TimeSpan formatting to minutes ans seconds without hours

Question

I need format TimeSpan to minutes and seconds(without hours), I looks to MSDN formatting but not found any example which I can reuse.

Example of what I need:

TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1) --> 00:01
TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60) --> 01:00
TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3600) --> 60:00
TimeSpan.FromSeconds(36000) --> 600:00

Any ideas which format possible use to convert TimeSpan to string in minutes:seconds format?

Answer 1

Try this:

var timeSpan = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3123);

var result = string.Format("{0:D2}:{1:D2}", (int) timeSpan.TotalMinutes, timeSpan.Seconds);

// result = "52:03"

Answer 2

You can use TimeSpan.TotalMinutes for the first part and also pad the number of seconds with a custom format string:

var formatted = string.Format("{0}:{1:D2}", (int)ts.TotalMinutes, ts.Seconds);

Answer 3

For those who prefer to just pass string format

timespan.ToString("mm\\:ss");