TimeSpan.TicksPerDay Field
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Represents the number of ticks in 1 day. This field is constant.
Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Const TicksPerDay As Long
public const long TicksPerDay
Remarks
The value of this constant is 864 billion; that is, 864,000,000,000.
Examples
The following code example references and displays the value of the TicksPerDay field.
' Example of the TimeSpan fields.
Module Example
' Pad the end of a TimeSpan string with spaces if it does not
' contain milliseconds.
Function Align(ByVal interval As TimeSpan) As String
Dim intervalStr As String = interval.ToString()
Dim pointIndex As Integer = intervalStr.IndexOf(":"c)
pointIndex = intervalStr.IndexOf("."c, pointIndex)
If pointIndex < 0 Then intervalStr &= " "
Align = intervalStr
End Function
Public Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
Const numberFmt As String = "{0,-22}{1,18:N0}"
Const timeFmt As String = "{0,-22}{1,26}"
outputBlock.Text &= _
"This example of the fields of the TimeSpan class" & _
vbCrLf & "generates the following output." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text &= String.Format(numberFmt, "Field", "Value") & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text &= String.Format(numberFmt, "-----", "-----") & vbCrLf
' Display the maximum, minimum, and zero TimeSpan values.
outputBlock.Text &= String.Format(timeFmt, "Maximum TimeSpan", _
Align(TimeSpan.MaxValue)) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text &= String.Format(timeFmt, "Minimum TimeSpan", _
Align(TimeSpan.MinValue)) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text &= String.Format(timeFmt, "Zero TimeSpan", _
Align(TimeSpan.Zero)) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf
' Display the ticks-per-time-unit fields.
outputBlock.Text &= String.Format(numberFmt, "Ticks per day", _
TimeSpan.TicksPerDay) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text &= String.Format(numberFmt, "Ticks per hour", _
TimeSpan.TicksPerHour) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text &= String.Format(numberFmt, "Ticks per minute", _
TimeSpan.TicksPerMinute) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text &= String.Format(numberFmt, "Ticks per second", _
TimeSpan.TicksPerSecond) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text &= String.Format(numberFmt, "Ticks per millisecond", _
TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond) & vbCrLf
End Sub
End Module
' 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
// Example of the TimeSpan fields.
using System;
class Example
{
// 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;
}
public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
{
const string numberFmt = "{0,-22}{1,18:N0}";
const string timeFmt = "{0,-22}{1,26}";
outputBlock.Text +=
"This example of the fields of the TimeSpan class" +
"\ngenerates the following output.\n" + "\n";
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(numberFmt, "Field", "Value") + "\n";
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(numberFmt, "-----", "-----") + "\n";
// Display the maximum, minimum, and zero TimeSpan values.
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(timeFmt, "Maximum TimeSpan",
Align(TimeSpan.MaxValue)) + "\n";
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(timeFmt, "Minimum TimeSpan",
Align(TimeSpan.MinValue)) + "\n";
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(timeFmt, "Zero TimeSpan",
Align(TimeSpan.Zero)) + "\n";
outputBlock.Text += "\n";
// Display the ticks-per-time-unit fields.
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(numberFmt, "Ticks per day",
TimeSpan.TicksPerDay) + "\n";
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(numberFmt, "Ticks per hour",
TimeSpan.TicksPerHour) + "\n";
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(numberFmt, "Ticks per minute",
TimeSpan.TicksPerMinute) + "\n";
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(numberFmt, "Ticks per second",
TimeSpan.TicksPerSecond) + "\n";
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(numberFmt, "Ticks per millisecond",
TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond) + "\n";
}
}
/*
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
*/
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.
See Also