Time format in C#

Question

Hi

I use a StopWatch and in the end it creates the following time String

string elapsedTime = String.Format("{0:00}:{1:00},{2:000}",
ts.Minutes, ts.Seconds,
ts.Milliseconds);

Now I would like to parse it in an DateTime variable ...

DateTime SpTime = DateTime.ParseExact(elapsedTime, "mm, ss, fff", null);

But it didn't work - System.FormatException

Any help?

Answer 1

Check an example that seems to work:

string elapsedTime = String.Format( "{0:00}:{1:00},{2:000}", 10, 45, 300 );

DateTime SpTime = DateTime.ParseExact( elapsedTime, "mm:ss,fff", null );

Answer 2

It works for me with :

 DateTime SpTime = DateTime.ParseExact(elapsedTime, "mm:ss,fff", null);

Answer 3

Even though you have a solution you might be interested in the following.

public sealed class StopWatcher
{
    private static readonly Lazy<StopWatcher> Lazy = 
        new Lazy<StopWatcher>( () => new StopWatcher());

    private readonly Stopwatch _stopwatch;
    private StopWatcher() { _stopwatch = new Stopwatch(); }
    public void Start()
    {
        _stopwatch.Reset();
        _stopwatch.Start();
    }
    public void Stop() => _stopwatch.Stop();
    public TimeSpan Elapsed => _stopwatch.Elapsed;
    public string ElapsedFormatted => Elapsed.ToString("mm\\:ss\\.fff");
    public DateTime DateTime => DateTime.Now + Elapsed;
    public string DateTimeFormatted => DateTime.ToString("U");
    public static StopWatcher Instance => Lazy.Value;
    public override string ToString() => DateTimeFormatted;

}