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TimeSpan::Zero Field

 

Represents the zero TimeSpan value. This field is read-only.

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

public:
static initonly TimeSpan Zero

Field Value

Type: System::TimeSpan

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 namespace System;

// Pad the end of a TimeSpan string with spaces if it does not 
// contain milliseconds.
String^ Align( TimeSpan interval )
{
   String^ intervalStr = interval.ToString();
   int pointIndex = intervalStr->IndexOf( ':' );
   pointIndex = intervalStr->IndexOf( '.', pointIndex );
   if ( pointIndex < 0 )
      intervalStr = String::Concat( intervalStr, "        " );

   return intervalStr;
}

int main()
{
   String^ numberFmt = "{0,-22}{1,18:N0}";
   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
*/

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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