Date Time VB.Net

Imports System.Globalization
Module MainClass
   Public Sub Main()
        Dim dateFormat As String = "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss.fffffff" 
        Dim date1 As Date = #09/08/2010 16:00#
        Console.WriteLine("Original date: {0} ({1:N0} ticks)", _
                          date1.ToString(dateFormat), date1.Ticks)
        Dim date3 As Date = date1.AddMilliseconds(1.5)
        Console.WriteLine("Third date:    {0} ({1:N0} ticks)", _
                          date3.ToString(dateFormat), date3.Ticks)
        Console.WriteLine("Difference between dates: {0} ({1:N0} ticks)", _
                          date3 - date1, date3.Ticks - date1.Ticks)                        
   End Sub
End Module