Get years from System.TimeSpan object

Question

I have a line of code given below where dt1 and dt2 are DateTime objects and I want to calculate or get number of years using ts TimeSpan object.

TimeSpan ts = dt1.Date - dt2.Date;

Example: dt1 has 1/19/2011 12:00:00 AM and dt2 has 1/19/1980 12:00:00 AM. ts gets the difference in days.I need to calculate number of years using ts.

Please suggest if any solution.

Thanks.

Bryian Tan · Answer

hello Check this out too Calculating Duration Between Two Dates in Years Months and Days

Mahesh Chand · Answer

You can get that by using dt1.Year - dt2.Year

sojan m y · Answer

Thanks for the solution.

Mahesh Chand · Answer

Guys there is a simple solution for this. Why are you twisting it around? Lol! DateTime dob = new DateTime(1974 07 10); DateTime today = DateTime.Now; int age = today.Year - dob.Year; Console.WriteLine(age);

Suthish Nair · Answer

so many ways.. DateTime dt1 = new DateTime(1980119); int age = new DateTime(DateTime.Now.Subtract(dt1).Ticks).Year - 1; int age1 = (int)((DateTime.Now - dt1).TotalDays / 365.255); or refer

sojan m y · Answer

It is not a requirement. I need to calculate the age and i have a DateTime object with birth date and time.I am trying to get the exact number of years by subtraction.

sojan m y · Answer

Thanks for the reply. If there are leap years in betweenthen divide by 365 doesn't produce the correct number. How can we handle it?

Vijay Yadav · Answer

Hi Sojam Suppose there is textbox for Date of birth and i have to find difference in year so i can do this way.. DateTime dtDOB = Convert.ToDateTime(dtpDOB.Text); DateTime dtComp = Convert.ToDateTime(DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString()); System.TimeSpan diffResult = dtComp.Subtract(dtDOB); string strDOB = diffResult.ToString(); string[] strDate = strDOB.Split(new char[] { '.' }); int strDate2 = Convert.ToInt32(strDate[0].ToString()); int age = Convert.ToInt32(strDate2 / 365); Thanks Vijay

Mahesh Chand · Answer

Is that the requirement of getting years using TimeSpan? You can easily get years by using DateTime.