What does TimeSpan mean in C#?
In C#, a TimeSpan is a struct used to represent a duration of time. It can represent any interval of time from days to nanoseconds.
The TimeSpan structure has the following properties and methods for manipulating time intervals:
- Days: retrieve or set the number of days in a time interval.
- Hours: Get or set the hour part of a time interval.
- Minutes: Retrieves or sets the minute part of the time interval.
- Seconds: Obtain or set the number of seconds in the time interval.
- Milliseconds: Obtain or set the number of milliseconds in the time interval.
- Ticks: Obtain the number of ticks in increments of 100 microseconds.
- TotalDays: Obtain the total number of days in the time interval.
- TotalHours: Get the total number of hours in the time interval.
- TotalMinutes: obtain the total number of minutes in the time interval.
- TotalSeconds: Obtain the total number of seconds in the time interval.
- TotalMilliseconds: Obtain the total number of milliseconds in the time interval.
With TimeSpan, you can perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division operations on time, as well as comparison operations. It is very useful for dealing with time intervals and time calculations, such as timers, task scheduling, and duration measurements.