I was surprised to find that DateTime.Now.Ticks on my Pocket PC always
returns a value like 633212192210000000. And about 4 seconds later the
value returned is 633212192250000000.   You always get seven zeros on
the end, meaning that there are no significant digits past the
seconds.  I need at lease tenth second accuracy for my application.
Is there a way?  I am using VB,  for what it is worth.

DataTime.Now on most Windows CE devices is only valid to the second.  If you 
need sub-second resolution, use Environment.TickCount, which is milliseconds 
(watch for wrap).  If you need even finere, the P/Invoke 
QueryPerformanceCounter.


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Chris Tacke, Embedded MVP
OpenNETCF Consulting
Managed Code in an Embedded World
www.OpenNETCF.com



"silverfox"  wrote in message 
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>I was surprised to find that DateTime.Now.Ticks on my Pocket PC always
> returns a value like 633212192210000000. And about 4 seconds later the
> value returned is 633212192250000000.   You always get seven zeros on
> the end, meaning that there are no significant digits past the
> seconds.  I need at lease tenth second accuracy for my application.
> Is there a way?  I am using VB,  for what it is worth.
> 

On Jul 28, 1:30 pm, "<ctacke/>" <ctacke[at]opennetcf[dot]com> wrote:

> DataTime.Now on most Windows CE devices is only valid to the second.  If you
> need sub-second resolution, use Environment.TickCount, which is milliseconds
> (watch for wrap).  If you need even finere, the P/Invoke
> QueryPerformanceCounter.
>
> --
>
> Chris Tacke, Embedded MVP
> OpenNETCF Consulting
> Managed Code in an Embedded Worldwww.OpenNETCF.com
>
> "silverfox"  wrote in message
>
> news:1185648526.721441.325200@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
> >I was surprised to find that DateTime.Now.Ticks on my Pocket PC always
> > returns a value like 633212192210000000. And about 4 seconds later the
> > value returned is 633212192250000000.   You always get seven zeros on
> > the end, meaning that there are no significant digits past the
> > seconds.  I need at lease tenth second accuracy for my application.
> > Is there a way?  I am using VB,  for what it is worth.



Perfect!  I knew that there must be a way and I was pretty certain
that someone on this list would know what it was.  Thanks!