.NET System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch issue (returns values too low)

Question

On my computer the Stopwatch is returning values way too low. For example, 200 ms when I specified Thread.Sleep(1000). The program is supposed to wait 1 second. I a

Answer 1

You can use that code to fix "Stopwatch.Elapsed" method problem:

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace HQ.Util.General
{
    public static class StopWatchExtension
    {
        public static TimeSpan ToTimeSpan(this Stopwatch stopWatch)
        {
            return TimeSpan.FromTicks(stopWatch.ElapsedTicks);
        }
    }
}

Usage:

using HQ.Util.General;

Debug.Print($"Elapsed millisec: { stopWatch.ToTimeSpan().TotalMilliseconds}");