Timeline for Is there a word for not taking the specific date into account when calculating an age?
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May 29, 2014 at 13:36 | answer | added | Neil W | timeline score: 0 | |
Apr 29, 2014 at 8:05 | comment | added | Jeffrey Kemp | "athletes must be of X age by 31 Dec" would normally be understood to mean they must have had their Xth birthday sometime this year. This is similar to the way some countries/states organise children attending school - e.g. Grade 1 is for children who turn 5 sometime during the calendar year. | |
Apr 29, 2014 at 7:27 | comment | added | msam | @oerkelens this is often used in age categories for sports competitions and it is often worded on the lines of: "athletes must be of X age by the end of the year/31 December"; but I don't know of a specific word that exactly describes the practice. | |
Apr 29, 2014 at 7:08 | answer | added | Jeffrey Kemp | timeline score: 1 | |
Apr 29, 2014 at 4:18 | comment | added | JLG | I think it is an approximate age vs. an exact age. | |
Apr 28, 2014 at 21:53 | comment | added | oerkelens | I don't know if it is commonly used, but I would call it confusing :) | |
Apr 28, 2014 at 21:47 | history | asked | Whatever | CC BY-SA 3.0 |