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How to convert System.DateTime To System.TimeSpan explicitly

I want to convert a Date Time time to Time Span format time explicitly . As i have to change time from DateTime to Time span in my reminder app

Solution

  • TimeSpan in general denotes the Time difference between two DateTime. Hence you need to establish a baseline date for the difference.

    You can try using 

    TimeSpan ts = new TimeSpan(DateTime.Now.Ticks);

    but the above will use a baseline time of 12:00:00 midnight, January 1, 0001

    Trying to answer just by guessing your problem

    Let say you have a event in your remain app created for 15th June 2014

    DateTime eventDate = new DateTime(2014, 6, 6);

// now to show the timespan you can use
TimeSpan ts = eventDate - DateTime.Now.Date;

// time left to event
Console.WriteLine("{0} days, {1} hours, {2} minutes", ts.TotalDays, ts.Hours, ts.Minutes);