以下是我对获得Months差异的贡献，我发现这是准确的:

namespace System
{
     public static class DateTimeExtensions
     {
         public static Int32 DiffMonths( this DateTime start, DateTime end )
         {
             Int32 months = 0;
             DateTime tmp = start;

             while ( tmp < end )
             {
                 months++;
                 tmp = tmp.AddMonths( 1 );
             }

             return months;
        }
    }
}

用法:

Int32 months = DateTime.Now.DiffMonths( DateTime.Now.AddYears( 5 ) );

您可以创建另一个名为DiffYears的方法，并应用与上面完全相同的逻辑，并在while循环中使用AddYears而不是AddMonths。

如果你只关心月份和年份，想要触及两个日期(例如你想要从JAN/2021到AGO/2022)，你可以使用这个:

int numberOfMonths= (Year2 > Year1 ? ( Year2 - Year1 - 1) * 12 + (12 - Month1) + Month2 + 1 : Month2 - Month1 + 1); 

例子:

Year1/Month1: 2021/10   
Year2/Month2: 2022/08   
numberOfMonths = 11;

或者同年:

Year1/Month1: 2021/10   
Year2/Month2: 2021/12   
numberOfMonths = 3;

如果你只想触碰其中一个，就去掉两个+ 1。

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        label3.Text = new DateDifference(Convert.ToDateTime("2018-09-13"), Convert.ToDateTime("2018-11-15")).ToString();
        label2.Text = new DateDifference(Convert.ToDateTime("2018-10-12"), Convert.ToDateTime("2018-11-15")).ToString();

        DateDifference oDateDifference = new DateDifference(Convert.ToDateTime("2018-11-12"));
       label1.Text  =   oDateDifference.ToString();

    }
}




public class DateDifference
{
    public DateTime start { get; set; }
    public DateTime currentDAte { get; set; }
    public DateTime origstart { get; set; }
    public DateTime origCurrentDAte { get; set; }

    int days { get; set; }
    int months { get; set; }
    int years { get; set; }

    public DateDifference(DateTime postedDate, DateTime currentDAte)
    {
        this.start = this.removeTime(postedDate);
        this.currentDAte = this.removeTime(currentDAte);
        this.origstart = postedDate;
        this.origCurrentDAte = currentDAte;

    }

    public DateDifference(DateTime postedDate)
    {
        DateTime currentDate_ = DateTime.Now;
        this.start = this.removeTime(postedDate);
        this.currentDAte = this.removeTime(currentDate_);
        this.origstart = postedDate;
        this.origCurrentDAte = currentDate_;
        if (start > this.currentDAte)
        {
            throw new Exception("Current date is greater than date posted");
        }
        this.compute();
    }

    void compute()
    {
        while (this.start.Year <= this.currentDAte.Year)
        {
            if (this.start.Year <= this.currentDAte.Year && (this.start.AddMonths(1) <= this.currentDAte))
            {
                ++this.months;
                this.start = this.start.AddMonths(1);
            }

            if ((this.start.Year == this.currentDAte.Year) && (this.start >= this.currentDAte.AddMonths(-1) && this.start <= this.currentDAte))
            {
                break;
            }
        }

        while (this.start.DayOfYear < this.currentDAte.DayOfYear)
        {
            ++this.days;
            this.start = start.AddDays(1);
        }

        if (this.months > 11)
        {
            while (this.months > 11)
            {
                ++this.years;
                this.months = months - 12;
            }
        }

    }


    public override string ToString()
    {
        if (this.start > this.currentDAte)
        {
            throw new Exception("Current date is greater than date posted");
        }
        String ret = this.ComposeTostring();
        this.reset();
        return ret;
    }

    private String ComposeTostring()
    {
        this.compute();
        if (this.years > 0)
        {
            if (this.months > 0)
            {
                if (this.days > 0)
                {
                    return String.Format("{0} year{1}, {2} month{3} && {4} Day{5} ago", this.years, plural(this.years), this.months, plural(this.months), this.days, plural(this.days));
                }
                return String.Format("{0} year{1}, {2} month{3} ago", this.years, plural(this.years), this.months, plural(this.months));
            }
            else
            {
                if (this.days > 0)
                {
                    return String.Format("{0} year{1},{2} day{3} ago", this.years, plural(this.years), this.days, plural(this.days));
                }

                return String.Format("{0} year{1} ago", this.years, plural(this.years));

            }
        }

        if (this.months > 0)
        {
            if (this.days > 0)
            {
                return String.Format("{0} month{1}, {2} day{3} ago", this.months, plural(this.months), this.days, plural(this.days));
            }
            else
            {
                return String.Format("{0} month{1} ago", this.months, plural(this.months));
            }
        }

        if ((this.origCurrentDAte - this.origstart).Days > 0)
        {
            int daysDiff = (this.origCurrentDAte - this.origstart).Days;
            this.origstart = this.origstart.AddDays(daysDiff);
            int HoursDiff = (this.origCurrentDAte - this.origstart).Hours;
            return String.Format("{0} day{1}, {2} hour{3} ago", daysDiff, plural(daysDiff), HoursDiff, plural(HoursDiff));

