Set start time for Stopwatch program in C#

Question

I want to write a simple stopwatch program, I can make it work with the following code

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }
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Answer 1

You can't alter the start time, but you can modify it after the Stop() and no one is the wiser.

A quick Google search: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.stopwatch.start(v=vs.90).aspx

A minor modification:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {            
        System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch stopWatch = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();
        
        stopWatch.Start();
        Thread.Sleep(10000);
        stopWatch.Stop();
        // Get the elapsed time as a TimeSpan value.
        TimeSpan ts = stopWatch.Elapsed;
        
        // Format and display the TimeSpan value.
        string elapsedTime = String.Format("{0:00}:{1:00}:{2:00}.{3:00}",
            ts.Hours, ts.Minutes + 45 , ts.Seconds,
            ts.Milliseconds / 10);
        Console.WriteLine("RunTime " + elapsedTime);
    }
}

Result:

RunTime 00:45:10.00

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