If you want the exact number of full months, always positive (2000-01-15, 2000-02-14 returns 0), considering a full month is when you reach the same day the next month (something like the age calculation)
public static int GetMonthsBetween(DateTime from, DateTime to){ if (from > to) return GetMonthsBetween(to, from); var monthDiff = Math.Abs((to.Year * 12 + (to.Month - 1)) - (from.Year * 12 + (from.Month - 1))); if (from.AddMonths(monthDiff) > to || to.Day < from.Day) { return monthDiff - 1; } else { return monthDiff; }}
Edit reason: the old code was not correct in some cases like :
new { From = new DateTime(1900, 8, 31), To = new DateTime(1901, 8, 30), Result = 11 },Test cases I used to test the function:var tests = new[]{ new { From = new DateTime(1900, 1, 1), To = new DateTime(1900, 1, 1), Result = 0 }, new { From = new DateTime(1900, 1, 1), To = new DateTime(1900, 1, 2), Result = 0 }, new { From = new DateTime(1900, 1, 2), To = new DateTime(1900, 1, 1), Result = 0 }, new { From = new DateTime(1900, 1, 1), To = new DateTime(1900, 2, 1), Result = 1 }, new { From = new DateTime(1900, 2, 1), To = new DateTime(1900, 1, 1), Result = 1 }, new { From = new DateTime(1900, 1, 31), To = new DateTime(1900, 2, 1), Result = 0 }, new { From = new DateTime(1900, 8, 31), To = new DateTime(1900, 9, 30), Result = 0 }, new { From = new DateTime(1900, 8, 31), To = new DateTime(1900, 10, 1), Result = 1 }, new { From = new DateTime(1900, 1, 1), To = new DateTime(1901, 1, 1), Result = 12 }, new { From = new DateTime(1900, 1, 1), To = new DateTime(1911, 1, 1), Result = 132 }, new { From = new DateTime(1900, 8, 31), To = new DateTime(1901, 8, 30), Result = 11 },};