ChronoAge blog

Plain-language guides to how ages, dates and calendars work.

๐ŸŽ‚

How age is calculated, and why Korean age is different

Completed years, Korean age and year age explained with examples, plus the 2023 change in South Korea.

๐Ÿ“…

Leap day birthdays explained

Why 29 February exists, how leaplings are aged, and how birthdays are treated in non-leap years.

๐Ÿ“

How to calculate your age "as on" a date

A step-by-step guide for exam, job and application cutoffs, with worked examples.

โ†”๏ธ

How to count the days between two dates by hand

Two simple methods that handle leap years and year boundaries.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ

Julian vs Gregorian calendar: the days that vanished

Why 1582 skipped ten days and when different countries switched.

๐Ÿ”ข

What is an ISO week number?

How week 1 is defined and why some years have 53 weeks.

๐Ÿ”ฎ

Why the weekday of a date is predictable

The 400-year cycle and the Doomsday rule for finding weekdays in your head.