C# TimeSpan ParseExact(String, String[], IFormatProvider, TimeSpanStyles) Array

Description

TimeSpan ParseExact(String, String[], IFormatProvider, TimeSpanStyles) converts the string representation of a time interval to its TimeSpan equivalent by using the specified formats, culture-specific format information, and styles. The format of the string representation must match one of the specified formats exactly.

Syntax

TimeSpan.ParseExact(String, String[], IFormatProvider, TimeSpanStyles) has the following syntax.

public static TimeSpan ParseExact(
  string input,/*from   w w  w .  j a  v  a2s.c o  m*/
  string[] formats,
  IFormatProvider formatProvider,
  TimeSpanStyles styles
)

Parameters

TimeSpan.ParseExact(String, String[], IFormatProvider, TimeSpanStyles) has the following parameters.

• input - A string that specifies the time interval to convert.
• formats - A array of standard or custom format strings that define the required format of input.
• formatProvider - An object that provides culture-specific formatting information.
• styles - A bitwise combination of enumeration values that defines the style elements that may be present in input.

Returns

TimeSpan.ParseExact(String, String[], IFormatProvider, TimeSpanStyles) method returns A time interval that corresponds to input, as specified by formats, formatProvider, and styles.

Example

The following example calls the ParseExact(String, String[], IFormatProvider, TimeSpanStyles) method to convert each element of a string array to a TimeSpan value.

//from  w ww  .  ja va2s  . com

using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      string[] inputs = { "3", "16:42", "1:6:52:35.0625", 
                          "1:6:52:35,0625" }; 
      string[] formats = { "%h", "g", "G" };
      TimeSpan interval;
      CultureInfo culture = new CultureInfo("de-DE");

      // Parse each string in inputs using formats and the de-DE culture. 
      foreach (string input in inputs) {
         interval = TimeSpan.ParseExact(input, formats, culture,
                                           TimeSpanStyles.AssumeNegative);
         Console.WriteLine("{0} --> {1:c}", input, interval);
      }
   }
}

The code above generates the following result.