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28 namespace System.Threading
34 public static Watch StartNew ()
36 Watch watch = new Watch ();
43 startTicks = TicksNow ();
51 public long ElapsedMilliseconds {
53 return (TicksNow () - startTicks) / TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond;
57 static long TicksNow ()
59 return DateTime.GetTimeMonotonic ();