How do I get TimeSpan in minutes given two Dates?

Question

To get TimeSpan in minutes from given two Dates I am doing the following

int totalMinutes = 0; TimeSpan outresult = end.Subtract(start); totalMinutes = totalMinutes + ((end.Subtract(start).Days) * 24 * 60) + ((end.Subtract(start).Hours) * 60) +(end.Subtract(start).Minutes); return totalMinutes; 

Is there a better way?

Answer 1

TimeSpan span = end-start; double totalMinutes = span.TotalMinutes; 

Answer 2

Why not just doing it this way?

DateTime dt1 = new DateTime(2009, 6, 1); DateTime dt2 = DateTime.Now; double totalminutes = (dt2 - dt1).TotalMinutes; 

Hope this helps.