TimeSpan.FromHours Method

Definition

Namespace:

System

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Overloads

FromHours(Double)

Returns a TimeSpan that represents a specified number of hours, where the specification is accurate to the nearest millisecond.

FromHours(Double)

Source:

TimeSpan.cs

Returns a TimeSpan that represents a specified number of hours, where the specification is accurate to the nearest millisecond.

public:
 static TimeSpan FromHours(double value);

public static TimeSpan FromHours (double value);

static member FromHours : double -> TimeSpan

Public Shared Function FromHours (value As Double) As TimeSpan

Parameters

value

Double

A number of hours accurate to the nearest millisecond.

Returns

TimeSpan

An object that represents value.

Exceptions

OverflowException

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

-or-

value is PositiveInfinity.

-or-

value is NegativeInfinity.

ArgumentException

value is equal to NaN.

Examples

The following example creates several TimeSpan objects using the FromHours method.

// Example of the TimeSpan::FromHours( double ) method.
using namespace System;
void GenTimeSpanFromHours( double hours )
{
   
   // Create a TimeSpan object and TimeSpan string from 
   // a number of hours.
   TimeSpan interval = TimeSpan::FromHours( hours );
   String^ timeInterval = interval.ToString();
   
   // Pad the end of the TimeSpan string with spaces if it 
   // does not contain milliseconds.
   int pIndex = timeInterval->IndexOf( ':' );
   pIndex = timeInterval->IndexOf( '.', pIndex );
   if ( pIndex < 0 )
      timeInterval = String::Concat( timeInterval, "        " );

   Console::WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,26}", hours, timeInterval );
}

int main()
{
   Console::WriteLine( "This example of TimeSpan::FromHours( double )\n"
   "generates the following output.\n" );
   Console::WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,18}", "FromHours", "TimeSpan" );
   Console::WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,18}", "---------", "--------" );
   GenTimeSpanFromHours( 0.0000002 );
   GenTimeSpanFromHours( 0.0000003 );
   GenTimeSpanFromHours( 0.0012345 );
   GenTimeSpanFromHours( 12.3456789 );
   GenTimeSpanFromHours( 123456.7898765 );
   GenTimeSpanFromHours( 0.0002777 );
   GenTimeSpanFromHours( 0.0166666 );
   GenTimeSpanFromHours( 1 );
   GenTimeSpanFromHours( 24 );
   GenTimeSpanFromHours( 500.3389445 );
}

/*
This example of TimeSpan::FromHours( double )
generates the following output.

            FromHours          TimeSpan
            ---------          --------
                2E-07          00:00:00.0010000
                3E-07          00:00:00.0010000
            0.0012345          00:00:04.4440000
           12.3456789          12:20:44.4440000
       123456.7898765     5144.00:47:23.5550000
            0.0002777          00:00:01
            0.0166666          00:01:00
                    1          01:00:00
                   24        1.00:00:00
          500.3389445       20.20:20:20.2000000
*/

// Example of the TimeSpan.FromHours( double ) method.
using System;

class FromHoursDemo
{
    static void GenTimeSpanFromHours( double hours )
    {
        // Create a TimeSpan object and TimeSpan string from 
        // a number of hours.
        TimeSpan    interval = TimeSpan.FromHours( hours );
        string      timeInterval = interval.ToString( );

        // Pad the end of the TimeSpan string with spaces if it 
        // does not contain milliseconds.
        int pIndex = timeInterval.IndexOf( ':' );
        pIndex = timeInterval.IndexOf( '.', pIndex );
        if( pIndex < 0 )   timeInterval += "        ";

        Console.WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,26}", hours, timeInterval );
    } 

    static void Main( )
    {
        Console.WriteLine(
            "This example of TimeSpan.FromHours( double )\n" +
            "generates the following output.\n" );
        Console.WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,18}",
            "FromHours", "TimeSpan" );
        Console.WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,18}", 
            "---------", "--------" );

        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 0.0000002 );
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 0.0000003 );
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 0.0012345 );
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 12.3456789 );
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 123456.7898765 );
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 0.0002777 );
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 0.0166666 );
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 1 );
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 24 );
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 500.3389445 );
    } 
} 

/*
This example of TimeSpan.FromHours( double )
generates the following output.

