Calculate the execution time of a method

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Stopwatch is designed for this purpose and is one of the best ways to measure time execution in .NET.

var watch = System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.StartNew();
// the code that you want to measure comes here
watch.Stop();
var elapsedMs = watch.ElapsedMilliseconds;

Do not use DateTime to measure time execution in .NET.

UPDATE:

As pointed out by @series0ne in the comments section: If you want a real precise measurement of the execution of some code, you will have to use the performance counters that’s built into the operating system. The following answer contains a nice overview.

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