How do I represent a time only value in .NET?

c# .net datetime time
sduplooy picture sduplooy · Jan 10, 2010 · Viewed 211.4k times · Source

Is there a way one can represent a time only value in .NET without the date? For example, indicating the opening time of a shop?

TimeSpan indicates a range, whereas I only want to store a time value. Using DateTime to indicate this would result in new DateTime(1,1,1,8,30,0) which is not really desirable.

Answer

John G picture John G · Jan 10, 2010

You can use timespan

TimeSpan timeSpan = new TimeSpan(2, 14, 18);
Console.WriteLine(timeSpan.ToString());     // Displays "02:14:18".

[Edit]
Considering the other answers and the edit to the question, I would still use TimeSpan. No point in creating a new structure where an existing one from the framework suffice.
On these lines you would end up duplicating many native data types.

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