node-red-contrib-age-calculator 1.0.2

Node-RED node to calculate age/time alive from a birth date

npm install node-red-contrib-age-calculator

node-red-contrib-age-calculator

A Node-RED node to calculate age and time elapsed since a birth date.

Features

• Calculate age in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds
• Human-readable output (e.g., "34 Jahre, 6 Monate, 7 Tage")
• Unix timestamp of birth date
• Support for German date format (DD.MM.YYYY)
• Support for ISO date format (YYYY-MM-DD)
• Optional time component (HH:MM or HH:MM:SS)
• Configurable output fields via checkboxes or msg.outputFields

Supported Date Formats

Usage

Input

• msg.payload - Birth date as string (overrides configured date)
• msg.outputFields - (optional) Override output fields dynamically

Output

• msg.payload - Object containing selected fields

Example Output (all fields enabled)

{
  "years": 34,
  "months": 414,
  "weeks": 1801,
  "days": 12610,
  "hours": 302649,
  "minutes": 18158940,
  "seconds": 1089536400,
  "readable": "34 Jahre, 6 Monate, 7 Tage, 9 Stunden, 26 Minuten",
  "timestamp": 684648300000,
  "birthdate": "12.09.1991 06:05",
  "calculated": "2026-03-21T15:31:00.000Z"
}

Dynamic Output Fields

You can override which fields are included via msg.outputFields:

msg.outputFields = {
    years: true,
    months: false,
    weeks: false,
    days: true,
    hours: false,
    minutes: false,
    seconds: false,
    readable: true,
    timestamp: false
};
msg.payload = "12.09.1991 06:05";
return msg;

Author

sr.rpo

License

MIT