c# TimeSpan Converting Minutes to Hours

Question

I am converting minutes into hours. So if I have minutes = 12534. The result should be 208:54. The below code fails to bring this result.

TimeSpan spWorkMin = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(12534);
string workHours = spWorkMin.ToString(@"hh\:mm");
Console.WriteLine(workHours);

The result is 16:54.

How to get it correct?

Answer 1

The correct way to use is not using the ToString overload of DateTime – because there is no possibility to show the TotalHours there – but the string.Format method:

string.Format("{0:00}:{1:00}", (int)spWorkMin.TotalHours, spWorkMin.Minutes);

Answer 2

var totalMinutes = 12534;
Console.WriteLine("{0:00}:{1:00}", totalMinutes / 60, totalMinutes % 60);

Or

var totalMinutes = 12534;
var time = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(totalMinutes);
Console.WriteLine("{0:00}:{1:00}", (int)time.TotalHours, time.Minutes);

See https://dotnetfiddle.net/gYEsj2 to play with this