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TimeSpan.FromTicks() Method in C#
The TimeSpan.FromTicks() method in C# is used to return a TimeSpan that represents a specified time, where the specification is in units of ticks.
Syntax
The syntax is as follows -
public static TimeSpan FromTicks (long val);
Above, the parameter val is the number of ticks that represent a time.
Example
Let us now see an example -
using System; public class Demo { public static void Main() { TimeSpan span1 = TimeSpan.FromTicks(18768768); TimeSpan span2 = new TimeSpan(-9, 45, 50); TimeSpan span3 = TimeSpan.FromHours(5); TimeSpan span4 = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(10000); TimeSpan span5 = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(2); TimeSpan span6 = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(20); Console.WriteLine("TimeSpan1 = "+span1); Console.WriteLine("TimeSpan2 = "+span2); Console.WriteLine("TimeSpan3 = "+span3); Console.WriteLine("TimeSpan4 = "+span4); Console.WriteLine("TimeSpan5 = "+span5); Console.WriteLine("Result (Comparison of span1 and span2) = "+TimeSpan.Compare(span1, span2)); Console.WriteLine("Result (Comparison of span2 and span3) = "+TimeSpan.Compare(span2, span3)); Console.WriteLine("Result (Comparison of span1 and span3) = "+TimeSpan.Compare(span1, span3)); Console.WriteLine("Result (Comparison of span3 and span4) = "+TimeSpan.Compare(span3, span4)); Console.WriteLine("Result (Comparison of span4 and span5) = "+TimeSpan.Compare(span4, span5)); } }
Output
This will produce the following output -
TimeSpan1 = 00:00:01.8768768 TimeSpan2 = -08:14:10 TimeSpan3 = 05:00:00 TimeSpan4 = 00:00:10 TimeSpan5 = 00:02:00 Result (Comparison of span1 and span2) = 1 Result (Comparison of span2 and span3) = -1 Result (Comparison of span1 and span3) = -1 Result (Comparison of span3 and span4) = 1 Result (Comparison of span4 and span5) = -1
Example
Let us now see another example -
using System; public class Demo { public static void Main() { TimeSpan span1 = TimeSpan.FromTicks(1); TimeSpan span2 = new TimeSpan(1); TimeSpan span3 = TimeSpan.FromHours(1); TimeSpan span4 = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1); TimeSpan span5 = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1); TimeSpan span6 = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1); Console.WriteLine("TimeSpan1 = "+span1); Console.WriteLine("TimeSpan2 = "+span2); Console.WriteLine("TimeSpan3 = "+span3); Console.WriteLine("TimeSpan4 = "+span4); Console.WriteLine("TimeSpan5 = "+span5); Console.WriteLine("Result (Comparison of span1 and span2) = "+TimeSpan.Compare(span1, span2)); Console.WriteLine("Result (Comparison of span2 and span3) = "+TimeSpan.Compare(span2, span3)); Console.WriteLine("Result (Comparison of span1 and span3) = "+TimeSpan.Compare(span1, span3)); Console.WriteLine("Result (Comparison of span3 and span4) = "+TimeSpan.Compare(span3, span4)); Console.WriteLine("Result (Comparison of span4 and span5) = "+TimeSpan.Compare(span4, span5)); } }
Output
TimeSpan1 = 00:00:00.0000001 TimeSpan2 = 00:00:00.0000001 TimeSpan3 = 01:00:00 TimeSpan4 = 00:00:00.0010000 TimeSpan5 = 00:01:00 Result (Comparison of span1 and span2) = 0 Result (Comparison of span2 and span3) = -1 Result (Comparison of span1 and span3) = -1 Result (Comparison of span3 and span4) = 1 Result (Comparison of span4 and span5) = -1
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