Just curious, is there a format string I can use to output something like “5h 3m 30s”?
eg. (obviously wrong)
myTimeSpan.ToString("hh mm ss")
Just curious, is there a format string I can use to output something like
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Just curious, is there a format string I can use to output something like “5h 3m 30s”?
eg. (obviously wrong)
myTimeSpan.ToString("hh mm ss")
Try:
(Note that even spaces need to be quoted – that’s what was wrong with my first attempt.)
I’m assuming you’re using .NET 4, of course – before that,
TimeSpandidn’t support custom format strings.EDIT: As noted, this won’t work beyond 24 hours. Also note that alternatives are available via Noda Time too 🙂