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They do have to calculate it, it's just the calculation is a bit easier for them.
They could also process the year as a string and drop the first two characters.
Only if you were born on January 1, otherwise you have to do a simple +-1 math
But we’re not really calculating anything. I was 12 in 2012 and 8 in 2008. That’s much less a calculation and more so just observing numbers.
You're not living up to your username with an effort like that!
My username is pure sarcasm unfortunately