How do I format a timespan to show me total hours?

Question

I want to save the user\'s hours worked in a database varchar column, but by default, the formatted value includes days if the number of hours is more than 24.

Answer 1

Try TimeSpan.TotalHours

String timeStamp = "40:00:00";
var segments = timeStamp.Split(':');

TimeSpan t = new TimeSpan(0, Convert.ToInt32(segments[0]), 
               Convert.ToInt32(segments[1]), Convert.ToInt32(segments[2]));
string time = string.Format("{0}:{1}:{2}", 
           ((int) t.TotalHours), t.Minutes, t.Seconds);

Answer 2

You could do something like:

TimeSpan time = ...;
string timeForDisplay = (int)time.TotalHours + time.ToString(@"\:mm\:ss");