How to parse string with hours greater than 24 to TimeSpan?

Question

How to parse string like 30:15 to TimeSpan in C#? 30:15 means 30 hours and 15 minutes.

string span = \"30:15\";
TimeSpan ts = TimeSpan.FromHours(
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Answer 1

If you're certain that the format will always be "HH:mm" then try something like this:

string span = "35:15";
TimeSpan ts = new TimeSpan(int.Parse(span.Split(':')[0]),    // hours
                           int.Parse(span.Split(':')[1]),    // minutes
                           0);                               // seconds