diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 570879ff18d..d3f6f75d3d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ changes in the following format: PR #1234***
 Quality Control, and Behavioural Quality Control. (PR #6041)
 - Addition of a new `account_request_date` in `users` table that will be used when
 requesting a new account and will be displayed in the User Accounts module (PR #6191)
+- Candidate's age can be retrieved from the Candidate class in days, months, or years (PR #5945)
 #### Bug Fixes
 - *Add item here*
 ### Modules
diff --git a/php/libraries/Candidate.class.inc b/php/libraries/Candidate.class.inc
index ed991f5f7b2..2b4d76d6711 100644
--- a/php/libraries/Candidate.class.inc
+++ b/php/libraries/Candidate.class.inc
@@ -688,6 +688,57 @@ class Candidate implements \LORIS\StudyEntities\AccessibleResource
         return intval($result);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns DateInterval between candidate's date of birth and a given date,
+     * or today if no date given.
+     *
+     * @param ?DateTime $refDate The reference date from which to calculate the age,
+     *                           or null if not provided
+     *
+     * @return DateInterval Between DoB and $refDate
+     */
+    public function getAge(?DateTime $refDate = null): DateInterval
+    {
+        if (!$refDate) {
+            $refDate = new DateTime();
+        }
+
+        $dob = new DateTime($this->candidateInfo["DoB"]);
+
+        return $dob->diff($refDate);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the candidate's calculated age today in int years
+     *
+     * @return int The candidate's age today as years
+     */
+    public function getAgeInYears(): int
+    {
+        return (int)$this->getAge()->format('%y');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the candidate's calculated age today in total number of months
+     *
+     * @return int The candidate's age today in months
+     */
+    public function getAgeInMonths(): int
+    {
+        return (int)$this->getAge()->format('%m') +
+            12 * $this->getAgeInYears();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the candidate's calculated age today in total number of days
+     *
+     * @return int The candidate's age today in days
+     */
+    public function getAgeInDays(): int
+    {
+        return (int)$this->getAge()->days;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns list of consents and their respective statuses for this candidate
      *
diff --git a/test/unittests/CandidateTest.php b/test/unittests/CandidateTest.php
index a973584cca3..5ee6c03e38e 100644
--- a/test/unittests/CandidateTest.php
+++ b/test/unittests/CandidateTest.php
@@ -669,6 +669,62 @@ public function testGetNextVisitNoReturnsOneWhenNextVisitDoesNotExist()
         $this->_candidate->select($this->_candidateInfo['CandID']);
         $this->assertEquals(1, $this->_candidate->getNextVisitNo());
     }
+    /**
+     * Test getAge returns correct DateTime Interval $y, $m, $d properties
+     *
+     * @covers Candidate::getAge()
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testGetAgeReturnsCorrectDateTimeInterval()
+    {
+        $this->_setUpTestDoublesForSelectCandidate();
+        $this->_candidate->select($this->_candidateInfo['CandID']);
+
+        $referenceDate = new DateTime('2020-02-25');
+        $this->assertEquals(12, $this->_candidate->getAge($referenceDate)->y);
+        $this->assertEquals(11, $this->_candidate->getAge($referenceDate)->m);
+        $this->assertEquals(23, $this->_candidate->getAge($referenceDate)->d);
+    }
+    /**
+     * Test getAgeInYears returns age as int years
+     *
+     * @covers Candidate::getAgeInYears()
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testGetAgeInYearsReturnsIntYears()
+    {
+        $this->_setUpTestDoublesForSelectCandidate();
+        $this->_candidate->select($this->_candidateInfo['CandID']);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($this->_candidate->getAge()->format('%y'), $this->_candidate->getAgeInYears());
+    }
+    /**
+     * Test getAgeInMonths returns age in months
+     *
+     * @covers Candidate::getAgeInMonths()
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testGetAgeInMonthsReturnsMonths()
+    {
+        $this->_setUpTestDoublesForSelectCandidate();
+        $this->_candidate->select($this->_candidateInfo['CandID']);
+
+        $expectedAge = intval($this->_candidate->getAge()->format('%m')) + 12 * intval($this->_candidate->getAge()->format('%y'));
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedAge, $this->_candidate->getAgeInMonths());
+    }
+    /**
+     * Test getAgeInDays returns age in days
+     *
+     * @covers Candidate::getAgeInDays()
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testGetAgeInDaysReturnsDays()
+    {
+        $this->_setUpTestDoublesForSelectCandidate();
+        $this->_candidate->select($this->_candidateInfo['CandID']);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($this->_candidate->getAge()->days, $this->_candidate->getAgeInDays());
+    }
     /**
      * Test getSessionID returns session ID for a given existing visit
      *