subtracting one time from another in vb.net

Question

i have a variable [ Dim mytime = "12:30:00 AM" ]

i want to subtract mytime from TimeOfDay and i also want to get the difference as a integer value... how should i do that..

i have added the following code

Dim mytime = DateTime.Parse("1:16:00 AM")
Dim result = TimeOfDay - mytime

dim finalresult = result.Seconds

but it is giving me negative values

Answer 1

Easy:

First, convert the myTime to a DateTime – either directly:

Dim myTime = #12:30:00 AM#

Or by parsing a string:

Dim myTime = DateTime.Parse("12:30:00 AM")

Dim result = DateTime.TimeOfDay - myTime

But you won’t get an integer – how should this work? What should the integer represent? Instead, you get a TimeSpan.

If you need to have the difference in seconds, you can extract that, of course:

Dim differenceInSeconds = result.Seconds

Same goes for minutes or any other component.

Answer 2

Dim difference As TimeSpan = DateTime.TimeOfDay - DateTime.Parse(mytime)