Hour from DateTime? in 24 hours format

Question

You can get the desired result with the code below. Two 'H' in HH is for 24-hour format.

return fechaHora.Value.ToString("HH:mm");

date.ToString("HH:mm:ss"); // for 24hr format
date.ToString("hh:mm:ss"); // for 12hr format, it shows AM/PM

Refer this link for other Formatters in DateTime.

Using ToString("HH:mm") certainly gives you what you want as a string.

If you want the current hour/minute as numbers, string manipulation isn't necessary; you can use the TimeOfDay property:

TimeSpan timeOfDay = fechaHora.TimeOfDay;
int hour = timeOfDay.Hours;
int minute = timeOfDay.Minutes;

Try this:

//String.Format("{0:HH:mm}", dt);  // where dt is a DateTime variable

public static string FormatearHoraA24(DateTime? fechaHora)
{
    if (!fechaHora.HasValue)
        return "";

    return retornar = String.Format("{0:HH:mm}", (DateTime)fechaHora);
}