The more accurate response is: 62 years, 4 months and 13 days. This was calculated from December 31, 1963 until today. To illustrate this better, if you were born in 1963 you would be either 62 or 63 years old. 63, if you were born on or before May 14, or 62 if you born after this date.
1963 was 62 years ago because we are now in 2026.
1963 was 748 months ago because we are now in May 2026. The math is simple: each year has 12 months, 62 x 12 = 744 and four months have passed since the beginning of 2026. So 744 + 4 = 748.
1963 was 3254 weeks ago. While it might seem a bit odd, the simplest way to get the result is to first calculate how many days have passed since 1963 and divide that number by 7 (days in a week). In this instance, 22779 / 7 = 3254.14 from which only the quotient is needed, 3254.
1963 was 22779 days ago because today is May 14, 2026. Each typical year is at least 365 days long, so multiplying 62 years by 365 results in 22630. Factoring in the days passed since the beginning of this year we get 22630 + 133 = 22763. Of course, the 16 leap years during this period also have to accounted for. So adding 16 more days we end up with 22779 days in total.
If you want to, you can take it up one step further. You can also calculate how many hours passed since 1963. Since we already know the number of days, it would be 24 x 22779 = 546696. Right now it’s 6:16 PM, meaning we have to add 18 (hours passed since midnight) to 546696. So 1963 was 546714 hours ago.