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DateTime formatting error on XNA for Zune

Last post 05-12-2008 5:21 PM by ColossalRobot. 5 replies.
  • 05-10-2008 8:31 PM

    DateTime formatting error on XNA for Zune

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    This may be by design but I think I may have found a bug on the Zune version of XNA.

    For example:

    DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm:ss:ff");

    On windows the results in "12:34:10:45" on the Zune it is "12:34:10:00" where "ff" is always 0. I'm guessing it's a precision limitation issue with the Zune hardware but I'm not sure so I thought I'd post it.
  • 05-11-2008 7:24 PM In reply to

    Re: DateTime formatting error on XNA for Zune

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    Post it to http://connect.microsoft.com otherwise you can't rely on anyone seeing it.
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  • 05-12-2008 1:25 PM In reply to

    Re: DateTime formatting error on XNA for Zune

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    Is your problem that DateTime.Now is never returning fractional second information, or that when you format a DateTime containing fractional second information, the returned string doesn't include that data?

    These would be different problems: one is in the DateTime.Now clock measurement, the other in the ToString formatting code.
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  • 05-12-2008 4:25 PM In reply to

    Re: DateTime formatting error on XNA for Zune

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    The DateTime.Now clock measurement seems to be off.  I was trying to use the DateTime.Now.Ticks to do some basic profiling measurements and I've noticed that the number returned always has a zero in the last 7 digits.

    Are there any other ways to get the current time?
  • 05-12-2008 4:39 PM In reply to

    Re: DateTime formatting error on XNA for Zune

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    DateTime.Now is not guaranteed to have any particular precision, so you should not use it for performance measuring.

    For accurate measurements of small time deltas, you want System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.
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  • 05-12-2008 5:21 PM In reply to

    Re: DateTime formatting error on XNA for Zune

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    Thanks, that works much better.
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