ChronoCalc Blog

Guides on chronological age calculation, clinical formatting, and the difference between calendar age and other “ages.”

How to use these guides

Each post explains one distinction that the calculators assume you already know. Start with the borrowing method if you are checking a result by hand. Read the corrected-age and PMA posts if the chart is from a NICU. Read the publisher posts (Pearson, WISC, BRIGANCE, Super Duper) when a manual wants a format, not just a span. The birth-year essay is an example of the two-age problem: a year alone is not an exact age.

Posts are not examiner manuals. They do not include test items or norms. When a sentence names WISC-V, CELF-5, or BRIGANCE, it is identifying which age line people are trying to fill. The current manual still wins if it disagrees. The methodology page is the short version of what the widgets implement. The editorial policy says what we will not invent: clinician bylines, review scores, and usage counts.

Dates in examples are illustrations. Recompute them on the chronological age calculator for the day you care about. Nothing in a blog post uploads a birth date. If you want a tool instead of an essay, the calculator wizard routes by question: everyday age, a named assessment, prematurity, or a single unit such as months.

New posts are added when there is a gap, not on a fixed weekly schedule. If a leap-year edge or a rounding description is wrong, use the contact page.