How do I convert a TimeSpan to a formatted string

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I have two DateTime vars  beginTime and endTime  I have gotten the difference of them by doing the following   TimeSpan dateDifference   endTime Subtract beginTime     How can I now return a string of this in hh hrs  mm mins  ss secs format using C    If the difference was 00 06 32 4458750  It should return this 00 hrs  06 mins  32 secs

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This is the shortest solution   timeSpan ToString   hh  mm

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By converting it to a datetime  you can get localized formats   new DateTime timeSpan Ticks  ToString  HH mm

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You can use the following code   public static class TimeSpanExtensions     public static String Verbose this TimeSpan timeSpan          var hours   timeSpan Hours      var minutes   timeSpan Minutes       if  hours  gt  0  return String Format   0  hours  1  minutes   hours  minutes       return String Format   0  minutes   minutes

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According to the Microsoft documentation  the TimeSpan structure exposes Hours  Minutes  Seconds  and Milliseconds as integer members  Maybe you want something like   dateDifference Hours ToString       hrs      dateDifference Minutes ToString       mins      dateDifference Seconds ToString       secs

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Use String Format   with multiple parameters   using System   namespace TimeSpanFormat       class Program               static void Main string   args                        TimeSpan dateDifference   new TimeSpan 0  0  6  32  445               string formattedTimeSpan   string Format   0 D2  hrs   1 D2  mins   2 D2  secs   dateDifference Hours  dateDifference Minutes  dateDifference Seconds               Console WriteLine formattedTimeSpan

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I know this question is older but  Net 4 now has support for Custom TimeSpan formats   Also I know it s been mentioned but it caught me out  converting Ticks to DateTime works but doesn t properly handle more than a 24 hour span   new DateTime  DateTime Now - DateTime Now AddHours -25   Ticks  ToString  HH mm     That will get you 01 00 not 25 00 as you might expect

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I also had a similar issue and came up with my own extension but it seems to be a bit different than everything else       public static string TimeSpanToString this TimeSpan timeSpan                  if it s negative         if  timeSpan Ticks  lt  0                        timeSpan   timeSpan - timeSpan - timeSpan              if  timeSpan Days    0                  return string Format  - 0   1    timeSpan Days ToString  d    new DateTime timeSpan Ticks  ToString  HH mm ss                 else                 return new DateTime timeSpan Ticks  ToString  -HH mm ss                         if it has days         else if  timeSpan Days    0              return string Format   0   1    timeSpan Days ToString  d    new DateTime timeSpan Ticks  ToString  HH mm ss                otherwise return the time         else             return new DateTime timeSpan Ticks  ToString  HH mm ss

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Thanks to Peter for the extension method   I modified it to work with longer time spans better   namespace ExtensionMethods       public static class TimeSpanExtensionMethods               public static string ToReadableString this TimeSpan span                        string formatted   string Format   0  1  2                     span Days   7   gt  0   string Format   0 0  weeks     span Days   7    string Empty                  span Days   7  gt  0   string Format   0 0  days     span Days   7    string Empty                  span Hours  gt  0   string Format   0 0  hours     span Hours    string Empty                if  formatted EndsWith        formatted   formatted Substring 0  formatted Length - 2                return formatted

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Would TimeSpan ToString   do the trick for you  If not  it looks like the code sample on that page describes how to do custom formatting of a TimeSpan object

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I know this is a late answer but this works for me   TimeSpan dateDifference   new TimeSpan 0 0 0   int endTime Subtract beginTime  TotalSeconds      dateDifference should now exclude the parts smaller than a second  Works in  net 2 0 too

