| Description |
Syntax 1 compares the current (Source) TimeSpan value with the Target value :
Returns one of the following values :
| Source < Target | Gives <0 |
| Source = Target | Gives 0 |
| Source > Target | Gives >0 |
The Target parameter must be a TimeSpan object or a null reference. Quite why this parameter is not TimeSpan is not clear.
Syntax 2 compares ValueA with ValueB
Returns one of the following values :
| ValueA < ValueB | Gives <0 |
| ValueA = ValueB | Gives 0 |
| ValueA > ValueB | Gives >0 |
The exact value pf the result for both syntaxes is not guaranteed.
The time span must be exactly the same to the tick to give a 0 result. (A tick is 0.0000001 seconds).
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| | Notes | Static methods are not methods of an object - they are simply class functions or procedures available at any time.
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| Microsoft MSDN Links |
System
System.TimeSpan
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| A simple example |
program Project1;
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
var
span1, span2 : TimeSpan;
result : Integer;
begin
span1 := TimeSpan.Create(1, 2, 30); // 0 days, 1 hour, 2 mins, 30 secs
span2 := TimeSpan.Create(1, 2, 31); // 0 days, 1 hour, 2 mins, 31 secs
Console.WriteLine('span1 = {0:F}', span1);
Console.WriteLine('span2 = {0:F}', span2);
if span1.Equals(span2)
then Console.WriteLine('span1 = span2')
else Console.WriteLine('span1 <> span2');
Console.ReadLine;
end.
| | Show full unit code | span1 = 01:02:30
span2 = 01:02:31
span1 <> span2
| | | Using the static method | program Project1;
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
var
span1, span2 : TimeSpan;
result : Integer;
begin
span1 := TimeSpan.Create(1, 2, 30); // 0 days, 1 hour, 2 mins, 30 secs
span2 := TimeSpan.Create(1, 2, 31); // 0 days, 1 hour, 2 mins, 31 secs
Console.WriteLine('span1 = {0:F}', span1);
Console.WriteLine('span2 = {0:F}', span2);
if System.TimeSpan.Equals(span1, span2)
then Console.WriteLine('span1 = span2')
else Console.WriteLine('span1 <> span2');
Console.ReadLine;
end.
| | Show full unit code | span1 = 01:02:30
span2 = 01:02:31
span1 <> span2
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