Is TimeSpan unnecessary?

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EDIT 2009-Nov-04

OK, so it\'s been a little while since I first posted this question. It seems to me that many of the initial responders failed to r

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One reason is that splitting the types prevents a class of bugs where you think you have a relative time but really have an absolute time, and vice versa. For example, addition of two absolute times can be flagged as a compiler error if the two types are separate.

Also, IntelliSense (and discovery for newbies) works better when the number of members is smaller-- by splitting methods between the two types, working with each gets easier.