TimeSpan.Zero Field
.NET Framework 4
Represents the zero TimeSpan value. This field is read-only.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Because the value of the Zero field is a TimeSpan object that represents a zero time value, you can compare it with other TimeSpan objects to determine whether the latter represent positive, non-zero, or negative time intervals. You can also use this field to initialize a TimeSpan object to a zero time value.
The following example references and displays the value of the Zero field.
// Example of the TimeSpan fields. using System; class TimeSpanFieldsDemo { // Pad the end of a TimeSpan string with spaces if it does not // contain milliseconds. static string Align( TimeSpan interval ) { string intervalStr = interval.ToString( ); int pointIndex = intervalStr.IndexOf( ':' ); pointIndex = intervalStr.IndexOf( '.', pointIndex ); if( pointIndex < 0 ) intervalStr += " "; return intervalStr; } static void Main( ) { const string numberFmt = "{0,-22}{1,18:N0}" ; const string timeFmt = "{0,-22}{1,26}" ; Console.WriteLine( "This example of the fields of the TimeSpan class" + "\ngenerates the following output.\n" ); Console.WriteLine( numberFmt, "Field", "Value" ); Console.WriteLine( numberFmt, "-----", "-----" ); // Display the maximum, minimum, and zero TimeSpan values. Console.WriteLine( timeFmt, "Maximum TimeSpan", Align( TimeSpan.MaxValue ) ); Console.WriteLine( timeFmt, "Minimum TimeSpan", Align( TimeSpan.MinValue ) ); Console.WriteLine( timeFmt, "Zero TimeSpan", Align( TimeSpan.Zero ) ); Console.WriteLine( ); // Display the ticks-per-time-unit fields. Console.WriteLine( numberFmt, "Ticks per day", TimeSpan.TicksPerDay ); Console.WriteLine( numberFmt, "Ticks per hour", TimeSpan.TicksPerHour ); Console.WriteLine( numberFmt, "Ticks per minute", TimeSpan.TicksPerMinute ); Console.WriteLine( numberFmt, "Ticks per second", TimeSpan.TicksPerSecond ); Console.WriteLine( numberFmt, "Ticks per millisecond", TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond ); } } /* This example of the fields of the TimeSpan class generates the following output. Field Value ----- ----- Maximum TimeSpan 10675199.02:48:05.4775807 Minimum TimeSpan -10675199.02:48:05.4775808 Zero TimeSpan 00:00:00 Ticks per day 864,000,000,000 Ticks per hour 36,000,000,000 Ticks per minute 600,000,000 Ticks per second 10,000,000 Ticks per millisecond 10,000 */
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