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Get how long the computer has been running.

Get a human readable string representation of the amount of time the computer has been on since the OS started.

Submitted By: RodgerB

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Language: VB.NET

Last Modified: December 8, 2007

Instructions:
1) Copy and paste the function into a class.
2) Read on how to call the function.

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''' <summary>
''' Get a human readable string representation of the
''' amount of time the computer has been on since the OS started.
''' </summary>
''' <returns>How long the computer has been running in days, hours
''' minutes and seconds.
''' </returns>
''' <remarks></remarks>
Public Function getUptime() As String
Dim strResult As String = String.Empty
strResult += Math.Round(Environment.TickCount / 86400000) & " days, "
strResult += Math.Round(Environment.TickCount / 3600000 Mod 24) & " hours, "
strResult += Math.Round(Environment.TickCount / 120000 Mod 60) & " minutes, "
strResult += Math.Round(Environment.TickCount / 1000 Mod 60) & " seconds."
Return strResult
End Function
' Example usage of this function.
MessageBox.Show(getUptime)

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Comments
NickMich 2007-12-09 15:11:05
really cool function dude
carmelaacedera 2007-12-17 04:02:07
hay naku!!bkt ung gust0 k0ng isearch di k0 m search??....Hmp!!!
RodgerB 2007-12-19 22:50:10
:S
jagatworld 2008-05-19 00:43:23
great.......
VAISHNAV_RAJKUMAR 2009-07-06 08:21:37
GOOD

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