extract Integer part of TimeSpan.TotalMinutes?

[Guest]

Dim tse As TimeSpan, sTime, eTime As Date, m As Double
sTime = Now
.....stuff
eTime = Now
tse = eTime.Subract(sTime)
m = tse.TotalMinutes

'--get Int portion of m
Console.WriteLine(Ctype(m, Integer))

Is this the correct/best way to do this?

Thanks,
Rich

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Dim tse As TimeSpan, sTime, eTime As Date, m As Double
sTime = Now
....stuff
eTime = Now
tse = eTime.Subract(sTime)
m = tse.TotalMinutes

'--get Int portion of m
Console.WriteLine(Ctype(m, Integer))

Is this the correct/best way to do this?

If you don't want rounding to take place, you may want to use something like
'CInt(Int(m))'.

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Rich,

Why you don't use the minutes property?

Otherwise I would use the toString to get the double in a string.

Cor

 

[Guest]

Yes, of course. Instead of taking a double like Dim m As Double

m = tse.TotalMinutes

I could use Herfried's suggestion

Dim m As Integer
m = Cint(tse.TotalMinutes)

I was getting confused with VB.Net's complaint about using an Int with a
Double. I guess the trick is to cast with Cint (or Int).

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your reply. I am thinking

Dim m As Integer
m = Cint(tse.TotalMinutes)

I was getting confused on the casting thinking that you always have to use
CType.

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Rich,

I could use Herfried's suggestion

Dim m As Integer
m = Cint(tse.TotalMinutes)

In my opinion is that the same as using the minutes property.

m = tse.Minutes

Cor

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

In my opinion is that the same as using the minutes property.

m = tse.Minutes

No, that's something different. 'TotalMinutes' will return the whole
timespan's value in minutes, 'Minutes' will return the minutes which are not
"covered" by full hours.

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Herfried,

No, that's something different. 'TotalMinutes' will return the whole
timespan's value in minutes, 'Minutes' will return the minutes which are
not "covered" by full hours.

You are right, wrong thinking from me.



Thanks for attending me on this.

Cor