Ticks Structure

[SerializableAttribute]
[TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(TicksConverter))]
public struct Ticks : IComparable, IFormattable, 
	IConvertible, IComparable<Ticks>, IComparable<long>, IComparable<DateTime>, 
	IComparable<TimeSpan>, IEquatable<Ticks>, IEquatable<long>, 
	IEquatable<DateTime>, IEquatable<TimeSpan>

<SerializableAttribute>
<TypeConverterAttribute(GetType(TicksConverter))>
Public Structure Ticks
	Implements IComparable, IFormattable, IConvertible, IComparable(Of Ticks), 
	IComparable(Of Long), IComparable(Of DateTime), IComparable(Of TimeSpan), 
	IEquatable(Of Ticks), IEquatable(Of Long), IEquatable(Of DateTime), 
	IEquatable(Of TimeSpan)

[SerializableAttribute]
[TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(TicksConverter))]
public value class Ticks : IComparable, 
	IFormattable, IConvertible, IComparable<Ticks>, IComparable<long long>, 
	IComparable<DateTime>, IComparable<TimeSpan>, IEquatable<Ticks>, 
	IEquatable<long long>, IEquatable<DateTime>, IEquatable<TimeSpan>

JavaScript supports the use of structures, but not the declaration of new ones.

Inheritance

Object    ValueType    Ticks

Implements

IComparable, IComparableTicks, IComparableInt64, IComparableDateTime, IComparableTimeSpan, IConvertible, IEquatableTicks, IEquatableInt64, IEquatableDateTime, IEquatableTimeSpan, IFormattable

Ticks can represent an "instant in time" and therefore can be used exactly like a DateTime. The difference between Ticks and DateTime is that Ticks is essentially a long integer (i.e., an Int64) which represents the number of ticks that have elapsed since 12:00:00 midnight, January 1, 0001 with each tick having a resolution of 100-nanoseconds. You would use Ticks in places where you needed to directly represent time in high-resolution, i.e., time with sub-second accuracy, using an object that will act like a long integer but handle time conversions. Ticks can also represent a "time period" (e.g., the number of ticks elapsed since a process started) and thus can also be used like a TimeSpan; when used in this manner the ToElapsedTimeString method can be used to convert the Ticks value into a handy textual representation of elapsed years, days, hours, minutes and seconds or sub-seconds.

This class behaves just like an Int64 representing a time in ticks; it is implicitly castable to and from an Int64 and therefore can be generally used "as" an Int64 directly. It is also implicitly castable to and from a DateTime, a TimeSpan, an NtpTimeTag and a UnixTimeTag.

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