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# @@TIMETICKS (Transact-SQL)
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  Returns the number of microseconds per tick.  
  
 ![Topic link icon](../../database-engine/configure-windows/media/topic-link.gif "Topic link icon") [Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)  
  
## 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)](../../t-sql/functions/system-statistical-functions-transact-sql.md)