c# show only Time portion of DateTime

Question

I have a date that shows up as 10/18/2011 3:12:33 PM

How do I get only the time portion of this datetime?

I am using C#.

I tried:

      string timeval = PgTime.ToShortTimeString();

but that did not work as Intellisense only showed ToString();

Answer 1

Assuming that

DateTime PgTime;

You can:

String timeOnly = PgTime.ToString("t");

Other format options can be viewed on MSDN.

Also, if you'd like to combine it in a larger string, you can do either:

// Instruct String.Format to parse it as time format using `{0:t}`
String.Format("The time is: {0:t}", PgTime);

// pass it an already-formatted string
String.Format("The time is: {0}", PgTime.ToString("t"));

If PgTime is a TimeSpan, you have a few other options:

TimeSpan PgTime;

String formattedTime = PgTime.ToString("c"); // 00:00:00 [TimeSpan.ToString()]
String formattedTime = PgTime.ToString("g"); // 0:00:00
String formattedTime = PgTime.ToString("G"); // 0:00:00:00.0000000