Measure execution time in C#

Question

I want to measure the execution of a piece of code and I\'m wondering what the best method to do this is?

Option 1:

DateTime StartTime = DateTime.Now         


        

Answer 1

I took Hamish's answer simplified it and made it a bit more general in case you need to log to somewhere else:

public class AutoStopWatch : Stopwatch, IDisposable {

    public AutoStopWatch() {
        Start();
    }

    public virtual void Dispose() {
        Stop();
    }
}

 public class AutoStopWatchConsole : AutoStopWatch {

    private readonly string prefix;

    public AutoStopWatchConsole(string prefix = "") {
        this.prefix = prefix;
    }

    public override void Dispose() {
        base.Dispose();

        string format = Elapsed.Days > 0 ? "{0} days " : "";
        format += "{1:00}:{2:00}:{3:00}.{4:00}";

        Console.WriteLine(prefix + " " + format.Format(Elapsed.Days, Elapsed.Hours, Elapsed.Minutes, Elapsed.Seconds, Elapsed.Milliseconds / 10));
    }
}

private static void Usage() {

    Console.WriteLine("AutoStopWatch Used: ");
    using (var sw = new AutoStopWatch()) {
        Thread.Sleep(3000);

        Console.WriteLine(sw.Elapsed.ToString("h'h 'm'm 's's'"));
    }

    Console.WriteLine("AutoStopWatchConsole Used: ");
    using (var sw = new AutoStopWatchConsole()) {
        Thread.Sleep(3000);
    }

}