Format TimeSpan greater than 24 hour

Question

Hi,

Say I convert some second into the TimeSpan object like this.

Dim sec= 1254234568
Dim t As TimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(sec)

How to format TimeSpan object into a format like the following:

>105hr 56mn 47sec

Is there any built-in function? or I need to write a custom function.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Well, the simplest thing to do is to format this yourself, e.g.

return string.Format("{0}hr {1}mn {2}sec",
                     (int) span.TotalHours,
                     span.Minutes,
                     span.Seconds);

In VB:

Public Shared Function FormatTimeSpan(span As TimeSpan) As String
    Return String.Format("{0}hr {1}mn {2}sec", _
                         CInt(Math.Truncate(span.TotalHours)), _
                         span.Minutes, _
                         span.Seconds)
End Function

I don't know whether any of the TimeSpan formatting in .NET 4 would make this simpler.

Answer 2

string.Format("{0}hr {1}mn {2}sec", (int) t.TotalHours, t.Minutes, t.Seconds);

Answer 3

You may need to calculate the hours. The range for hours in TimeSpan.ToString is only 0-23.

The worst you'll need is to do raw string formatting a la Jon Skeet.

Answer 4

Try this Function:

Public Shared Function GetTimeSpanString(ByVal ts As TimeSpan) As String
        Dim output As New StringBuilder()

        Dim needsComma As Boolean = False

        If ts = Nothing Then

            Return "00:00:00"

        End If

        If ts.TotalHours >= 1 Then
            output.AppendFormat("{0} hr", Math.Truncate(ts.TotalHours))
            If ts.TotalHours > 1 Then
                output.Append("s")
            End If
            needsComma = True
        End If

        If ts.Minutes > 0 Then
            If needsComma Then
                output.Append(", ")
            End If
            output.AppendFormat("{0} m", ts.Minutes)
            'If ts.Minutes > 1 Then
            '    output.Append("s")
            'End If
            needsComma = True
        End If

        Return output.ToString()

 End Function       

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