The phrase "almost the same as when" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to compare two situations or states that are similar to a previous time or condition.
Example: "The weather today is almost the same as when we had that picnic last summer."
Alternatives: "nearly identical to when" or "similar to when".
Greenfield himself says the factory floors are almost the same as when this place opened, in 1916, and nearly identical to what he first saw when he got a job here in 1947, before he bought the factory.
It can be seen that the control of acceleration and deceleration by the ACC ECU is almost the same as when the vehicle is operated by the driver.
In the case of four combinations, (e.g., Table 4), the result of the F-measure remains almost the same as when using three combinations but with further reductions using f1-f3-f23-f4 and f1-f3-f23-f16.
In addition, solder filling of the joints makes the current distribution uniform due to the normal resistance in the high field zone, and the current sharing temperature can be estimated as almost the same as when the current distribution is uniform.
Nonetheless, when all four knowledge measures were included in analysis together (last column in (Table 2 and Table 3), the associations between each knowledge measure and HIV infection were almost the same as when the knowledge measures were analyzed separately.
The total size of the city's work force was almost exactly the same as when Giuliani first took office.
Osborne's much vaunted plan to "eliminate the deficit" was abandoned after just two years as negligible growth flatlined, forcing him to borrow more money in three years than Labour did in 13, leaving public finances almost exactly the same as when the coalition came to power.
Osborne's much vaunted plan to "eliminate the deficit" was abandoned after just two years as negligible growth flat-lined, forcing him to borrow more money in three years than Labour did in 13, leaving public finances almost exactly the same as when the coalition came to power.
In this situation, the magnitude of improvement is more dramatic but the accuracy level at which the prior achieves improvement is almost exactly the same as when considering all links.
Humble's smart move to diversify the company shows his understanding that the world is not the same as when Second Life launched almost a decade ago.
A2 is almost the same as A1 when θ is changed to θ − 1.