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lt summary gt      Return specified Double    NumDbl  as String using specified Number Format String  FormatStr       Default    N0   and Format Provider  FmtProvider  Default   Nothing  followed by space and        if NumDbl   1  the specified Singular Unit Name  SglUnitStr   else the Plural Unit Name       PluralUnitStr        lt  summary gt       lt param name  NumDbl  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  SglUnitStr  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  PluralUnitStr  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  FormatStr  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  FmtProvider  gt  lt  param gt       lt returns gt  lt  returns gt       lt remarks gt  lt  remarks gt  Public Function PluralizeUnitsStr        ByVal NumDbl As Double        ByVal SglUnitStr As String        ByVal PluralUnitStr As String        Optional ByVal FormatStr As String    N0         Optional ByVal FmtProvider As System IFormatProvider   Nothing         As String      PluralizeUnitsStr   NumDbl ToString FormatStr  FmtProvider   amp           Dim RsltUnitStr As String      If NumDbl   1 Then         RsltUnitStr   SglUnitStr     Else         RsltUnitStr   PluralUnitStr     End If      PluralizeUnitsStr  amp   RsltUnitStr  End Function       lt summary gt      Info about a   Unit       lt  summary gt       lt remarks gt  lt  remarks gt  Public Class clsNumUnitInfoItem          lt summary gt          Name of a Singular Unit  i e   day    trillion    foot            lt  summary gt           lt remarks gt  lt  remarks gt      Public UnitSglStr As String           lt summary gt          Name of a Plural Unit  i e   days    trillion    feet            lt  summary gt           lt remarks gt  lt  remarks gt      Public UnitPluralStr As String           lt summary gt            of Units to   1 of Next Higher  aka Parent  Unit  i e  24  hours   1000  million            5280  feet            lt  summary gt           lt remarks gt  lt  remarks gt      Public UnitsInParentInt As Integer End Class   -- clsNumUnitInfoItem  Dim TimeLongEnUnitInfoItms As clsNumUnitInfoItem             New clsNumUnitInfoItem With   UnitSglStr    day    UnitPluralStr    days    UnitsInParentInt   1         New clsNumUnitInfoItem With   UnitSglStr    hour    UnitPluralStr    hours    UnitsInParentInt   24         New clsNumUnitInfoItem With   UnitSglStr    minute    UnitPluralStr    minutes    UnitsInParentInt   60         New clsNumUnitInfoItem With   UnitSglStr    second    UnitPluralStr    seconds    UnitsInParentInt   60         New clsNumUnitInfoItem With   UnitSglStr    millisecond    UnitPluralStr    milliseconds    UnitsInParentInt   1000            -- Dim TimeLongEnUnitInfoItms  Dim TimeShortEnUnitInfoItms As clsNumUnitInfoItem             New clsNumUnitInfoItem With   UnitSglStr    day    UnitPluralStr    days    UnitsInParentInt   1         New clsNumUnitInfoItem With   UnitSglStr    hr    UnitPluralStr    hrs    UnitsInParentInt   24         New clsNumUnitInfoItem With   UnitSglStr    min    UnitPluralStr    mins    UnitsInParentInt   60         New clsNumUnitInfoItem With   UnitSglStr    sec    UnitPluralStr    secs    UnitsInParentInt   60         New clsNumUnitInfoItem With   UnitSglStr    msec    UnitPluralStr    msecs    UnitsInParentInt   1000            -- Dim TimeShortEnUnitInfoItms       lt summary gt      Convert a specified Double Number  NumDbl  to a long  aka verbose  format  i e   1 day       2 hours  3 minutes  4 seconds and 567 milliseconds   with a specified Array of Time Unit      Info Items  TimeUnitInfoItms   Conjunction  ConjStr  Default    and    Minimum Unit Level      Shown  MinUnitLevInt   0 to TimeUnitInfoItms Length - 1  -1 All   Maximum Unit Level Shown       MaxUnitLevInt   -1 All   Maximum   of Unit Levels Shown  MaxNumUnitLevsInt   1 to 0 to      TimeUnitInfoItms Length - 1  0 All  and Round Last Shown Units Up Flag  RoundUpBool         Suppress leading 0 Unit Levels       lt  summary gt       lt param name  NumDbl  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  NumUnitInfoItms  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  ConjStr  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  MinUnitLevInt  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  MaxUnitLevInt  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  MaxNumUnitLevsInt  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  RoundUpBool  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  FormatStr  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  FmtProvider  gt  lt  param gt       lt returns gt  lt  returns gt       lt remarks gt  lt  remarks gt  Public Function NumToLongStr        ByVal NumDbl As Double        ByVal NumUnitInfoItms As clsNumUnitInfoItem          Optional ByVal ConjStr As String    and         Optional ByVal MinUnitLevInt As Integer   -1        Optional ByVal MaxUnitLevInt As Integer   -1        Optional ByVal MaxNumUnitLevsInt As Integer   0        Optional ByVal RoundUpBool As Boolean   False        Optional ByVal FormatStr As String    N0         Optional ByVal FmtProvider As System IFormatProvider   Nothing         As String     NumToLongStr           Const TUnitDelimStr As String             If  MinUnitLevInt  lt  -1  OrElse  MinUnitLevInt  gt   NumUnitInfoItms Length  Then         Throw New Exception  Invalid MinUnitLevInt     amp  MaxUnitLevInt      End If      If  MaxUnitLevInt  lt  -1  OrElse  MaxUnitLevInt  gt   NumUnitInfoItms Length  Then         Throw New Exception  Invalid MaxDetailLevelInt     amp  MaxUnitLevInt      End If      If  MaxNumUnitLevsInt  lt  0  OrElse  MaxNumUnitLevsInt  gt  NumUnitInfoItms Length  Then         Throw New Exception  Invalid MaxNumUnitLevsInt     amp  MaxNumUnitLevsInt      End If      Dim PrevNumUnitsDbl As Double   NumDbl     Dim CurrUnitLevInt As Integer   -1     Dim NumUnitLevsShownInt As Integer   0      For Each UnitInfoItem In NumUnitInfoItms         CurrUnitLevInt    1          With UnitInfoItem              Dim CurrNumUnitsDbl As Double   PrevNumUnitsDbl    UnitsInParentInt             Dim CurrTruncNumUnitsInt As Integer   Math Truncate CurrNumUnitsDbl              PrevNumUnitsDbl   CurrNumUnitsDbl             If CurrUnitLevInt  lt  MinUnitLevInt Then Continue For             PrevNumUnitsDbl -  CurrTruncNumUnitsInt               If  CurrUnitLevInt  gt  TimeUnitInfoItms Length                     OrElse                                          CurrUnitLevInt  gt  MaxUnitLevInt  AndAlso                     MaxUnitLevInt  lt  gt  -1                                          OrElse                                          NumUnitLevsShownInt   1  gt  MaxNumUnitLevsInt  AndAlso                     MaxNumUnitLevsInt  lt  gt  0                       Then Exit For              If  CurrUnitLevInt    NumUnitInfoItms Length - 1   OrElse                    CurrUnitLevInt   MaxUnitLevInt  OrElse                     NumUnitLevsShownInt   1    MaxNumUnitLevsInt  Then                  If NumUnitLevsShownInt  gt  0 Then                     Dim TUnitDelimStrLenInt As Integer   TUnitDelimStr Length                     NumToLongStr   NumToLongStr Remove                            NumToLongStr Length - TUnitDelimStrLenInt                            TUnitDelimStrLenInt                      NumToLongStr  amp        amp  ConjStr  amp                      End If                  Dim CurrNunUnitsRoundedInt As Integer                 If RoundUpBool Then                     If CurrNumUnitsDbl  lt  gt  CurrTruncNumUnitsInt Then                         CurrNunUnitsRoundedInt   CurrTruncNumUnitsInt   1                     Else                         CurrNunUnitsRoundedInt   CurrTruncNumUnitsInt                     End If                 Else                     CurrNunUnitsRoundedInt   Math Round                            value  CurrNumUnitsDbl  mode  MidpointRounding AwayFromZero                  End If                  NumToLongStr  amp                         PluralizeUnitsStr CurrNunUnitsRoundedInt                             UnitSglStr   UnitPluralStr  FormatStr  FmtProvider                  Exit For              Else   -- Not  MaxUnitLevInt or MaxNumUnitLevsInt                   If NumUnitLevsShownInt  gt  0 OrElse CurrTruncNumUnitsInt  lt  gt  0 Then                     NumToLongStr  amp                             PluralizeUnitsStr CurrTruncNumUnitsInt                                 UnitSglStr   UnitPluralStr  FormatStr  FmtProvider   amp                            TUnitDelimStr                     NumUnitLevsShownInt    1                 End If              End If   -- Else Not  MaxUnitLevInt or MaxNumUnitLevsInt           End With   -- UnitInfoItem      Next UnitInfoItem  End Function       lt summary gt      Call NumToLongStr with a specified TimeSpan s  TS  TotalDays       lt  summary gt       lt param name  TS  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  TimeUnitInfoItms  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  ConjStr  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  MinUnitLevInt  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  MaxUnitLevInt  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  MaxNumUnitLevsInt  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  RoundUpBool  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  FormatStr  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  FmtProvider  gt  lt  param gt       lt returns gt  lt  returns gt       lt remarks gt  lt  remarks gt  Public Function TimeSpanToStr        ByVal TS As TimeSpan        ByVal TimeUnitInfoItms As clsNumUnitInfoItem          Optional ByVal ConjStr As String    and         Optional ByVal MinUnitLevInt As Integer   -1        Optional ByVal MaxUnitLevInt As Integer   -1        Optional ByVal MaxNumUnitLevsInt As Integer   0        Optional ByVal RoundUpBool As Boolean   False        Optional ByVal FormatStr As String    N0         Optional ByVal FmtProvider As System IFormatProvider   Nothing         As String      Return NumToLongStr            NumDbl  TS TotalDays            NumUnitInfoItms  TimeUnitInfoItms            ConjStr  ConjStr            MinUnitLevInt  MinUnitLevInt            MaxUnitLevInt  MaxUnitLevInt            MaxNumUnitLevsInt  MaxNumUnitLevsInt            RoundUpBool  RoundUpBool            FormatStr  FormatStr            FmtProvider  FmtProvider              End Function       lt summary gt      Call TimeSpanToStr with TimeLongEnUnitInfoItms       lt  summary gt       lt param name  TS  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  MinUnitLevInt  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  MaxUnitLevInt  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  MaxNumUnitLevsInt  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  RoundUpBool  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  FormatStr  gt  lt  param gt       lt param name  FmtProvider  gt  lt  param gt       lt returns gt  lt  returns gt       lt remarks gt  lt  remarks gt  Public Function TimeSpanToLongEnStr        ByVal TS As TimeSpan        Optional ByVal MinUnitLevInt As Integer   -1        Optional ByVal MaxUnitLevInt As Integer   -1        Optional ByVal MaxNumUnitLevsInt As Integer   0        Optional ByVal RoundUpBool As Boolean   False        Optional ByVal FormatStr As String    N0         Optional ByVal FmtProvider As System IFormatProvider   Nothing         As String      Return TimeSpanToStr            TS  TS            TimeUnitInfoItms  TimeLongEnUnitInfoItms            MinUnitLevInt  MinUnitLevInt            MaxUnitLevInt  MaxUnitLevInt            MaxNumUnitLevsInt  MaxNumUnitLevsInt            RoundUpBool  RoundUpBool            FormatStr  FormatStr            FmtProvider  FmtProvider             End Function

