How to display a TimeSpan in MVC Razor

Question

So I have a duration in seconds of a video and I would like to display that duration in Razor.

Currently I am using

@TimeSpan.FromSeconds(item.Dura         


        

Answer 1

You should take advantage of DataAnnotations namespace and DisplayTemplates in ASP.NET MVC

1. First mask your property with UIHint Attribute and set the template to VideoDuration in Models/YourVideoModel.cs

   [UIHint("VideoDuration")]
   public int Duration { get; set; }
   

2. Add a display template to your project at Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/VideoDuration.cshtml (you may need to add folder DisplayTemplates if it not present)

   @model int?
   @string.Format("{0:g}", TimeSpan.FromSeconds(Model))
   

Then you can use it in your view like this:

@Html.DisplayFor(m => m.Duration)