Days, hours, minutes, seconds between two dates

Question

I have two dates, one less than the other. I want to create a string such as this one

"0 days, 0 hours, 23 minutes, 18 seconds"

representing the difference between the two dates. How can I get these elements of this string?

Answer 1

TimeSpan is the object you need:

TimeSpan span = (DateTime.Now - DateTime.Now);  String.Format("{0} days, {1} hours, {2} minutes, {3} seconds",      span.Days, span.Hours, span.Minutes, span.Seconds); 

Answer 2

When you subtract one DateTime from another, you get a TimeSpan instance, which exposes those values.

TimeSpan diff = DateTime.Now - DateTime.Today; string formatted = string.Format(                        CultureInfo.CurrentCulture,                         "{0} days, {1} hours, {2} minutes, {3} seconds",                         diff.Days,                         diff.Hours,                         diff.Minutes,                         diff.Seconds);