Calculating Number of Months between 2 dates

Question

I have the following VB.NET Code:

Dim Date1 As New DateTime(2010,5,6)
Dim Date2 As New DateTime(2009,10,12)
Dim NumOfMonths = 0 \' This is where I am stumped         


        

Answer 1

Here's a method you could use:

Public Shared Function MonthDifference(ByVal first As DateTime, ByVal second As DateTime) As Integer
    Return Math.Abs((first.Month - second.Month) + 12 * (first.Year - second.Year))
End Function

like this:

Dim Date1 As New DateTime(2010,5,6)
Dim Date2 As New DateTime(2009,10,12)
Dim NumOfMonths = MonthDifference(Date1, Date2)