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TimeSpan.Subtract(TimeSpan) Method

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Definition

Namespace:
System
Assembly:
System.Runtime.dll
Assembly:
mscorlib.dll
Assembly:
netstandard.dll
Source:
TimeSpan.cs
Source:
TimeSpan.cs
Source:
TimeSpan.cs

Returns a new TimeSpan object whose value is the difference between the specified TimeSpan object and this instance.

public:
 TimeSpan Subtract(TimeSpan ts);
public TimeSpan Subtract (TimeSpan ts);
member this.Subtract : TimeSpan -> TimeSpan
Public Function Subtract (ts As TimeSpan) As TimeSpan

Parameters

ts
TimeSpan

The time interval to be subtracted.

Returns

TimeSpan

A new time interval whose value is the result of the value of this instance minus the value of ts.

Exceptions

OverflowException

The return value is less than TimeSpan.MinValue or greater than TimeSpan.MaxValue.

Examples

The following example uses the Subtract method to calculate the difference between a single TimeSpan value and each of the time intervals in an array. Note that, because TimeSpan format strings do not include negative signs in the result string, the example uses conditional logic to include a negative sign with negative time intervals.

TimeSpan baseTimeSpan = new TimeSpan(1, 12, 15, 16);

// Create an array of timespan intervals.
TimeSpan[] intervals = { 
   TimeSpan.FromDays(1.5), 
   TimeSpan.FromHours(1.5), 
   TimeSpan.FromMinutes(45), 
   TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(505),
   new TimeSpan(1, 17, 32, 20), 
   new TimeSpan(-8, 30, 0) 
};

// Calculate a new time interval by adding each element to the base interval.
foreach (var interval in intervals)
   Console.WriteLine(@"{0,-10:g} - {3}{1,15:%d\:hh\:mm\:ss\.ffff} = {4}{2:%d\:hh\:mm\:ss\.ffff}",
                     baseTimeSpan, interval, baseTimeSpan.Subtract(interval),
                     interval < TimeSpan.Zero ? "-" : "",
                     baseTimeSpan < interval.Duration() ? "-" : "");

// The example displays the following output:
//       1:12:15:16 - 1:12:00:00.0000 = 0:00:15:16.0000
//       1:12:15:16 - 0:01:30:00.0000 = 1:10:45:16.0000
//       1:12:15:16 - 0:00:45:00.0000 = 1:11:30:16.0000
//       1:12:15:16 - 0:00:00:00.5050 = 1:12:15:15.4950
//       1:12:15:16 - 1:17:32:20.0000 = -0:05:17:04.0000
//       1:12:15:16 - -0:07:30:00.0000 = 1:19:45:16.0000

open System

let baseTimeSpan = TimeSpan(1, 12, 15, 16)

// Create an array of timespan intervals.
let intervals =
    [| TimeSpan.FromDays 1.5 
       TimeSpan.FromHours 1.5 
       TimeSpan.FromMinutes 45 
       TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds 505
       TimeSpan(1, 17, 32, 20)
       TimeSpan(-8, 30, 0) |]

// Calculate a new time interval by adding each element to the base interval.
for interval in intervals do
    printfn $"""{baseTimeSpan,-10:g} - {if interval < TimeSpan.Zero then "-" else ""}{interval.ToString "%d\:hh\:mm\:ss\.ffff",15} = {if baseTimeSpan < interval.Duration() then "-" else ""}{baseTimeSpan.Subtract(interval).ToString"%d\:hh\:mm\:ss\.ffff"}"""

// The example displays the following output:
//       1:12:15:16 - 1:12:00:00.0000 = 0:00:15:16.0000
//       1:12:15:16 - 0:01:30:00.0000 = 1:10:45:16.0000
//       1:12:15:16 - 0:00:45:00.0000 = 1:11:30:16.0000
//       1:12:15:16 - 0:00:00:00.5050 = 1:12:15:15.4950
//       1:12:15:16 - 1:17:32:20.0000 = -0:05:17:04.0000
//       1:12:15:16 - -0:07:30:00.0000 = 1:19:45:16.0000

Remarks

The return value must be between TimeSpan.MinValue and TimeSpan.MaxValue; otherwise, an exception is thrown.

The return value is a new TimeSpan; the original TimeSpan is not modified.

Applies to

See also