c# - My elapsed time is only going up to 60 -

how can create elapsed time method goes beyond 60 seconds , counts in seconds. current implementation repeats every 60 seconds.

code:

void timer_tick(object sender, eventargs e) {     time = datetime.now.second.tostring();     //datetime.now.tolongtimestring(); }   public void timesetup() {     timer = new dispatchertimer();      timer.interval = new timespan(0, 0, 1);     //timer.interval = timespan.fromseconds(1);     timer.tick += timer_tick;      timer.start();  } 

no need make things harder necessary:

class timerclass {     public int time;      void timer_tick(object sender, eventargs e)     {         time++;     }       public void timesetup()     {         timer = new dispatchertimer();          timer.interval = new timespan(0, 0, 1);         timer.tick += timer_tick;          timer.start();      } } 

this calls tick handler every second , counts number of times called. can imprecise measuring long periods of time. long run, use

time = (datetime.now - starttime).totalseconds; 

where starttime initialized time when start timer.