Days, hours, minutes, seconds between two dates

Question

I have two dates, one less than the other. I want to create a string such as this one

\"0 days, 0 hours, 23 minutes, 18 seconds\"

representing the differenc

Answer 1

Use a TimeSpan

DateTime startTime = DateTime.Now;

DateTime endTime = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds( 75 );

TimeSpan span = endTime.Subtract ( startTime );
Console.WriteLine( "Time Difference (seconds): " + span.Seconds );
Console.WriteLine( "Time Difference (minutes): " + span.Minutes );
Console.WriteLine( "Time Difference (hours): " + span.Hours );
Console.WriteLine( "Time Difference (days): " + span.Days );

String yourString = string.Format("{0} days, {1} hours, {2} minues, {3} seconds",
    span.Days, span.Hours, span.Minutes, span.Seconds);