Question

How to parse string like 30:15 to TimeSpan in C#? 30:15 means 30 hours and 15 minutes.

string span = "30:15";
TimeSpan ts = TimeSpan.FromHours(
    Convert.ToDouble(span.Split(':')[0])).
  Add(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(
    Convert.ToDouble((span.Split(':')[1]))));

This does not seem too elegant.

Answer 1

If you’re certain that the format will always be “HH:mm” then try something like this:

string span = "35:15";
TimeSpan ts = new TimeSpan(int.Parse(span.Split(':')[0]),    // hours
                           int.Parse(span.Split(':')[1]),    // minutes
                           0);                               // seconds