TimeSpan to string in format "hh.mm"

Asked May 05 '15 at 15:18

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How can I create a string in the format "hh.mm" from a given TimeSpan object?

The opposite of what is wanted in this question. I've got a valid TimeSpan object and want to parse it into a string of the given format. Two digits for he hours, a dot and two digits for the minutes.

I tried using it with the format string "hh.mm" like I would've done it with an DateTime object. This did not work.

TimeSpan.FromMinutes(120).ToString("hh.mm")

This throws a System.FormatException.

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asked May 05 '15 at 15:18

Philipp M

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What's wrong with ToString or String.Format? Have you tried something? Did you encounter a problem? – Panagiotis Kanavos May 05 '15 at 15:20
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Read up on how to use [Custom TimeSpan Format](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee372287%28v=vs.110%29.aspx) and see if that helps. – John Odom May 05 '15 at 15:21
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`ts.ToString(@"hh\.mm", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);` this should do it – Habib May 05 '15 at 15:22
@Habib this gives me an error "unrecognized escape sequence" – Philipp M May 05 '15 at 15:25
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I found a solution: `ToString("mm'.'hh")`. – Philipp M May 05 '15 at 15:26
@PhilippM please edit your question with the actual problem and the code to reproduce it. – Panagiotis Kanavos May 05 '15 at 15:26
@PhilippM, try the code `ts.ToString(@"hh\.mm", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);` this is not going to throw the exception, if you are using .Net framework 4.0 or higher – Habib May 05 '15 at 15:37

TimeSpan to string in format "hh.mm"

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