From time to time there is a need to measure how much time it takes for a certain fragment of code to execute.
First thought how to do this would probably be something like this:
DateTime start = new DateTime(); DoSomething(); TimeSpan time = DateTime.Now.Subtract(start); Console.WriteLine("Time taken: {0}", time.Ticks.ToString());
In .NET 2.0 however there is a class tailored fir this task: System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.
To use it you would rewrite code above to something like:
Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch(); stopwatch.Start(); DoSomething(); stopwatch.Stop(); Console.WriteLine("Time measured: {0}", stopwatch.ElapsedTicks.ToString());
To learn more, visit MSDN site.