C# + Format TimeSpan

Question

I am trying to format a TimeSpan element in the format of \"[minutes]:[seconds]\". In this format, 2 minutes and 8 seconds would look like \"02:08\". I have tried a variety

Answer 1

For some mysterious reason TimeSpan never got the ToString() overloads that support formatting until .NET 4.0. For earlier releases, as long as it is positive, you can hijack DateTime.ToString():

TimeSpan ts = new TimeSpan(0, 2, 8);
string s = new DateTime(ts.Ticks).ToString("mm:ss");