VB.NET Language in a Nutshell

Class

Microsoft.VisualBasic.DateAndTime

Syntax

Timer

Return Value

Double representing the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight

Description

Returns the number of seconds since midnight

Programming Tips and Gotchas

• Timer is classified as a function in VB 6 and as a read-only property in VB.NET.

• You can use the Timer property as an easy method of passing a seed number to the Randomize procedure, as follows :

  Randomize Timer( )

• The Timer property is ideal for measuring the time taken to execute a procedure or program statement, as the following snippet shows:

  Dim sStartTime As Single Dim i As Integer sStartTime = Timer( ) For i = 1 To 100 Console.WriteLine("Hello") Next i MsgBox("Time Taken = " & Timer( ) - sStartTime & " Seconds")

VB.NET/VB 6 Differences

While the Timer property returns a Double in VB.NET, the VB 6 Timer function returns a Single.

See Also

GetTimer Function