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

Try this:

DateTime startTime = DateTime.Now;
// Do Stuff
TimeSpan duration = DateTime.Now.Subtract(startTime);

Console.WriteLine("[paragraph of information] Total Duration: " + duration.Minutes.ToString("00") + ":" + duration.Seconds.ToString("00"));

Answer 2

You can use the below code.

TimeSpan tSpan = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(allTotalInMinutes);
string tTime = string.Format("{1:D2}:{2:D2}", tSpan.Minutes, tSpan.Seconds);

It will show ie 34:45 format.

Hope it will help you.

Answer 3

Try this:

Console.WriteLine("{0:D2}:{1:D2}", duration.Minutes, duration.Seconds);

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

Based on this MSDN page describing the ToString method of TimeSpan, I'm somewhat surprised that you can even compile the code above. TimeSpan doesn't have a ToString() overload that accepts only one string.

The article also shows a function you can coyp and use for formatting a TimeSpan.

Answer 6

TimeSpan t = TimeSpan.Parse("13:45:43");
Console.WriteLine(@"Timespan is {0}", String.Format(@"{0:yy\:MM\:dd\:hh\:mm\:ss}", t));