# How old are you, exactly? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2002, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352 "2002-03-27T10:41:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/1 "2002-03-27T10:41:02Z")
Go [here](http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html) and try it. As of this post, I am “11753 days, 5 hours, 19 minutes and 0 seconds” Damn, looks like I better break out the Geritol :o ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/2 "2002-03-27T10:49:24Z")
9334 days, 5 hours, 9 minutes and 59 seconds But I dare say it’s out by at least a day… I don’t know what the time was in America when I was born in Australia - I know it would have been the fourth, not the fifth of September. As a bonus, I’ve been married: 94 days, 19 hours, 48 minutes and 26 seconds (Or 8192906 seconds or 136548 minutes or 2275 hours) ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/3 "2002-03-27T11:14:08Z")
For a more morbid view, try the [Death Clock](http://www.deathclock.com/). ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/4 "2002-03-27T11:27:29Z")
I am 655,989,983 seconds old. 655,989,984… 655,989,985… 655,989,986… ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/5 "2002-03-27T11:30:49Z")
I am 6946 days, 7 hours, 19 minutes old. Unfortunately, I’m not sure exactly what second I was born so I left that extremely important information out. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/6 "2002-03-27T11:33:15Z")
1,237,095,074 seconds. That’s a fair-sized number. And I _like_ the Death Clock. At my age, it’s nice to have something to look forward to. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/7 "2002-03-27T13:25:58Z")
17594 days, 20 hours, 38 minutes and 29 seconds No wonder I’m a bit winded… ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/8 "2002-03-27T13:41:17Z")
Woohoo! I am 17611 days, 12 hours, 22 minutes and 59 seconds Or 1521634979 seconds or 25360582 minutes or 422676 hours. And I don’t look a day over 16000. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/9 "2002-03-27T13:42:49Z")
Interesting, it doesn’t ask for a.m/p.m. on the start date—maybe it’s military time? At any rate, I am 9054 days, 21 hours, 17 minutes and 0 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/10 "2002-03-27T13:45:21Z")
Well, at least I’m not the oldest. Though my 35th birthday last month has really hit me hard. 12814 Days, 0 Hours 22 Minutes, or 1107130920 seconds. And I’m feeling every one of them, baby! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/11 "2002-03-27T13:51:41Z")
14500 days, 8 hours, 5 minutes and 57 seconds ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/12 "2002-03-27T14:07:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by booklover \* > \*\*Interesting, it doesn’t ask for a.m/p.m. on the start date—maybe it’s military time? > > At any rate, I am 9054 days, 21 hours, 17 minutes and 0 seconds. \*\* Yes, the format for entering time is “military time” I forgot to mention that in my OP. Oops. Note: For those who may not be aware: Midnight is 00:00 _NOT_ 24:00 So, if you were born at say, 12:15 am, as I was, you’d simply use no hour in field 1, and simply enter 15 minutes and (blank) seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Estilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/13 "2002-03-27T14:07:30Z")
Hey, great site. It made me feel old: ``` I'm 8401!!! days or 725846400 seconds or 12097440 minutes or 201624 hours ``` ---
**Author:** ![Clever\_Hans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Clever\_Hans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clever_Hans)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/14 "2002-03-27T14:44:32Z")
8031 days, 4 hours, 3 minutes and 0 seconds An eternity for a mouse a day for a tree. If time is man made why doesn’t it come with instructions? Clever Hans: A purveyor of silly questions that hopefully have silly awnsers. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/15 "2002-03-27T14:55:54Z")
11705 days, 14 hours, 55 minutes and 3 seconds… …no wonder I’m so damn tired. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/16 "2002-03-27T14:57:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by chula \* > \*\*For a more morbid view, try the [Death Clock](http://www.deathclock.com/). \*\* OMG. That kind of freaked me out a little bit, even on the “Optimistic” setting. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/17 "2002-03-27T14:58:01Z")
I am 9915 days, 11 hours, 52 minutes and 26 seconds old (Or 856698746 seconds or 14278312 minutes or 237971 hours) Jeez, I’m really approaching 946771200 seconds pretty fast I always thought I’d be married by the time I was 788918400 seconds old. _sigh_ stv ---
**Author:** ![c\_carol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@c\_carol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_carol)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/18 "2002-03-27T14:59:40Z")
9204 days, 21 hours, 58 minutes and 11 seconds ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/19 "2002-03-27T15:04:03Z")
I am 10511 days, 16 hours, 9 minutes and 0 seconds old More importantly, I will celebrate my 1 billion second aniversery on: Monday February 21, 2005 at 7:39:40 pm. Hope to see you there. It should be a short one. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352/20 "2002-03-27T15:37:16Z")
Don’t worry too much, **auntie em** - if you put in my Grandfather’s details, it says his date of death is Sunday March 1, 1992. Don’t know how to break it to him that he should have been celebrating his 10th anniversary a couple of weeks back… of course, in Optimitic mode, he’s still got another 9 years to go! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-exactly/100352.md?page=2)