question about timespan

[cwfontan]

with the example from MSDN below can someone explain in a little more detail and what the 3 arguments are, and an example how this may be used.

Thanks

Imports System
Imports System.Threading

Public Class Test

    Shared waitTime As New TimeSpan(0, 0, 1)

    <MTAThread> _
    Shared Sub Main() 
        Dim newThread As New Thread(AddressOf Work)
        newThread.Start()

        If newThread.Join(TimeSpan.op_Addition(waitTime, waitTime)) Then

            Console.WriteLine("New thread terminated.")
        Else
            Console.WriteLine("Join timed out.")
        End If
    End Sub

    Shared Sub Work()
        Thread.Sleep(waitTime)
    End Sub

End Class

 

[cwfontan]

I found this... but more info on where this is most useful would be great..

' This example of the TimeSpan class properties generates the
' following output. It creates several TimeSpan objects and
' displays the values of the TimeSpan properties for each.
' 
' TimeSpan( 1 )                                     00:00:00.0000001
' Days               0       TotalDays          1.15740740740741E-12
' Hours              0       TotalHours         2.77777777777778E-11
' Minutes            0       TotalMinutes       1.66666666666667E-09
' Seconds            0       TotalSeconds                      1E-07
' Milliseconds       0       TotalMilliseconds                0.0001
'                            Ticks                                 1
' 
' TimeSpan( 111222333444555 )                   128.17:30:33.3444555
' Days             128       TotalDays              128.729552597865
' Hours             17       TotalHours             3089.50926234875
' Minutes           30       TotalMinutes           185370.555740925
' Seconds           33       TotalSeconds           11122233.3444555
' Milliseconds     344       TotalMilliseconds      11122233344.4555
'                            Ticks                   111222333444555
' 
' TimeSpan( 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 )                 10.20:30:40.0500000
' Days              10       TotalDays              10.8546302083333
' Hours             20       TotalHours                   260.511125
' Minutes           30       TotalMinutes                 15630.6675
' Seconds           40       TotalSeconds                  937840.05
' Milliseconds      50       TotalMilliseconds             937840050
'                            Ticks                     9378400500000
' 
' TimeSpan( 1111, 2222, 3333, 4444, 5555 )     1205.22:47:09.5550000
' Days            1205       TotalDays              1205.94941614583
' Hours             22       TotalHours                28942.7859875
' Minutes           47       TotalMinutes              1736567.15925
' Seconds            9       TotalSeconds              104194029.555
' Milliseconds     555       TotalMilliseconds          104194029555
'                            Ticks                  1041940295550000
' 
' FromDays( 20.84745602 )                        20.20:20:20.2000000
' Days              20       TotalDays              20.8474560185185
' Hours             20       TotalHours             500.338944444444
' Minutes           20       TotalMinutes           30020.3366666667
' Seconds           20       TotalSeconds                  1801220.2
' Milliseconds     200       TotalMilliseconds            1801220200
'                            Ticks                    18012202000000