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TimeSpan::Ticks Property

.NET Framework (current version)
 

Gets the number of ticks that represent the value of the current TimeSpan structure.

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

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public:
property long long Ticks {
	long long get();
}

Property Value

Type: System::Int64

The number of ticks contained in this instance.

The smallest unit of time is the tick, which is equal to 100 nanoseconds or one ten-millionth of a second. There are 10,000 ticks in a millisecond. The value of the Ticks property can be negative or positive to represent a negative or positive time interval.

The following example creates several TimeSpan objects and displays the Ticks property of each.

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using namespace System;

static void ShowTimeSpanProperties(TimeSpan interval)
{
   Console::WriteLine("{0,21}", interval );
   Console::WriteLine("{0,-12}{1,8}       {2,-18}{3,21:N3}",
                      "Days", interval.Days, "TotalDays",
                      interval.TotalDays);
   Console::WriteLine("{0,-12}{1,8}       {2,-18}{3,21:N3}",
                      "Hours", interval.Hours, "TotalHours",
                      interval.TotalHours);
   Console::WriteLine("{0,-12}{1,8}       {2,-18}{3,21:N3}",
                      "Minutes", interval.Minutes, "TotalMinutes",
                      interval.TotalMinutes);
   Console::WriteLine("{0,-12}{1,8}       {2,-18}{3,21:N3}",
                      "Seconds", interval.Seconds, "TotalSeconds",
                      interval.TotalSeconds);
   Console::WriteLine("{0,-12}{1,8}       {2,-18}{3,21:N3}",
                      "Milliseconds", interval.Milliseconds,
                      "TotalMilliseconds", interval.TotalMilliseconds);
   Console::WriteLine("{0,-12}{1,8}       {2,-18}{3,21:N0}",
                      nullptr, nullptr, "Ticks", interval.Ticks);
}

void main()
{
   // Create and display a TimeSpan value of 1 tick.
   Console::Write("\n{0,-45}", "TimeSpan( 1 )");
   ShowTimeSpanProperties(TimeSpan(1));

   // Create a TimeSpan value with a large number of ticks.
   Console::Write("\n{0,-45}", "TimeSpan( 111222333444555 )");
   ShowTimeSpanProperties( TimeSpan(111222333444555));

   // This TimeSpan has all fields specified.
   Console::Write("\n{0,-45}", "TimeSpan( 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 )");
   ShowTimeSpanProperties( TimeSpan(10,20,30,40,50));

   // This TimeSpan has all fields overflowing.
   Console::Write("\n{0,-45}", "TimeSpan( 1111, 2222, 3333, 4444, 5555 )");
   ShowTimeSpanProperties( TimeSpan(1111,2222,3333,4444,5555));

   // This TimeSpan is based on a number of days.
   Console::Write("\n{0,-45}", "FromDays( 20.84745602 )");
   ShowTimeSpanProperties( TimeSpan::FromDays( 20.84745602 ));
}
// The example displays the following output if the current culture is en-US:
//    TimeSpan( 1 )                                     00:00:00.0000001
//    Days               0       TotalDays                         0.000
//    Hours              0       TotalHours                        0.000
//    Minutes            0       TotalMinutes                      0.000
//    Seconds            0       TotalSeconds                      0.000
//    Milliseconds       0       TotalMilliseconds                 0.000
//                               Ticks                                 1
//
//    TimeSpan( 111222333444555 )                   128.17:30:33.3444555
//    Days             128       TotalDays                       128.730
//    Hours             17       TotalHours                    3,089.509
//    Minutes           30       TotalMinutes                185,370.556
//    Seconds           33       TotalSeconds             11,122,233.344
//    Milliseconds     344       TotalMilliseconds    11,122,233,344.456
//                               Ticks               111,222,333,444,555
//
//    TimeSpan( 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 )                 10.20:30:40.0500000
//    Days              10       TotalDays                        10.855
//    Hours             20       TotalHours                      260.511
//    Minutes           30       TotalMinutes                 15,630.668
//    Seconds           40       TotalSeconds                937,840.050
//    Milliseconds      50       TotalMilliseconds       937,840,050.000
//                               Ticks                 9,378,400,500,000
//
//    TimeSpan( 1111, 2222, 3333, 4444, 5555 )     1205.22:47:09.5550000
//    Days            1205       TotalDays                     1,205.949
//    Hours             22       TotalHours                   28,942.786
//    Minutes           47       TotalMinutes              1,736,567.159
//    Seconds            9       TotalSeconds            104,194,029.555
//    Milliseconds     555       TotalMilliseconds   104,194,029,555.000
//                               Ticks             1,041,940,295,550,000
//
//    FromDays( 20.84745602 )                        20.20:20:20.2000000
//    Days              20       TotalDays                        20.847
//    Hours             20       TotalHours                      500.339
//    Minutes           20       TotalMinutes                 30,020.337
//    Seconds           20       TotalSeconds              1,801,220.200
//    Milliseconds     200       TotalMilliseconds     1,801,220,200.000
//                               Ticks                18,012,202,000,000

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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