Return a elapsed time in formatted string. (hh:mm:ss:mi)

   
 

// crudwork
// Copyright 2004 by Steve T. Pham (http://www.crudwork.com)
//
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// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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//
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// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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//
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace crudwork.Utilities
{
  /// <summary>
  /// Date Utility
  /// </summary>
  public class DateUtil
  {
    

    /// <summary>
    /// return a elapsed time in formatted string. (hh:mm:ss:mi)
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="ticks"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static string ElapsedTime(long ticks)
    {
      TimeSpan ts = new TimeSpan(ticks);

      return String.Format("{0}:{1}:{2}:{3}",
        ts.Hours,
        ts.Minutes,
        ts.Seconds,
        ts.Milliseconds
      );
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// return a elapsed time in formatted string. (hh:mm:ss:mi)
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="t1"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static string ElapsedTime(DateTime t1)
    {
      return ElapsedTime(t1, DateTime.Now);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// return a elapsed time in formatted string. (hh:mm:ss:mi)
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="t1"></param>
    /// <param name="t2"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static string ElapsedTime(DateTime t1, DateTime t2)
    {
      if (t2 > t1)
        return ElapsedTime(t2.Ticks - t1.Ticks);
      else
        return ElapsedTime(t1.Ticks - t2.Ticks);
    }
   }
}