Technical limitation of how old one can be on D* 5373

app/helpers/profile_helper.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#   Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
+#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
+#   the COPYRIGHT file.
+
+module ProfileHelper
+  def upper_limit_date_of_birth
+    minimum_year = AppConfig.settings.terms.minimum_age.get
+    minimum_year = minimum_year ?  minimum_year.to_i : 13
+    minimum_year.years.ago.year
+  end
+
+  def lower_limit_date_of_birth
+    125.years.ago.year
+  end
+end

app/views/profiles/_edit.haml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     = t('profiles.edit.your_birthday')
 
   .row-fluid
-    = select_date profile.birthday, { :prompt => true, :default => true, :order => t('date.order'), :start_year => 2000, :end_year => 1910, :prefix => 'profile[date]' }, { :class => 'span4' }
+    = select_date profile.birthday, { :prompt => true, :default => true, :order => t('date.order'), :start_year => upper_limit_date_of_birth, :end_year => lower_limit_date_of_birth, :prefix => 'profile[date]' }, { :class => 'span4' }
 
   .small-horizontal-spacer