Convert Ticks to TimeSpan

Question

I want to convert Ticks to TimeSpan.

I need a ConvertToTimeSpan function like below.

var ticks = 10000;
TimeSpan ts = ConvertToTimeSpan(ticks);  // not working
Console.WriteLine(ts);  // expected output --> {00:00:00.0010000}

Answer 1

There is a TimeSpan(Int64) constructor, which accepts a number of ticks:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zz841zbz(v=vs.110).aspx

Initializes a new instance of the TimeSpan structure to the specified number of ticks.

In .NET, Ticks are always represented as Int64, so you should not use var ticks = 1 because that's an implicit Int32, so you will end-up using the wrong method overload. Instead specify an explicit type declaration or a long literal value (var ticks = 1L).

Answer 2

You want the TimeSpan.FromTicks(Int64) method that is already present in the .NET Framework.

This method uses the constructor of time span as suggested in the other answers. If you want to dig deep you can verify that in the reference source code.

Answer 3

You haven't tell what is happening inside ConvertToTimeSpan method, anyway there is no need for an additional method to make this happen, you can use the constructor of the TimeSpan class to do this work. Have a look at this Example and make a try with the following code:

var ticks = 1;
TimeSpan ts = new TimeSpan(ticks);  
Console.WriteLine(ts);