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

The date and time format strings only apply to DateTime and DateTimeOffset. Yo can use a normal format string, though:

string.Format("{0}:{1:00}", Math.Truncate(duration.TotalMinutes), duration.Seconds)

Note that using TotalMinutes here ensures that the result is still correct when it took longer than 60 minutes.