timeticks-transact-sql.md

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@@TIMETICKS (Transact-SQL)	@@TIMETICKS (Transact-SQL)	MikeRayMSFT	mikeray	09/18/2017	sql	t-sql	reference	@@TIMETICKS_TSQL @@TIMETICKS	ticks [SQL Server] @@TIMETICKS function microseconds per tick [SQL Server] time [SQL Server], ticks number of microseconds per tick	TSQL

@@TIMETICKS (Transact-SQL)

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Returns the number of microseconds per tick.

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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)