@@TIMETICKS (Transact-SQL)

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Returns the number of microseconds per tick.

Topic link icon Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

  
@@TIMETICKS

Return Types

integer

Remarks

The amount of time per tick is computer-dependent. Each tick on the operating system is 31.25 milliseconds, or one thirty-second of a second.

Examples

SELECT @@TIMETICKS AS 'Time Ticks';

See Also

System Statistical Functions (Transact-SQL)