson]

Hi there,

I'm currently writing my CV and am adding an 'age' heading which will have something like: 18 years 3 months

Is there any way to specify a certain date (e.g. my birth date) and get LaTeX to figure out how many years and months have passed since then, so I don't have to update my CV manually every time I reprint it.

If this isn't possible, what's the best way to remind me to update my age?
e.g. is there a way to add a warning so when I'm typesetting it'll pop up to remind me to check the date.

Thanks,

[localghost]

[...] If this isn't possible, what's the best way to remind me to update my age? [...]

Just insert your date of birth as it is usually done. This will never have to be updated.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[pjrobertson]

Is it not the custom in the UK to have your age? If not then the problem is simple to solve, and thank you!

[localghost]

Is it not the custom in the UK to have your age? [...]

Such things should be typeset according to the typographical standards in the UK. But I'm not familiar with that. In a CV I have never seen an age given in the way you want do that.

[pjrobertson]

Cool,

thanks for the help and speedy replies.

Is it actually possible with LaTeX though (incase I ever need the facility in the future)?

[PGScooter]

Although I am unexperienced with LaTeX, I am pretty sure that there is a way. One possibility is perltex. For that you would have to know Perl though . I haven't tried it yet, but might be willing to give it a try if this issue is important to you.
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/ ... b/perltex/