Powershell Tip #106: Create, (re)start, stop and reset a stopwatch

By powershellgu | August 13, 2016

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Tip: You can create a stopwatch in Powershell using the Stopwatch class.

Create and Start
$stopwatch = [System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew()

Stop
$stopwatch.Stop()

Elasped Time
$stopwatch.Elapsed

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Reset
$stopwatch.Reset()

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Restart
$stopwatch.Restart()

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Note: The property Isrunning indicates whether if the stopwatch is running.

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