These two TimeSpan are stored in the Database with 24hr format. No date, only TimeSpan.
Dim r As TimeSpan
Dim tsStart As TimeSpan
Dim tsEnd As TimeSpan
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Is there any TimeSpan method to get this right?
I'm doing some math with the Timespans in .Net, and occasionally the sum results in a negative Timespan. When I display the result I am having trouble formatting it to include the negative indicator.
Dim ts as New Timespan(-10,0,0)
ts.ToString()
This will display "-10:00:00", which is good but I don't want to show the seconds so tried this.
ts.ToString("hh:mm")
This returns "10:00" and has dropped the "-" from the front which is the crux of the issue. My current solution is this:
If(ts < TimeSpan.Zero, "-", "") & ts.ToString("hh:mm")
but I was hoping to accomplish the same by using only the format string.
I have a requirement that regardless of the start and dates that I need to loop through that timespan and calculate figures at the month level. I cannot seem to figure it out, and maybe it is not possible, but I would like to do something like:
FOREACH Month As TimeSpan in ContractRange.Months
Do Calculations (Month.Start, Month.End)
NEXT
Is this possible or do I need to calculate the number of months, and just iterate through the amount of months and calculate the start/end of that month based on my index?
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
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Suppose I want to add 2 hours to this timespan what would be the method for it + code .
I am not sure if this is oppsiable but i need to subtract from a timespan.
my code is
waittime = toa.Hours - drivetime
toa.hours is a integer can i change it to a decimal
I don't know the word for this in english, but I want less number behind the comma in a timespan. This is because I generate a report for the user which shows the value of a timespan. But 00:05:01:230000 is not really necessary for the user. It will just confuse him/her.
Is it possible to remove all miliseconds?
I need to get the deff. of 2 times, Its not working for me. Here's my code
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I tried to parse string to TimeSpan like the following :
Dim dt As DateTime = DateTime.Now
Dim timeCheckin As String = Format(dt, "HH:MM:FF")
ts = TimeSpan.Parse(timeCheckin)
It threw error like this:
System.OverflowException: The TimeSpan could not be parsed because at least one of the hours, minutes, or seconds components is outside its valid range.
I have want to add timespan which is storen in labels. I am trying to add those timespan . it does not give any error mess but doesnt even add timespan
Dim totaltime As TimeSpan totaltime = TimeSpan.Parse(mtothrs0.Text) + TimeSpan.Parse(ttothrs0.Text)
wtothrs0.Text = totaltime.ToString when i run the program , it only shows the value of mtothrs0.text but does not add the value of ttothrs0.Text
i have got a value in time span lets say: tsp1= 2 hour 5 minuts i have a another time span variable which contains value like: tsp2= 0 hours , 2 minuts?how can i divide tsp1 by tsp2 so than i can get exact number of times tsp2 divied the tsp1 and how much value is remaining.i am using vs2008?
View 3 RepliesI tried to parse string to TimeSpan like the following :
Dim dt As DateTime = DateTime.Now
Dim timeCheckin As String = Format(dt, "HH:MM:FF")
ts = TimeSpan.Parse(timeCheckin
I am having an error from the date I retrieved based on my query.txtArrivalTime.Text = rdDate.Item("arrivaltime")Using the code, I got this error...Conversion from type 'TimeSpan' to type 'String' is not valid.But when I execure my query on my DB GUI, I got this value 17:25:43.Is there a way I can handle this?
View 2 RepliesI would like to be able to (on button click) start a countdown (in minute intervals, that also updates every minute) from the current time to a timespan that already exists.I read somewhere there are a few different timers, I need a solution that I can use in windows phone 7 as well as in a windows forms application.I'm aware there are a lot of existing questions, I just can't seem to find one that does this exact thing if someone could point me in the right direction even?
View 1 RepliesI need a timespan difference result in - hours:mintues format.
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i am struggeling with the result of this code. It's present 164,4 hours which is correct, but i like it would says 164 hours 24 minutes.
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I want to be able to calculate the difference between two dates, written in SQL db. The difference must be in days/hours format. This is my code:
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I want to use a BindingSource to filter data from a database based on column of type Time but I cannot figure out the syntax for the filter. The filter will select records before or after an entered time. When I use a format of'10:30:00' the complaint is that a TimeSpan and String cannot be compared. Omit the 's and the :s are invalid.
