Google-calendar – How to add birthdays with automatic age to Google Calendar

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Is there any way to add a birthday to my Google Calendar in such a way that the age is updated automatically?

For instance, if I was born on May 2nd, 1980, then I'd like the entry for 2011 to say, "Nathan's 31st birthday", and for 2012 to say, "Nathan's 32nd birthday", and so on.

Can this be done?

Best Answer

You can do this but you first need to populate the Birthday field in your contacts.

After you have done this, go to Google Calendar:

  • In the left hand pane click Add > Browse Interesting Calendars
  • Click the More tab
  • Select Contacts' birthdays and events
  • Click Subscribe
  • Click Back to Calendar

IIRC, the Google Calendar doesn't provide notifications for these events.

To receive notifications you will probably have to use a Third Party Application - one of these Apps being http://contact-birthdays.appspot.com/ ( I haven't used this application I found it via a Google search)

EDIT:

Sorry I missed probably the most important part of the question - I am pretty sure you can't display the age. This feature request has been outstanding for quite some time now. There is this userscript that adds the age to the event.

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