TimeSpan.FromTicks Method (System)

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TimeSpan.FromTicks Method

Returns a TimeSpan that represents a specified time, where the specification is in units of ticks.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic

Public Shared Function FromTicks ( _
	value As Long _
) As TimeSpan

public static TimeSpan FromTicks(
	long value
)

Visual C++

public:
static TimeSpan FromTicks(
	long long value
)

static member FromTicks : 
        value:int64 -> TimeSpan

Parameters

value: Type: System.Int64
A number of ticks that represent a time.

Return Value

Type: System.TimeSpan
An object that represents value.

Remarks

This is a convenience method with the same behavior as the TimeSpan.TimeSpan(Int64) constructor.

Examples

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

Visual Basic


' Example of the TimeSpan.FromTicks( Long ) method.
Imports System
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

Module FromTicksDemo

    Sub GenTimeSpanFromTicks( ticks As Long )

        ' Create a TimeSpan object and TimeSpan string from 
        ' a number of ticks.
        Dim interval As TimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromTicks( ticks )
        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}", ticks, timeInterval )
    End Sub 

    Sub Main( )

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

        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 1 )
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 12345 )
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 123456789 )
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 1234567898765 )
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 12345678987654321 )
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 10000000 )
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 600000000 )
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 36000000000 )
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 864000000000 )
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 18012202000000 )
    End Sub 
End Module 

' This example of TimeSpan.FromTicks( Long )
' generates the following output.
' 
'             FromTicks          TimeSpan
'             ---------          --------
'                     1          00:00:00.0000001
'                 12345          00:00:00.0012345
'             123456789          00:00:12.3456789
'         1234567898765        1.10:17:36.7898765
'     12345678987654321    14288.23:31:38.7654321
'              10000000          00:00:01
'             600000000          00:01:00
'           36000000000          01:00:00
'          864000000000        1.00:00:00
'        18012202000000       20.20:20:20.2000000


// Example of the TimeSpan.FromTicks( long ) method.
using System;

class FromTicksDemo
{
    static void GenTimeSpanFromTicks( long ticks )
    {
        // Create a TimeSpan object and TimeSpan string from 
        // a number of ticks.
        TimeSpan    interval = TimeSpan.FromTicks( ticks );
        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}", ticks, timeInterval );
    } 

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

        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 1 );
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 12345 );
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 123456789 );
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 1234567898765 );
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 12345678987654321 );
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 10000000 );
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 600000000 );
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 36000000000 );
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 864000000000 );
        GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 18012202000000 );
    } 
} 

/*
This example of TimeSpan.FromTicks( long )
generates the following output.

            FromTicks          TimeSpan
            ---------          --------
                    1          00:00:00.0000001
                12345          00:00:00.0012345
            123456789          00:00:12.3456789
        1234567898765        1.10:17:36.7898765
    12345678987654321    14288.23:31:38.7654321
             10000000          00:00:01
            600000000          00:01:00
          36000000000          01:00:00
         864000000000        1.00:00:00
       18012202000000       20.20:20:20.2000000
*/

Visual C++


// Example of the TimeSpan::FromTicks( __int64 ) method.
using namespace System;
void GenTimeSpanFromTicks( __int64 ticks )
{

   // Create a TimeSpan object and TimeSpan string from 
   // a number of ticks.
   TimeSpan interval = TimeSpan::FromTicks( ticks );
   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}", ticks, timeInterval );
}

int main()
{
   Console::WriteLine( "This example of TimeSpan::FromTicks( __int64 )\n"
   "generates the following output.\n" );
   Console::WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,18}", "FromTicks", "TimeSpan" );
   Console::WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,18}", "---------", "--------" );
   GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 1 );
   GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 12345 );
   GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 123456789 );
   GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 1234567898765 );
   GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 12345678987654321 );
   GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 10000000 );
   GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 600000000 );
   GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 36000000000 );
   GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 864000000000 );
   GenTimeSpanFromTicks( 18012202000000 );
}

/*
This example of TimeSpan::FromTicks( __int64 )
generates the following output.

            FromTicks          TimeSpan
            ---------          --------
                    1          00:00:00.0000001
                12345          00:00:00.0012345
            123456789          00:00:12.3456789
        1234567898765        1.10:17:36.7898765
    12345678987654321    14288.23:31:38.7654321
             10000000          00:00:01
            600000000          00:01:00
          36000000000          01:00:00
         864000000000        1.00:00:00
       18012202000000       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

Int64

FromMilliseconds

FromSeconds

FromMinutes

FromHours

FromDays