C# TimeSpan Parse(String, IFormatProvider)

Description

TimeSpan Parse(String, IFormatProvider) converts the string representation of a time interval to its TimeSpan equivalent by using the specified culture-specific format information.

Syntax

TimeSpan.Parse(String, IFormatProvider) has the following syntax.


public static TimeSpan Parse(
  string input,
  IFormatProvider formatProvider
)

Parameters

TimeSpan.Parse(String, IFormatProvider) has the following parameters.

input - A string that specifies the time interval to convert.
formatProvider - An object that supplies culture-specific formatting information.

Returns

TimeSpan.Parse(String, IFormatProvider) method returns A time interval that corresponds to input, as specified by formatProvider.

Example

The following example calls the Parse(String, IFormatProvider) method to parse the elements in a string array.

The example illustrates how the conventions of a specific culture influence the formatting operation.


using System;/*from   w w w.j  a v a  2  s  .c om*/
using System.Globalization;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      string[] values = { "6", "6:12", "6:12:14", "6:12:14:45", 
                          "6.12:14:45", "6:12:14:45.3448", 
                          "6:12:14:45,3448", "6:34:14:45" };
      CultureInfo[] cultures = { new CultureInfo("en-US"), 
                                 new CultureInfo("ru-RU"),
                                 CultureInfo.InvariantCulture };

      string header = String.Format("{0,-17}", "String");
      foreach (CultureInfo culture in cultures)
         header += culture.Equals(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) ? 
                      String.Format("{0,20}", "Invariant") :
                      String.Format("{0,20}", culture.Name);
      Console.WriteLine(header);

      foreach (string value in values)
      {
         Console.Write("{0,-17}", value);
         foreach (CultureInfo culture in cultures)
         {
            TimeSpan ts = TimeSpan.Parse(value, culture);
            Console.WriteLine("{0,20}", ts.ToString("c"));       
         }
       }
   }
}

The code above generates the following result.