A marital duration assessment tool is a resource designed to compute the length of a marriage, typically expressed in years. The tool requires the input of the marriage date, and often, the current date. For example, entering a marriage date of January 1, 2000, and a current date of January 1, 2024, would yield a result of 24 years.
Accurately determining the number of years of matrimony is useful for various purposes, including planning anniversary celebrations, calculating eligibility for certain benefits, and for genealogical or historical record-keeping. Historically, such calculations would have been performed manually, requiring subtraction and potentially leading to errors. The availability of automated tools provides increased accuracy and convenience.