c# - Parse string in HH.mm format to TimeSpan

Question

I'm using .NET framework v 3.5 and i need to parse a string representing a timespan into TimeSpan object.

The problem is that dot separator is used instead of colon... For example 13.00, or 22.30

So I'm wondering if I have to replace . with : or there is a more clean way to obtain this.

Answer 1

Parse out the DateTime and use its TimeOfDay property which is a TimeSpan structure:

string s = "17.34";
var ts = DateTime.ParseExact(s, "HH.mm", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).TimeOfDay;