        }
        else if ((this.origCurrentDAte - this.origstart).Hours > 0)
        {
            int HoursDiff = (this.origCurrentDAte - this.origstart).Hours;
            this.origstart = this.origstart.AddHours(HoursDiff);
            int MinDiff = (this.origCurrentDAte - this.origstart).Minutes;
            return String.Format("{0} hour{1}, {2} minute{3} ago", HoursDiff, plural(HoursDiff), MinDiff, plural(MinDiff));
        }
        else if ((this.origCurrentDAte - this.origstart).Minutes > 0)
        {

            int MinDiff = (this.origCurrentDAte - this.origstart).Minutes;
            this.origstart = this.origstart.AddMinutes(MinDiff);
            int SecDiff = (this.origCurrentDAte - this.origstart).Seconds;
            return String.Format("{0} minute{1}, {2} second{3} ago", MinDiff, plural(MinDiff), SecDiff, plural(SecDiff));
        }
        else if ((this.origCurrentDAte - this.origstart).Seconds > 0)
        {
            int sec = (this.origCurrentDAte - this.origstart).Seconds;
            return String.Format("{0} second{1}", sec, plural(sec));
        }

        return "";
    }

    String plural(int val)
    {
        return (val > 1 ? "s" : String.Empty);
    }

    DateTime removeTime(DateTime dtime)
    {
        dtime = dtime.AddHours(-dtime.Hour);
        dtime = dtime.AddMinutes(-dtime.Minute);
        dtime = dtime.AddSeconds(-dtime.Second);
        return dtime;
    }

    public void reset()
    {

        this.days = 0;
        this.months = 0;
        this.years = 0;
        this.start = DateTime.MinValue;
        this.currentDAte = DateTime.MinValue;
        this.origstart = DateTime.MinValue;
        this.origCurrentDAte = DateTime.MinValue;
    }
}

下面是一个返回DateTimeSpan的综合解决方案，它与TimeSpan类似，不同之处是它除了时间组件之外还包括所有的日期组件。

用法:

void Main()
{
    DateTime compareTo = DateTime.Parse("8/13/2010 8:33:21 AM");
    DateTime now = DateTime.Parse("2/9/2012 10:10:11 AM");
    var dateSpan = DateTimeSpan.CompareDates(compareTo, now);
    Console.WriteLine("Years: " + dateSpan.Years);
    Console.WriteLine("Months: " + dateSpan.Months);
    Console.WriteLine("Days: " + dateSpan.Days);
    Console.WriteLine("Hours: " + dateSpan.Hours);
    Console.WriteLine("Minutes: " + dateSpan.Minutes);
    Console.WriteLine("Seconds: " + dateSpan.Seconds);
    Console.WriteLine("Milliseconds: " + dateSpan.Milliseconds);
}

输出:

年:1 第五个月: 天:27 时间:1 分钟:36 50秒: 毫秒:0

为了方便起见，我将逻辑集中到DateTimeSpan结构体中，但是您可以将方法CompareDates移动到任何您认为合适的地方。还要注意，哪个日期在另一个日期之前并不重要。

public struct DateTimeSpan
{
    public int Years { get; }
    public int Months { get; }
    public int Days { get; }
    public int Hours { get; }
    public int Minutes { get; }
    public int Seconds { get; }
    public int Milliseconds { get; }

    public DateTimeSpan(int years, int months, int days, int hours, int minutes, int seconds, int milliseconds)
    {
        Years = years;
        Months = months;
        Days = days;
        Hours = hours;
        Minutes = minutes;
        Seconds = seconds;
        Milliseconds = milliseconds;
    }

    enum Phase { Years, Months, Days, Done }

    public static DateTimeSpan CompareDates(DateTime date1, DateTime date2)
    {
        if (date2 < date1)
        {
            var sub = date1;
            date1 = date2;
            date2 = sub;
        }

        DateTime current = date1;
        int years = 0;
        int months = 0;
        int days = 0;

        Phase phase = Phase.Years;
        DateTimeSpan span = new DateTimeSpan();
        int officialDay = current.Day;

        while (phase != Phase.Done)
        {
            switch (phase)
            {
                case Phase.Years:
                    if (current.AddYears(years + 1) > date2)
                    {
                        phase = Phase.Months;
                        current = current.AddYears(years);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        years++;
                    }
                    break;
                case Phase.Months:
                    if (current.AddMonths(months + 1) > date2)
                    {
                        phase = Phase.Days;
                        current = current.AddMonths(months);
                        if (current.Day < officialDay && officialDay <= DateTime.DaysInMonth(current.Year, current.Month))
                            current = current.AddDays(officialDay - current.Day);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        months++;
                    }
                    break;
                case Phase.Days:
                    if (current.AddDays(days + 1) > date2)
                    {
                        current = current.AddDays(days);
                        var timespan = date2 - current;
                        span = new DateTimeSpan(years, months, days, timespan.Hours, timespan.Minutes, timespan.Seconds, timespan.Milliseconds);
                        phase = Phase.Done;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        days++;
                    }
                    break;
            }
        }

        return span;
    }
}

假设这个月的日期不相关(即2011.1.1和2010.12.31之间的差为1)，date1 > date2为正值，date2 > date1为负值

((date1.Year - date2.Year) * 12) + date1.Month - date2.Month

或者，假设你想要两个日期之间的“平均月”的大致数字，下面的方法应该适用于所有日期，但日期差异非常大。

date1.Subtract(date2).Days / (365.25 / 12)

注意，如果您要使用后一种解决方案，那么您的单元测试应该声明应用程序设计使用的最宽日期范围，并相应地验证计算结果。

更新(感谢Gary)

如果使用“平均月份”方法，“每年平均天数”的更准确数字是365.2425。

有3种情况:同一年，前一年和其他年份。

如果日期不重要的话……

public int GetTotalNumberOfMonths(DateTime start, DateTime end)
{
    // work with dates in the right order
    if (start > end)
    {
        var swapper = start;
        start = end;
        end = swapper;
    }

    switch (end.Year - start.Year)
    {
        case 0: // Same year
            return end.Month - start.Month;

        case 1: // last year
            return (12 - start.Month) + end.Month;

        default:
            return 12 * (3 - (end.Year - start.Year)) + (12 - start.Month) + end.Month;
    }
}