Question

I need to format the time like this 00h30m.

Is there an easy way to do this that I am missing?

Answer 1

I like @Brandon’s approach (and upvoted it). An alternate approach would be to use String.Format.

String.Format("{0}h{1}m", DateTime.Now.Hour, DateTime.Now.Minute);

You could encapsulate any approach in an extension method if you really wanted to.

public static class DateTimeExtensions
{
    public static string CustomFormat(this DateTime dt)
    {
        // Could use @Brandon's approach or whatever else here.
        return String.Format("{0}h{1}m", dt.Hour, dt.Minute);
    }
}

...

// Usage:
DateTime.Now.CustomFormat();