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I just built a few TimeSpan Extension methods  Thought I could share   public static string ToReadableAgeString this TimeSpan span        return string Format   0 0    span Days   365 25      public static string ToReadableString this TimeSpan span        string formatted   string Format   0  1  2  3            span Duration   Days  gt  0   string Format   0 0  day 1      span Days  span Days    1   string Empty    s     string Empty          span Duration   Hours  gt  0   string Format   0 0  hour 1      span Hours  span Hours    1   string Empty    s     string Empty          span Duration   Minutes  gt  0   string Format   0 0  minute 1      span Minutes  span Minutes    1   string Empty    s     string Empty          span Duration   Seconds  gt  0   string Format   0 0  second 1    span Seconds  span Seconds    1   string Empty    s     string Empty        if  formatted EndsWith        formatted   formatted Substring 0  formatted Length - 2        if  string IsNullOrEmpty formatted   formatted    0 seconds        return formatted

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The easiest way to format a TimeSpan is to add it to a DateTime and format that   string formatted    DateTime Today   dateDifference  ToString  HH  hrs  mm  mins  ss  secs       This works as long as the time difference is not more than 24 hours   The Today property returns a DateTime value where the time component is zero  so the time component of the result is the TimeSpan value

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public static class TimeSpanFormattingExtensions            public static string ToReadableString this TimeSpan span                   return string Join       span GetReadableStringElements                Where str   gt   string IsNullOrWhiteSpace str                    private static IEnumerable lt string gt  GetReadableStringElements this TimeSpan span                   yield return GetDaysString  int Math Floor span TotalDays             yield return GetHoursString span Hours            yield return GetMinutesString span Minutes            yield return GetSecondsString span Seconds                  private static string GetDaysString int days                   if  days    0              return string Empty            if  days    1              return  1 day             return string Format   0 0  days   days                  private static string GetHoursString int hours                   if  hours    0              return string Empty            if  hours    1              return  1 hour             return string Format   0 0  hours   hours                  private static string GetMinutesString int minutes                   if  minutes    0              return string Empty            if  minutes    1              return  1 minute             return string Format   0 0  minutes   minutes                  private static string GetSecondsString int seconds                   if  seconds    0              return string Empty            if  seconds    1              return  1 second             return string Format   0 0  seconds   seconds

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