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Stopwatch Class

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Provides a set of methods and properties that you can use to accurately measure elapsed time.

System.Object
System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch

Namespace: System.Diagnostics
Assembly: System (in System.dll)

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public class Stopwatch

The Stopwatch type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	Stopwatch	Initializes a new instance of the Stopwatch class.

	Name	Description
	Elapsed	Gets the total elapsed time measured by the current instance.
	ElapsedMilliseconds	Gets the total elapsed time measured by the current instance, in milliseconds.
	ElapsedTicks	Gets the total elapsed time measured by the current instance, in timer ticks.
	IsRunning	Gets a value indicating whether the Stopwatch timer is running.

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetTimestamp	Gets the current number of ticks in the timer mechanism.
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Reset	Stops time interval measurement and resets the elapsed time to zero.
	Start	Starts, or resumes, measuring elapsed time for an interval.
	StartNew	Initializes a new Stopwatch instance, sets the elapsed time property to zero, and starts measuring elapsed time.
	Stop	Stops measuring elapsed time for an interval.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

	Name	Description
	Frequency	Gets the frequency of the timer as the number of ticks per second. This field is read-only.
	IsHighResolution	Indicates whether the timer is based on a high-resolution performance counter. This field is read-only.