c# - Is there a high resolution (microsecond, nanosecond) DateTime object available for the CLR?

Question

I have an instrument that stores timestamps the microsecond level, and I need to store those timestamps as part of collecting information from the instrument. Note that I do not need to generate timestamps; these time stamps are pre-generated by the instrument itself using a high resolution real-time operating system. Parsing out these values is not an issue — they are stored using a standard format in UTC time. Originally I wanted to use the C# DateTime structure can only store time stamps up millisecond resolution.

Is there another object supplied with .NET or a common C# library that supports micro- and (ideally) nanosecond resolution timestamps, or am I going to have to roll my own?

Answer 1

You might be able to use DateTime after all. DateTime.Ticks' resolution is 100 nanoseconds. You can set the ticks with DateTime.AddTicks.