by Alexandre Moro (5 Submissions)
Category: Math/Dates
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(3 Votes)
Format the GetTickCount() API to days, hours, minutes, seconds and miliseconds.
Useful to measure time elapsed between two points.
Inputs
A long containing the tick count value, and an optional parameter to use different format types.
Ex.:
Msgbox FormatCount(GetTickCount(),1)
Code Returns
A string containing the formated output.
API DeclarationsDeclare Function GetTickCount Lib "Kernel32" () As Long
VBcodersFunction FormatCount(Count As Long, Optional FormatType As Byte = 0) As String
Dim Days As Integer, Hours As Long, Minutes As Long, Seconds As Long, Miliseconds As Long
Miliseconds = Count Mod 1000
Count = Count \ 1000
Days = Count \ (24& * 3600&)
If Days > 0 Then Count = Count - (24& * 3600& * Days)
Hours = Count \ 3600&
If Hours > 0 Then Count = Count - (3600& * Hours)
Minutes = Count \ 60
Seconds = Count Mod 60
Select Case FormatType
Case 0
FormatCount = Days & " dd, " & Hours & " h, " & _
Minutes & " min, " & Seconds & " s, " & Miliseconds & _
" ms"
Case 1
FormatCount = Days & " days, " & Hours & " hours, " & _
Minutes & " minutes, " & Seconds & " seconds, " & Miliseconds & _
" miliseconds"
Case 2
FormatCount = Days & ":" & Hours & ":" & _
Minutes & ":" & Seconds & ":" & Miliseconds
End Select
End Function
