using System; using System.Text; 

using System.Diagnostics; 

public static class Program

{

        /// <summary>

        ///  Human readable elapsed time Ticks using modern Action delegate, leaving out zero parts and variable length formatting 

        ///  https://metadataconsulting.blogspot.com/2019/07/C-Sharp-Human-Readable-Ticks-with-microsecond-and-nanosecond-units.html

        /// </summary>

        /// <param name="ticks">a long type</param>

        /// <returns>Human readable units place for microseconds & nanoseconds</returns>

        public static string HumanReadableTicks(this long ticks)

        {

            if (ticks == 0) return "0 ns";

​

            StringBuilder SB = new StringBuilder();

​

            Action<long, string, int> addUnittoSB =

            (val, displayunit, zeroplaces) =>

            {

                if (val > 0) //do not print this unit place if no value for it

                {

                    SB.AppendFormat(

                            " {0:DZ}X".Replace("X", displayunit)

                            .Replace("Z", zeroplaces.ToString())

                            , val

                        );

                }

            };

​

            var t = TimeSpan.FromTicks(ticks);

​

            //addActionToSringBuilder(timespan property, readable display displayunit, number of 0 placeholders)

            addUnittoSB((long)t.Days, "d", 1); //we have to convert to long to match Action signature

            addUnittoSB((long)t.Hours, "h", 1);

            addUnittoSB((long)t.Minutes, "m", 1);

            addUnittoSB((long)t.Seconds, "s", 1);

            addUnittoSB((long)t.Milliseconds, "ms", 3); //set milliseconds to 3 zero places (long) 

            addUnittoSB((long)((int)((t.TotalMilliseconds - (int)t.TotalMilliseconds) * 1000)), "µs", 3); //TotalMilliseconds is a double and has enough decimal places for accuracy here

            addUnittoSB((long)Convert.ToUInt64((((decimal)(t.Ticks * 100) % 1000))), "ns", 3); //1 tick is one hundred nanoseconds, get thousands place

​

            return SB.ToString().TrimStart();

        }

    public static void Main()

    {

         Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();

         Console.WriteLine("Human Readable Ticks program ran for"); 

         sw.Start();

         System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1345);

         sw.Stop();

         Console.WriteLine(sw.ElapsedTicks + " ticks or "); 

         Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0:N0} nanoseconds (ns).",sw.ElapsedTicks*100));

         Console.WriteLine("Human Readable format"); 

         Console.WriteLine(sw.ElapsedTicks.HumanReadableTicks()); 

    }

}