I have a date in database . And I want to have a timer which will show the number of years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds from the current system datetime .
How to do it
What I have tried:
I have tried this in a label and it works fine . But need to show it in a timer and it increases with every tick
Dim correslink = (From d In Mainfrm.db.ReferrerToClaims Where d.InjuryID = injuryid).FirstOrDefault
Dim dtStart = Convert.ToDateTime(correslink.ClawbackRefDate)
Dim dtEnd = System.DateTime.Now
Dim dts As DateTimeSpan = DateTimeSpan.DateSpan(dtEnd, dtStart)
lblClawbackTimer.Text = dts.Years.ToString & " Years " & dts.Months.ToString & " Months " & dts.Days.ToString & " Days" & dts.Hours.ToString() & " Hours " & dts.Minutes.ToString() & " Minutes " & dts.Seconds.ToString() & " Seconds"
Public Structure DateTimeSpan
Private _Years As Integer
Public ReadOnly Property Years As Integer
Get
Return _Years
End Get
End Property
Private _Months As Integer
Public ReadOnly Property Months As Integer
Get
Return _Months
End Get
End Property
Private _Days As Integer
Public ReadOnly Property Days As Integer
Get
Return _Days
End Get
End Property
Private _Hours As Integer
Public ReadOnly Property Hours As Integer
Get
Return _Hours
End Get
End Property
Private _Minutes As Integer
Public ReadOnly Property Minutes As Integer
Get
Return _Minutes
End Get
End Property
Private _Seconds As Integer
Public ReadOnly Property Seconds As Integer
Get
Return _Seconds
End Get
End Property
Private _MilliSeconds As Integer
Public ReadOnly Property MilliSeconds As Integer
Get
Return _MilliSeconds
End Get
End Property
' the ctor for the result
Private Sub New(y As Integer, mm As Integer, d As Integer,
h As Integer, m As Integer, s As Integer,
ms As Integer)
_Years = y
_Months = mm
_Days = d
_Hours = h
_Minutes = m
_Seconds = Seconds
_MilliSeconds = ms
End Sub
' private time unit tracker when counting
Private Enum Unit
Year
Month
Day
Hour
Minute
Second
Complete
End Enum
Public Shared Function DateSpan(dt1 As DateTime,
dt2 As DateTime) As DateTimeSpan
' we dont do negatives
If dt2 < dt1 Then
Dim tmp = dt1
dt1 = dt2
dt2 = tmp
End If
Dim thisDT As DateTime = dt1
Dim years As Integer = 0
Dim months As Integer = 0
Dim days As Integer = 0
Dim level As Unit = Unit.Year
Dim span As New DateTimeSpan()
While level <> Unit.Complete
Select Case level
' add a year until it is larger;
' then change the "level" to month
Case Unit.Year
If thisDT.AddYears(years + 1) > dt2 Then
level = Unit.Month
thisDT = thisDT.AddYears(years)
Else
years += 1
End If
Case Unit.Month
If thisDT.AddMonths(months + 1) > dt2 Then
level = Unit.Day
thisDT = thisDT.AddMonths(months)
Else
months += 1
End If
Case Unit.Day
If thisDT.AddDays(days + 1) > dt2 Then
thisDT = thisDT.AddDays(days)
Dim thisTS = dt2 - thisDT
' create a new DTS from the values caluclated
span = New DateTimeSpan(years, months, days, thisTS.Hours,
thisTS.Minutes, thisTS.Seconds,
thisTS.Milliseconds)
level = Unit.Complete
Else
days += 1
End If
End Select
End While
Return span
End Function
End Structure
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