Google Birthday Calendar Wrong Year

I am having issue when i am getting google birthday calendar. I am getting wrong year in google birthday calendar.

Ex:
In my google contacts i am having contact name - Deepak whose birthday - 19/04/1990. So this contact birthday showing in the google birthday calendar. When i am fetching google birthday calendar i am getting date like 2017-04-19, 2018-04-19, 2019-04-19. How can i get contact exact birthday with year from google birthday calendar?

Response From Google Calendar API

[0] => Array
(
[kind] => calendar#event
[etag] => "3060534890000000"
[id] => 2017_BIRTHDAY_4a7a6b868dd53910
[status] => confirmed
[htmlLink] => https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=MjAxN19CSVJUSERBWV80YTdhNmI4NjhkZDUzOTEwICNjb250YWN0c0B2
[created] => 2018-06-29T10:17:25.000Z
[updated] => 2018-06-29T10:17:25.000Z
[summary] => Deepak's birthday
[description] => This is Deepak's birthday!
[creator] => Array
(
[email] => #contacts@group.v.calendar.google.com
[displayName] => Contacts
[self] => 1
)

[organizer] => Array
(
[email] => #contacts@group.v.calendar.google.com
[displayName] => Contacts
[self] => 1
)

[start] => Array
(
[date] => 2017-06-30
)

[end] => Array
(
[date] => 2017-07-01
)

[visibility] => public
[iCalUID] => 2017_BIRTHDAY_4a7a6b868dd53910@google.com
[sequence] => 0
[gadget] => Array
(
[iconLink] => https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/cake.gif
[preferences] => Array
(
[goo.contactsGivenName] => Deepak
[goo.contactsEventType] => BIRTHDAY
[goo.contactsFullName] => Deepak
[goo.isGPlusUser] => false
[goo.contactsContactId] => 4a7a6b868dd53910
[goo.contactsIsMyContact] => true
)

)

[reminders] => Array
(
[useDefault] => 1
)

)


[1] => Array
(
[kind] => calendar#event
[etag] => "3060534890000000"
[id] => 2018_BIRTHDAY_4a7a6b868dd53910
[status] => confirmed
[htmlLink] => https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=MjAxOF9CSVJUSERBWV80YTdhNmI4NjhkZDUzOTEwICNjb250YWN0c0B2
[created] => 2018-06-29T10:17:25.000Z
[updated] => 2018-06-29T10:17:25.000Z
[summary] => Deepak's birthday
[description] => This is Deepak's birthday!
[creator] => Array
(
[email] => #contacts@group.v.calendar.google.com
[displayName] => Contacts
[self] => 1
)

[organizer] => Array
(
[email] => #contacts@group.v.calendar.google.com
[displayName] => Contacts
[self] => 1
)

[start] => Array
(
[date] => 2018-06-30
)

[end] => Array
(
[date] => 2018-07-01
)

[visibility] => public
[iCalUID] => 2018_BIRTHDAY_4a7a6b868dd53910@google.com
[sequence] => 0
[gadget] => Array
(
[iconLink] => https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/cake.gif
[preferences] => Array
(
[goo.contactsGivenName] => Deepak
[goo.contactsEventType] => BIRTHDAY
[goo.contactsFullName] => Deepak
[goo.isGPlusUser] => false
[goo.contactsContactId] => 4a7a6b868dd53910
[goo.contactsIsMyContact] => true
)

)

[reminders] => Array
(
[useDefault] => 1
)

)

[2] => Array
(
[kind] => calendar#event
[etag] => "3060534890000000"
[id] => 2019_BIRTHDAY_4a7a6b868dd53910
[status] => confirmed
[htmlLink] => https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=MjAxOV9CSVJUSERBWV80YTdhNmI4NjhkZDUzOTEwICNjb250YWN0c0B2
[created] => 2018-06-29T10:17:25.000Z
[updated] => 2018-06-29T10:17:25.000Z
[summary] => Deepak's birthday
[description] => This is Deepak's birthday!
[creator] => Array
(
[email] => #contacts@group.v.calendar.google.com
[displayName] => Contacts
[self] => 1
)

[organizer] => Array
(
[email] => #contacts@group.v.calendar.google.com
[displayName] => Contacts
[self] => 1
)

[start] => Array
(
[date] => 2019-06-30
)

[end] => Array
(
[date] => 2019-07-01
)

[visibility] => public
[iCalUID] => 2019_BIRTHDAY_4a7a6b868dd53910@google.com
[sequence] => 0
[gadget] => Array
(
[iconLink] => https://calendar.google.com/googlecalendar/images/cake.gif
[preferences] => Array
(
[goo.contactsGivenName] => Deepak
[goo.contactsEventType] => BIRTHDAY
[goo.contactsFullName] => Deepak
[goo.isGPlusUser] => false
[goo.contactsContactId] => 4a7a6b868dd53910
[goo.contactsIsMyContact] => true
)

)

[reminders] => Array
(
[useDefault] => 1
)

)


1 Answer
1

Google calendar and google contacts are two different things. There is also a difference between a date of birth and a birthday. The former occurs only once the latter occurs once a year.

Ex: In my google contacts I am having contact name - Deepak whose birthday - 19/04/1990.

This is your entry in your address book for this user. Its the users date of birth.

So this contact birthday showing in the google birthday calendar. When i am fetching google birthday calendar i am getting date like 2017-04-19, 2018-04-19, 2019-04-19.

Google calendar birthday calendar gives you an event for each year for the users birthday that year. So that you dont forget to send flowers.

How can i get contact exact birthday with year from google birthday calendar?

You should be going though the google contacts api directly if you just want the data from your google contacts.

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