Rule DateOfBirth_46 doesn't work properly

[Cris HaleParticipant]

I’m getting error DateOfBirth_46 showing up for a learner on a new standard with a start date of 10th May 2017 and an end date of 16th May 2018.
I can see why they would return this error – computers are as bad with dates as people are (is tomorrow one day away because it’s not yet tomorrow, or no days away because there aren’t any in between?) – but it’s incorrect by two of my reckonings.
I used Excel firstly, where each date is represented by a number, meaning the start date plus the remaining number of days gives the final date:

Secondly, as a check I have counted the weeks and days on the calendar:

There are 53 full weeks including the start date and the day outlined in grey, the 15th of May 2018, plus the end date; this gives 372 as I’ve shown in the calculation underneath.

These standards have been going for a little while now, so I’m wondering why this apparently hasn’t been sorted already. I will probably have to adjust the end date, at least for the upload, but I prefer to solve problems than work around them.

Cris

[Martin WestParticipant]

Hi Cris,
There are various functions that can be used to determine how many specified time intervals exist between two dates and these return 371 days for the dates you have entered.
Its a bit like counting the gaps between the posts.
Just add a day.
HTH

[Caspar VerneyParticipant]

Forgive me for asking, but is an error called DateOfBirth_46 more to do with the Learner’s date of birth, rather than course duration?

[Cris HaleParticipant]

Hi both,

Martin – As I say, I prefer to solve problems than avoid them, but unless I can catch the eye of some SFA bigwig, I think it’s going to come down to that – thanks.

Caspar – I know, I’m not sure why they put it in that section. I think it’s purely because minimum length (at least before the reforms) was affected by age.

Cris

[markshieldParticipant]

I’ve had a look into this and rule isn’t behaving as intended. For some reason it was not looking at the first and last days whilst making the calculation. I’ve raised the defect and am reducing the error to a warning in the mean time.

Regards
Mark Shield
ILR Specification Team

[Caspar VerneyParticipant]

Thank you Mark

[Cris HaleParticipant]

Hi Mark,

Great – thank you for looking into it.

Cris