TickCount Property

A monotonic tick count in milliseconds as a 32 bit signed number. It starts at 0 when the system starts. After 24.9 days it wraps around to negative numbers. It wraps around completely every 49.7 days.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
Public Shared ReadOnly Property TickCount As Integer

'Usage
 
Dim value As Integer
 
value = HiResClock.TickCount

public static int TickCount {get;}

public:
static property int TickCount {
   int get();
}

Remarks

It's resolution might not be the highest, typically it is based on a system timer @16ms. Use for relative time measurements which do not require a high resolution and which should be independent of the system time, which can be changed by a user.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

HiResClock Class
HiResClock Members