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copied!<p>first of all, I want to inform everyone that I just started to learn Java on the university. So please forgive me for any mistakes that I make as a newbie.</p> <p>Basically what I want to achieve with this code is to calculate someone's age using the Scanner function. Someone enters their date of birth (in this format YYYY-MM-DD) and my code calculates their age. </p> <p>The code is not working, because I think the 3rd line: <strong>String dob = input.nextInt();</strong> is wrong written and cannot be recognised by the code lines underneath it.</p> <p>if I change that line into <strong>String dob = "1988-11-29";</strong> it works, but then my scanner function has no use. </p> <p>Can someone help me with this? Thanks in advance!</p> <pre><code> Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.println("Enter your DOB pls"); String dob = input.nextInt(); int yearDOB = Integer.parseInt(dob.substring(0, 4)); int monthDOB = Integer.parseInt(dob.substring(5, 7)); int dayDOB = Integer.parseInt(dob.substring(8, 10)); SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy"); Date date = new Date(); int thisYear = Integer.parseInt(dateFormat.format(date)); dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM"); date = new java.util.Date(); int thisMonth = Integer.parseInt(dateFormat.format(date)); dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd"); date = new java.util.Date(); int thisDay = Integer.parseInt(dateFormat.format(date)); int age = thisYear-yearDOB; if(thisMonth < monthDOB){ age = age-1; } if(thisMonth == monthDOB && thisDay < dayDOB) { age = age-1; } System.out.println("The age of user is : " + age); </code></pre>

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