TimeSpan.FromSeconds Method (System)

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TimeSpan.FromSeconds Method

Returns a TimeSpan that represents a specified number of seconds, where the specification is accurate to the nearest millisecond.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic

Public Shared Function FromSeconds ( _
	value As Double _
) As TimeSpan

public static TimeSpan FromSeconds(
	double value
)

Visual C++

public:
static TimeSpan FromSeconds(
	double value
)

static member FromSeconds : 
        value:float -> TimeSpan

Parameters

value: Type: System.Double
A number of seconds, accurate to the nearest millisecond.

Return Value

Type: System.TimeSpan
An object that represents value.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
OverflowException	value is less than MinValue or greater than MaxValue. -or- value is Double.PositiveInfinity. -or- value is Double.NegativeInfinity.
ArgumentException	value is equal to Double.NaN.

Exception

Condition

OverflowException

value is less than MinValue or greater than MaxValue.

-or-

value is Double.PositiveInfinity.

-or-

value is Double.NegativeInfinity.

ArgumentException

value is equal to Double.NaN.

Remarks

The value parameter is converted to milliseconds, which is converted to ticks, and that number of ticks is used to intialize the new TimeSpan. Therefore, value will only be considered accurate to the nearest millisecond. Note that, because of the loss of precision of the Double data type, this can generate an OverflowException for values that are near but still in the range of either MinValue or MaxValue, This is the cause of an OverflowException, for example, in the following attempt to instantiate a TimeSpan object.

Visual Basic


' The following throws an OverflowException at runtime
Dim maxSpan As TimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(TimeSpan.MaxValue.TotalSeconds)


// The following throws an OverflowException at runtime
TimeSpan maxSpan = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(TimeSpan.MaxValue.TotalSeconds);

Examples

The following example creates several TimeSpan objects using the FromSeconds method.

Visual Basic


' Example of the TimeSpan.FromSeconds( Double ) method.
Imports System
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

Module FromSecondsDemo

    Sub GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( seconds As Double )

        ' Create a TimeSpan object and TimeSpan string from 
        ' a number of seconds.
        Dim interval As TimeSpan = _
            TimeSpan.FromSeconds( seconds )
        Dim timeInterval As String = interval.ToString( )

        ' Pad the end of the TimeSpan string with spaces if it 
        ' does not contain milliseconds.
        Dim pIndex As Integer = timeInterval.IndexOf( ":"c )
        pIndex = timeInterval.IndexOf( "."c, pIndex )
        If pIndex < 0 Then   timeInterval &= "        "

        Console.WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,26}", seconds, timeInterval )
    End Sub 

    Sub Main( )

        Console.WriteLine( "This example of " & _
            "TimeSpan.FromSeconds( Double )" & _
            vbCrLf & "generates the following output." & vbCrLf )
        Console.WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,18}", _
            "FromSeconds", "TimeSpan" )    
        Console.WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,18}", _
            "-----------", "--------" )    

        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 0.001 )
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 0.0015 )
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 12.3456 )
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 123456.7898 )
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 1234567898.7654 )
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 1 )
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 60 )
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 3600 )
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 86400 )
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 1801220.2 )
    End Sub
End Module 

' This example of TimeSpan.FromSeconds( Double )
' generates the following output.
' 
'           FromSeconds          TimeSpan
'           -----------          --------
'                 0.001          00:00:00.0010000
'                0.0015          00:00:00.0020000
'               12.3456          00:00:12.3460000
'           123456.7898        1.10:17:36.7900000
'       1234567898.7654    14288.23:31:38.7650000
'                     1          00:00:01
'                    60          00:01:00
'                  3600          01:00:00
'                 86400        1.00:00:00
'             1801220.2       20.20:20:20.2000000


// Example of the TimeSpan.FromSeconds( double ) method.
using System;

class FromSecondsDemo
{
    static void GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( double seconds )
    {
        // Create a TimeSpan object and TimeSpan string from 
        // a number of seconds.
        TimeSpan    interval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds( seconds );
        string      timeInterval = interval.ToString( );

        // Pad the end of the TimeSpan string with spaces if it 
        // does not contain milliseconds.
        int pIndex = timeInterval.IndexOf( ':' );
        pIndex = timeInterval.IndexOf( '.', pIndex );
        if( pIndex < 0 )   timeInterval += "        ";

        Console.WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,26}", seconds, timeInterval );
    } 

    static void Main( )
    {
        Console.WriteLine(
            "This example of TimeSpan.FromSeconds( double )\n" +
            "generates the following output.\n" );
        Console.WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,18}",
            "FromSeconds", "TimeSpan" );
        Console.WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,18}", 
            "-----------", "--------" );

        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 0.001 );
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 0.0015 );
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 12.3456 );
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 123456.7898 );
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 1234567898.7654 );
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 1 );
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 60 );
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 3600 );
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 86400 );
        GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 1801220.2 );
    } 
} 

/*
This example of TimeSpan.FromSeconds( double )
generates the following output.

          FromSeconds          TimeSpan
          -----------          --------
                0.001          00:00:00.0010000
               0.0015          00:00:00.0020000
              12.3456          00:00:12.3460000
          123456.7898        1.10:17:36.7900000
      1234567898.7654    14288.23:31:38.7650000
                    1          00:00:01
                   60          00:01:00
                 3600          01:00:00
                86400        1.00:00:00
            1801220.2       20.20:20:20.2000000
*/

Visual C++


// Example of the TimeSpan::FromSeconds( double ) method.
using namespace System;
void GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( double seconds )
{

   // Create a TimeSpan object and TimeSpan string from 
   // a number of seconds.
   TimeSpan interval = TimeSpan::FromSeconds( seconds );
   String^ timeInterval = interval.ToString();

   // Pad the end of the TimeSpan string with spaces if it 
   // does not contain milliseconds.
   int pIndex = timeInterval->IndexOf( ':' );
   pIndex = timeInterval->IndexOf( '.', pIndex );
   if ( pIndex < 0 )
      timeInterval = String::Concat( timeInterval, "        " );

   Console::WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,26}", seconds, timeInterval );
}

int main()
{
   Console::WriteLine( "This example of TimeSpan::FromSeconds( double )\n"
   "generates the following output.\n" );
   Console::WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,18}", "FromSeconds", "TimeSpan" );
   Console::WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,18}", "-----------", "--------" );
   GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 0.001 );
   GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 0.0015 );
   GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 12.3456 );
   GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 123456.7898 );
   GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 1234567898.7654 );
   GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 1 );
   GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 60 );
   GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 3600 );
   GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 86400 );
   GenTimeSpanFromSeconds( 1801220.2 );
}

/*
This example of TimeSpan::FromSeconds( double )
generates the following output.

          FromSeconds          TimeSpan
          -----------          --------
                0.001          00:00:00.0010000
               0.0015          00:00:00.0020000
              12.3456          00:00:12.3460000
          123456.7898        1.10:17:36.7900000
      1234567898.7654    14288.23:31:38.7650000
                    1          00:00:01
                   60          00:01:00
                 3600          01:00:00
                86400        1.00:00:00
            1801220.2       20.20:20:20.2000000
*/

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

TimeSpan Structure

System Namespace

Double

FromTicks

FromMilliseconds

FromMinutes

FromHours

FromDays