Calling a method every x minutes

c#, periodictimer, timer

Solution

var startTimeSpan = TimeSpan.Zero;
var periodTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5);

var timer = new System.Threading.Timer((e) =>
{
    MyMethod();   
}, null, startTimeSpan, periodTimeSpan);

Edit - this answer is out of date. See https://stackoverflow.com/a/70887955/426894

Problem

I want to call some method on every 5 minutes. How can I do this? ``` public class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { Console.WriteLine("*** calling MyMethod *** "); Console.ReadLine(); } private MyMethod() { Console.WriteLine("*** Method is executed at {0} ***", DateTime.Now); Console.ReadLine(); } } ```

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