How to parse string with hours greater than 24 to TimeSpan?
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.
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
Similar to Luke's answer:
String span = "123:45";
Int32 colon = span.IndexOf(':');
TimeSpan timeSpan = new TimeSpan(Int32.Parse(span.Substring(0, colon - 1)),
Int32.Parse(span.Substring(colon + 1)), 0);
Obviously it assumes the original string is well-formed (composed of two parts separated by colon and parsable to an integer number).
I'm using a simple method that I devised a long time ago and just posted today to my blog:
public static class TimeSpanExtensions
{
static int[] weights = { 60 * 60 * 1000, 60 * 1000, 1000, 1 };
public static TimeSpan ToTimeSpan(this string s)
{
string[] parts = s.Split('.', ':');
long ms = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < parts.Length && i < weights.Length; i++)
ms += Convert.ToInt64(parts[i]) * weights[i];
return TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(ms);
}
}
This can handle a lot more situations than the simpler solutions provided before, but has its own shortcomings. I discuss it further here.
Now, if you're in .NET 4 you can shorten the ToTimeSpan implementation to:
public static TimeSpan ToTimeSpan(this string s)
{
return TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(s.Split('.', ':')
.Zip(weights, (d, w) => Convert.ToInt64(d) * w).Sum());
}
You can even make it an one-liner if you don't mind using horizontal screen state...
Similar to Lukes answer, with a lot more code and room for improvement. BUT it deals with negatives Hours ("-30:15") aswell, so maybe it can help someone.
public static double GetTotalHours(String s)
{
bool isNegative = false;
if (s.StartsWith("-"))
isNegative = true;
String[] splitted = s.Split(':');
int hours = GetNumbersAsInt(splitted[0]);
int minutes = GetNumbersAsInt(splitted[1]);
if (isNegative)
{
hours = hours * (-1);
minutes = minutes * (-1);
}
TimeSpan t = new TimeSpan(hours, minutes, 0);
return t.TotalHours;
}
public static int GetNumbersAsInt(String input)
{
String output = String.Empty;
Char[] chars = input.ToCharArray(0, input.Length);
for (int i = 0; i < chars.Length; i++)
{
if (Char.IsNumber(chars[i]) == true)
output = output + chars[i];
}
return int.Parse(output);
}
usage
double result = GetTotalHours("30:15");
double result2 = GetTotalHours("-30:15");