Custom Formatter with String.Format

[clintonG]

TimeSpan utcOffset = localZone.GetUt cOffset(DateTim e.Now);
MessageLabel.Te xt = utcOffset.ToStr ing( ); // returns -06:00:00

Instead of -06:00:00 I want -06:00.
Apparently the custom formatter should be 0:zzz but I can't figure out the
correct String.Format grammar to get the desired result.
Can you?

<%= Clinton Gallagher

[Tim Scott]

Re: Custom Formatter with String.Format

Clinton,

I did some searching for "TimeSpan format" on the .NET newsgroups, and
found some other messages asking similar questions. It looks like
TimeSpan is not as nicely formattable as other classes and structs in
..NET (like DateTime). One suggestion to get what you were asking for
is something like:

string formatedTimeSpa n=String.Format ("{0:00}:{1:00} ", utcOffset.Hours ,
utcOffset.Minut es);

See

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp/msg/e5a8dcf28516873f

-- Tim Scott

http://geekswithblogs.net/tscott

[Dale]

RE: Custom Formatter with String.Format

If you're just formatting your time for display you could do something like

DateTime displayTime = DateTime.MinVal ue + time;
Console.WriteLi ne(displayTime. ToString("-HH:mm");

HTH
--
Dale Preston
MCAD C#
MCSE, MCDBA


"clintonG" wrote:
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> TimeSpan utcOffset = localZone.GetUt cOffset(DateTim e.Now);
> MessageLabel.Te xt = utcOffset.ToStr ing( ); // returns -06:00:00
>
> Instead of -06:00:00 I want -06:00.
> Apparently the custom formatter should be 0:zzz but I can't figure out the
> correct String.Format grammar to get the desired result.
> Can you?
>
> <%= Clinton Gallagher
>
>
>[/color]

[clintonG]

Re: Custom Formatter with String.Format

Thanks Tim, that works just fine.

<%= Clinton Gallagher

"Tim Scott" <timscott@gmail .com> wrote in message
news:1138425761 .916936.229760@ o13g2000cwo.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
> Clinton,
>
> I did some searching for "TimeSpan format" on the .NET newsgroups, and
> found some other messages asking similar questions. It looks like
> TimeSpan is not as nicely formattable as other classes and structs in
> .NET (like DateTime). One suggestion to get what you were asking for
> is something like:
>
> string formatedTimeSpa n=String.Format ("{0:00}:{1:00} ", utcOffset.Hours ,
> utcOffset.Minut es);
>
> See
> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...a8dcf28516873f
>
> -- Tim Scott
> http://geekswithblogs.net/tscott
>[/color]

[clintonG]

Re: Custom Formatter with String.Format

Thank you for that suggestion Dale.

<%= Clinton Gallagher


"Dale" <dale0973@nospa m.nospam> wrote in message
news:87CC4D56-87F4-4C8A-B4AB-021F9670D9ED@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue]
> If you're just formatting your time for display you could do something
> like
>
> DateTime displayTime = DateTime.MinVal ue + time;
> Console.WriteLi ne(displayTime. ToString("-HH:mm");
>
> HTH
> --
> Dale Preston
> MCAD C#
> MCSE, MCDBA
>
>
> "clintonG" wrote:
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>> TimeSpan utcOffset = localZone.GetUt cOffset(DateTim e.Now);
>> MessageLabel.Te xt = utcOffset.ToStr ing( ); // returns -06:00:00
>>
>> Instead of -06:00:00 I want -06:00.
>> Apparently the custom formatter should be 0:zzz but I can't figure out
>> the
>> correct String.Format grammar to get the desired result.
>> Can you?
>>
>> <%= Clinton Gallagher
>>
>>
>>[/color][/color]