>Also, if you try that version, you will see it will give 5, 3 and 1:
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>        Dim earlierDate As New DateTime(2007, 8, 5, 10, 15, 0)
>        Dim timespan As TimeSpan = DateTime.Now.Subtract(earlierDate)
>        Dim difference As New DateTime(timespan.Ticks)
>        MessageBox.Show(difference.Year.ToString + " " + difference.Month.ToString + " " + difference.Day.ToString)
>

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>We still have only one month completed since August 5th and it gives 3. So, I am not sure this approach will work as well.


Yes but your start time in this example is 2007 ... 3 years ago...