C# Academy · Lesson

TimeSpan and Durations

Measure spans of time.

What Is a TimeSpan

While DateTime is a point in time, TimeSpan represents a length of time, like 2 hours or 90 minutes.

It is a duration with no calendar attached. You use it for stopwatch results, timeouts, and the gap between two dates.

One constructor takes hours, minutes, and seconds: new TimeSpan(hours, minutes, seconds).

So new TimeSpan(1, 30, 0) is one hour and thirty minutes. The value prints in a clear h:mm:ss layout.

using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        TimeSpan span = new TimeSpan(1, 30, 0);
        Console.WriteLine(span);
    }
}