C# custom time format

Question

Subtraction two time format ,

string _time_One = "08:30" ;
string _time_Two = "08:35" ;

string _timeInterval = ( DateTime.Parse(_time_One) - DateTime.Parse(_time_Two) ).Minutes.ToString();

It give me the result 5 , but I want to show likes this format 00:05.
Kindly show me how to format it . Thanks in advance !

Kindly show that you understand the problem and what you have tried to resolve it. See [MSDN: TimeSpan.ToString()](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd992632(v=vs.110).aspx). — CodeCaster, Oct 30 '13 at 11:03
possible duplicate of [Parse C# string to DateTime](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7580809/parse-c-sharp-string-to-datetime) — Stephane Delcroix, Oct 30 '13 at 11:04
possible duplicate of [How do I convert a TimeSpan to a formatted string?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/842057/how-do-i-convert-a-timespan-to-a-formatted-string) — CodeCaster, Oct 30 '13 at 11:05

Lloyd · Answer 1 · 2013-10-30T11:54:49.083

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Subtracting two DateTime gives you a TimeSpan which has it's own formatting support using the ToString method.

For example:

DateTime now = DateTime.Now;
DateTime later = now.AddMinutes(10);
TimeSpan span = later - now;

string result = span.ToString(@"hh\:mm");

You can read more here on MSDN.

edited Oct 30 '13 at 11:54

answered Oct 30 '13 at 11:02

Lloyd

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@LIoyd ,have you test your code ? (Input string was not in a correct format.) – zey Oct 30 '13 at 11:13
@zey Testing, what's that? :P I forgot to escape the `:`, fixed now. – Lloyd Oct 30 '13 at 11:58

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 30 '13 at 11:17

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Try this:

string _time_One = "08:30";
string _time_Two = "08:35";
var span = (DateTime.Parse(_time_One) - DateTime.Parse(_time_Two));
string _timeInterval = string.Format("{0:hh\\:mm}", span);

For reference: Custom TimeSpan Format Strings.

answered Oct 30 '13 at 11:17

Alex Filipovici

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 30 '13 at 11:05

@Lloyd is right here, but to clarify this for your case:

string _time_One = "08:30" ;
string _time_Two = "08:35" ;

TimeSpan ts = DateTime.Parse(_time_One) - DateTime.Parse(_time_Two);
MessageBox.Show(String.Format("Time: {0:00}:{1:00}", ts.Hours, ts.Minutes));

I hope this helps.

roozbeh · Answer 4 · 2013-10-30T11:13:22.863

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string _time_One = "08:30";
string _time_Two = "08:35";

string _timeInterval = (DateTime.Parse(_time_One) - DateTime.Parse(_time_Two)).Duration().ToString();

result=>00:05:00

edited Oct 30 '13 at 11:13

answered Oct 30 '13 at 11:07

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C# custom time format

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