Infamous getAge() method help

[Kurumi Tokisaki]

Just a quick question here.
I'm trying to create a variation of a getAge() method I created using Java 8's wonderful new library.
Here's what it looks like.

import java.time.*;

public class Person
{
   private String firstName;
   private String lastName;
   private LocalDate birthDate;
   private Gender gender;

   public Person(String firstName, String lastName, LocalDate birthDate, Gender gender)
   {
      this.firstName = firstName;
      this.lastName = lastName;
      this.birthDate = birthDate;
      this.gender = gender;
   }
   
   public int getAge()
   {
      LocalDate today = LocalDate.now();
      return today.getYear() - birthDate.getYear();
   }
   
   public String getFirstName()
   {
      return firstName;
   }
   
   public String getLastName()
   {
      return lastName;
   }
   
   public LocalDate getBirthDate()
   {
      return birthDate;
   }
   
   public Gender getGender()
   {
      return gender;
   }

   public String toString()
   {
      return String.format("%s %s %s %s %d", firstName, lastName, birthDate, gender, getAge()); 
   }
}

What I'm looking for help with is this code exactly:

public int getAge()
   {
      LocalDate today = LocalDate.now();
      return today.getYear() - birthDate.getYear();
   }

It returns the age perfectly, but doesn't handle leap years very well, so I was just wondering if there was another way to re-create this getAge() method. Just as a note, in the main code, it prompts the user to enter their birth date (mm/dd/yyyy).
Thanks for the help.

[Anayonkar Shivalkar]

Hi Kurumi,

Welcome to CodeRanch!

Kurumi Tokisaki wrote:but doesn't handle leap years very well

What does this mean exactly? Can you please provide and example.

Meanwhile, LocalDate class has isLeapYear method - which you may use to adjust code for leap year.

I hope this helps.

Thanks.

[Kurumi Tokisaki]

I apologize for not being clear. That isLeapYear method will definitely help. Thanks for the tip. I was just wondering if the getAge() method I was using could be created another way in the Java 8 class. I've seen some examples online, but most of them are very long, or produced many errors...