Birthday Calculation (v2)

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Setup

var dateString = "1992-01-13";

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Accepted Answer
getAge(dateString);

function getAge(dateString) {
  var today = new Date();
  var birthDate = new Date(dateString);
  var age = today.getFullYear() - birthDate.getFullYear();
  var m = today.getMonth() - birthDate.getMonth();
  if (m < 0 || (m === 0 && today.getDate() < birthDate.getDate())) {
    age--;
  }
  return age;
}
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Optimized code
calcAge(dateString);

function calcAge(dateString) {
  var birthday = +new Date(dateString);
  return ~~ ((Date.now() - birthday) / (31557600000));
}
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OPs Code
OPAge(dateString);

function OPAge(dob) {
  var year = Number(dob.substr(0, 4));
  var month = Number(dob.substr(4, 2)) - 1;
  var day = Number(dob.substr(6, 2));
  var today = new Date();
  var age = today.getFullYear() - year;
  if (today.getMonth() < month || (today.getMonth() == month && today.getDate() < day)) {
    age--;
  }
  return age;
}
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