View 1 RepliesA TimeSpan by default shows hours, minutes & seconds when converted to a string. How do I show only hours & minutes? I tried ts.ToString("hh:mm") but that doesn't work.
View 7 RepliesSay I convert some seconds into the TimeSpan object like this:
Dim sec = 1254234568 Dim t As TimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(sec)
How do I format the TimeSpan object into a format like the following:
>105hr 56mn 47sec Is there a built-in function or do I need to write a custom function?
I have the following code, and I want it to act as a stopwatch.
Dim spn As New TimeSpan(0, 0, 0)
Private Sub elapsedtime_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles elapsedtime.Tick
spn = spn.Add(New TimeSpan(0, 0, 1))
Label6.Text = String.Format("{1}:{2}", spn.Hours, spn.Minutes, spn.Seconds)
End Sub
However, when the "stopwatch" ticks, the time is shown like this - 0:3, 2:9, etc. How can I change it so that when the seconds are in the single digits, it shows the time like a normal clock (4:05, 2:09, etc.)?
I am working on a timekeeping application in VB 2008 and need to show elapsed time in hours and minutes. I have no problem eliminating seconds but if the hours exceed 24 the time is displayed as days.hours:minutes and what I need is to show (for instance) 30 hours and 15 minutes as 30:15 not 1.6:15
Is there a better way then using code like:
strHours = (TimeSpan.Days * 24) + TimeSpan.Hours
strMinutes = TimeSpan.Minutes
strTotalTime = strHours & ":" & strMinutes
Let just say I have an Integer like 10,000 (that's the VALUE in want to reach). So, I have another integer like 2500 (that's my current VALUE). Third I have another Integer about 350 PER HOUR. To reach 10,000 I need 7,500 (well I already have 2,500). How long must I wait to reach the 10,000 when the increase is about 350 a Hour. Okay, that's easy: 7,500 / 350 = 21,428571 Hours. BUT how can I convert this double to a timespan? Or how is it possible to add this double value to the current Date to get the Date + Time when I reach the Value?
View 2 RepliesI'm currently struggling on how to make a comparison between a timespan value and the current time.I went up to here, but the comparison totaal with the current time doesn't work .
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I'm trying to import XML duration data into my app and store it as a Timespan.An XElement named 'Q' has a child element 'Timer' of type xs:duration. To extract the value I use the code below:
Dim Timer As Timespan
If Not TimeSpan.TryParse(Q.<Timer>.Value, Timer) Then Timer = Nothing
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I'm trying to remove an item from a TimeSpan list but I need a TimeSpan for the index? If I use a List(Of String) it works fine if I use an integer for the index, but if I use List(Of TimeSpan) it wants a TimeSpan for the index. I have declared a variable like so:
vb
Dim TempTime, TimeRemover As List(Of TimeSpan)
but when I try to remove an item from the timespan it says it needs a Timespan and not an integer. Say I have:
vb
For x = 0 To 3TempTime.Remove(x)Next
That doesn't work, but if I have:
vb
For x = 0 To 3TempTime.Remove(TimeRemover)Next
It will work How can I just remove an item from a TimeSpan list?
EDIT: Figured it out, RemoveAt was what I was looking for.
I'm trying to save a TimeSpan variable from VB into a SQL database, into a non-null column.It works fine for other values, but when I try to save 00:00:00 I am told that I cannot save NULL into a non-null column...Is there a way to get it to actually save this rather than think that it's NULL?
Note: This code is a method in a class, which has a property:
Private mCommand As New SqlCommand
Dim Param As New SqlParameter
Param.ParameterName = "@" + ParameterName[code]......
I am trying to multiply timespan by an integer....
Private Sub wtothrs0_MouseClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles wtothrs0.MouseClick
Dim temp As TimeSpan = TimeSpan.Parse(ttothrs0.Text) + TimeSpan.Parse(wetothrs0.Text)
wtothrs0.Text = temp.ToString
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i gives the error mes "Input string was not in a correct format."
I need to convert a string such as "01h45m" into a TimeSpan. I know I can split the string apart to get the numbers, just looking for something more elegant...
