measure time using Stopwatch

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Import namespaces

using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Threading;

Code

var sw = new Stopwatch();
sw.Start();

Console.WriteLine("Is running: {0}", sw.IsRunning); // true
Thread.Sleep(1000);

sw.Stop();

Console.WriteLine("Is running: {0}", sw.IsRunning); // false
Console.WriteLine("Elapsed time: {0}", sw.Elapsed); // TimeSpan
Console.WriteLine("Elapsed milliseconds: {0}", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds); // long
Console.WriteLine("Elapsed ticks: {0}", sw.ElapsedTicks); // long

// gets the frequency of the timer as the number of ticks per second
Console.WriteLine("Stopwatch.Frequency: {0}", Stopwatch.Frequency);

// gets the current number of ticks in the timer mechanism
Console.WriteLine("Stopwatch.GetTimestamp(): {0}", Stopwatch.GetTimestamp());

// the timer is/isn't based on a high-resolution performance counter
Console.WriteLine("Stopwatch.IsHighResolution: {0}", Stopwatch.IsHighResolution);

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