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Just curious, is there a format string I can use to output something like "5h 3m 30s"?
eg. (obviously wrong)
myTimeSpan.ToString("hh mm ss") 
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"c" is the default TimeSpan format string; the TimeSpan. ToString() method formats a time interval value by using the "c" format string. TimeSpan also supports the "t" and "T" standard format strings, which are identical in behavior to the "c" standard format string.
A TimeSpan value can be represented as [-]d. hh:mm:ss. ff, where the optional minus sign indicates a negative time interval, the d component is days, hh is hours as measured on a 24-hour clock, mm is minutes, ss is seconds, and ff is fractions of a second. The value of the Hours property is the hours component, hh.
A TimeSpan value represents a time interval and can be expressed as a particular number of days, hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds.
C# TimeSpan struct represents a time interval that is difference between two times measured in number of days, hours, minutes, and seconds. C# TimeSpan is used to compare two C# DateTime objects to find the difference between two dates.
Try:
myTimeSpan.ToString("h'h 'm'm 's's'") (Note that even spaces need to be quoted - that's what was wrong with my first attempt.)
I'm assuming you're using .NET 4, of course - before that, TimeSpan didn't support custom format strings.
EDIT: As noted, this won't work beyond 24 hours. Also note that alternatives are available via Noda Time too :)
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