View 2 RepliesI've been working on a Stored Procedure that checks the time, then retrieves records going back over the last full 24 hour period between 8am and the previous 8am. So, for instance, assume that it's currently 10am. The stored procedure looks at the current time, notes that it is past 8am, and sets the query to run backwards 24 hours, from 8am today to 8a yesterday. If it were, say, 7am, the query would be set to check from 8am yesterday to 8am the day before. This was actually relatively simple to do. The SP is meant to be used to retrieve records for a report tracking jobs completed in the given time span.
However, they've come back at me and asked me to change the stored procedure such that the hour the report ends at, and the span of time checked, is configurable from the front-end of the site. I have this working for TimeSpans greater or equal to 24 hours, but am having trouble with spans under that. Here's what I have so far for my logic in the Stored Procedure -
-- Retrieves data on jobs that completed/completed with errors during a given time span.
DECLARE @Hour NVARCHAR(2)
DECLARE @TimeFrame NVARCHAR(2)
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Consider the following 2 scenarios: Scenario 1). Today is May 1st 2012, and Scenario 2). Today is September 1st 2012.Now, consider that we write on our webpage the following about a comment someone has left: "This comment was written 3 months and 12 days ago". The amount of days in both these scenarios will ALWAYS be different even though the statement is exactly the same. In Scenario 1, "3 months and 12 days" would equal 102 days. However, in Scenario 2, "3 months and 12 days" would be 104 days!Now, to corner in on my point, lets use a different example and say that someone left a comment on our site on Jan 30th 2013, and today is March 10th 2013. Our real TimeSpan object needs to know this relative date, and can figure out the following:
That there is 10 days in March,That there is 1 day in Jan (counting from 30th to 31st).That the month Feb is one month regardless of how many days there are in it (even though it's 28 days).So, it would mean 10 days + 1 day + 1 month total, translating to This comment was posted 1 Month and 11 Days ago.Now, if you used the MS style TimeSpan object (or any TimeSpan object in any language), it would give you the number of days from 30th Jan to 10 March (39 days), and because the TimeSpan object doesn't store relative date (the base/initial date we subtracted to get the TimeSpan), if you asked it how many months and days it has been, it will assume there is 30 days in one month, or even worst, the average which is greater than 30 days, and return the rest in days, so to get to 39 days, it will tell you it's been 1 Month and 9 Days and you will get the This comment was posted 1 Month and 9 Days ago message. Remember, both these scenarios have the same start date and same current/end date, yes the Microsoft TimeSpan object, by not allowing us to tell it the month of Feb 2013 should be be considered, has given us a completely different TimeSpan, off why a whole 2 days. It has, in effect, lied to us.
The problem is, people will believe this, and who knows what perceptions they may have, how their perceptions of the past may change and the decisions & life choices they may make when trying to reconstruct events within the past inside their own minds, while never noticing or understanding the drawback and inherent failure of representing time that is so pervasive everywhere today. They will not understand that programming languages don't realize (or care) that last month had 31 days in it, as oppposed to 30, 29 or 28 - or visa versa, and that this adds up when you increase the TimeSpan.
This is the problem at the heart of this post. I understand that most people will not care about this difference (but be sure that some of us do, and cannot have this on our backs), and if this doesn't bother you, thats ok. I wish it didn't bother me, I would have saved myself some time, stress and disappointment. If this is not a bother, you can use the function for the efficient textual display of relative time (customizable to 1 to 6 nodes from seconds to years), instead of using it for the usually negligible accuracy it provides.
To my disappointment I noticed that there is no real timespan object, if you get a timespan, and do a .years or .months you'll get nothing, you'll only get .days and lower because a timeSpan object doesn't carry anything to tell it which month or year the timeSpan was created on. Therefore it'll never really know how many months it's been since days in each month vary over a year and even further over a leap year.I figured there'd be a ...
timeSpan.GetActualNumberOf[Months/Days/Hours/etc] (base date must be provided of course)
... type method on this datatype, but there wasn't.All you'd really have to do is create another property on the timeSpan object to give it a base date on which the difference was calculated, then the above lovely string would be calculable pretty easily, and a .year & .month would exist!
