Dim earlierDate As New DateTime(2009, 9, 15, 10, 40, 20) >Dim timespan As TimeSpan = DateTime.Now.Subtract(earlierDate) >Dim difference As New DateTime(timespan.Ticks) >Console.WriteLine("Years: {0} Months: {1} Days {2}", difference.Year, difference.Month, difference.Day) >Thanks, but Console.WriteLine() doesn't do anything in my application.