Using timer to determine elapsed time 1

[4getit]

I want to start a timer right when my program is launched and store the value of the time as a static variable so that I can call the timer function and get the time that the program has been running. My goal is to be able to determine the time from when the program was launched and pass it into a function I have created as the elapsed time. I've seen examples of timers but none of them show me how to call that timer function and take the elapsed time and pass it as an argument. Please help! Thanks in advance.

 

[JurkMonkey]

Why use a timer?

Just store a DateTime variable as soon as your program launches.

DateTime startTime = DateTime.Now;


Then to access the duration the app has been up for use

public TimeSpan GetDuration()
{
return DateTime.Now.Subtract(startTime);
}

or

public string GetDuration()
{
TimeSpan ts = DateTime.Now.Subtract(startTime);

return ts.ToString("hh:mm:ss");
}

 

[4getit]

That's a much easier way of doing it and it worked great. Thanks for your help

 

[B00gyeMan]

Another option is the Stopwatch class:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.stopwatch.aspx