So I'm finally reading all 15 books (including New Spring) for the first time -- previously, I'd only read up through Knife of Dreams -- and having just fiinshed Crossroads of Twilight this morning, it ocurred to me to wonder:  By the time the events in A Memory of Light have concluded, exactly how long will it have been since the folks from Emonds Field left home? 

I'm quite certain it has to have been at least a few years by the time all is said and done, but beyond that I'm unsure.  Has anyone figured this out to any degree of specificity? 

NO SPOILERS PLEASE!!  (I've not read any of the Sanderson books yet.) 

If I was living prior to the events in the Wheel of Time books, I'd pick either Andor (which includes the Two Rivers) or Tar Valon, no question.  I could maybe see wanting to be a Borderlander, but I don't think I'd want to live anywhere else.