            FromHours          TimeSpan
            ---------          --------
                2E-07          00:00:00.0010000
                3E-07          00:00:00.0010000
            0.0012345          00:00:04.4440000
           12.3456789          12:20:44.4440000
       123456.7898765     5144.00:47:23.5550000
            0.0002777          00:00:01
            0.0166666          00:01:00
                    1          01:00:00
                   24        1.00:00:00
          500.3389445       20.20:20:20.2000000
*/

// Example of the TimeSpan.FromHours( double ) method.
open System

let genTimeSpanFromHours hours =
    // Create a TimeSpan object and TimeSpan string from 
    // a number of hours.
    let interval = TimeSpan.FromHours hours
    let timeInterval = string interval

    // Pad the end of the TimeSpan string with spaces if it 
    // does not contain milliseconds.
    let pIndex = timeInterval.IndexOf ':'
    let pIndex = timeInterval.IndexOf('.', pIndex)
    let timeInterval =
        if pIndex < 0 then timeInterval + "        "
        else timeInterval

    printfn $"{hours,21}{timeInterval,26}"

printfn "This example of TimeSpan.FromHours( double )\ngenerates the following output.\n"
printfn "%21s%18s" "FromHours" "TimeSpan"
printfn "%21s%18s" "---------" "--------"

genTimeSpanFromHours 0.0000002
genTimeSpanFromHours 0.0000003
genTimeSpanFromHours 0.0012345
genTimeSpanFromHours 12.3456789
genTimeSpanFromHours 123456.7898765
genTimeSpanFromHours 0.0002777
genTimeSpanFromHours 0.0166666
genTimeSpanFromHours 1
genTimeSpanFromHours 24
genTimeSpanFromHours 500.3389445

(*
This example of TimeSpan.FromHours( double )
generates the following output.

            FromHours          TimeSpan
            ---------          --------
                2E-07          00:00:00.0010000
                3E-07          00:00:00.0010000
            0.0012345          00:00:04.4440000
           12.3456789          12:20:44.4440000
       123456.7898765     5144.00:47:23.5550000
            0.0002777          00:00:01
            0.0166666          00:01:00
                    1          01:00:00
                   24        1.00:00:00
          500.3389445       20.20:20:20.2000000
*)

' Example of the TimeSpan.FromHours( Double ) method.
Module FromHoursDemo

    Sub GenTimeSpanFromHours( hours As Double )

        ' Create a TimeSpan object and TimeSpan string from 
        ' a number of hours.
        Dim interval As TimeSpan = _
            TimeSpan.FromHours( hours )
        Dim timeInterval As String = interval.ToString( )

        ' Pad the end of the TimeSpan string with spaces if it 
        ' does not contain milliseconds.
        Dim pIndex As Integer = timeInterval.IndexOf( ":"c )
        pIndex = timeInterval.IndexOf( "."c, pIndex )
        If pIndex < 0 Then  timeInterval &= "        "

        Console.WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,26}", hours, timeInterval )
    End Sub 

    Sub Main( )

        Console.WriteLine( "This example of " & _
            "TimeSpan.FromHours( Double )" & _
            vbCrLf & "generates the following output." & vbCrLf )
        Console.WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,18}", _
            "FromHours", "TimeSpan" )    
        Console.WriteLine( "{0,21}{1,18}", _
            "---------", "--------" )    

        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 0.0000002 )
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 0.0000003 )
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 0.0012345 )
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 12.3456789 )
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 123456.7898765 )
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 0.0002777 )
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 0.0166666 )
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 1 )
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 24 )
        GenTimeSpanFromHours( 500.3389445 )
    End Sub 
End Module 

' This example of TimeSpan.FromHours( Double )
' generates the following output.
' 
'             FromHours          TimeSpan
'             ---------          --------
'                 2E-07          00:00:00.0010000
'                 3E-07          00:00:00.0010000
'             0.0012345          00:00:04.4440000
'            12.3456789          12:20:44.4440000
'        123456.7898765     5144.00:47:23.5550000
'             0.0002777          00:00:01
'             0.0166666          00:01:00
'                     1          01:00:00
'                    24        1.00:00:00
'           500.3389445       20.20:20:20.2000000

Remarks

The value parameter is converted to milliseconds, which is converted to ticks, and that number of ticks is used to initialize the new TimeSpan. Therefore, value will only be considered accurate to the nearest millisecond. Note that, because of the loss of precision of the Double data type, this conversion can generate an OverflowException for values that are near to but still in the range of either MinValue or MaxValue. For example, this causes an OverflowException in the following attempt to instantiate a TimeSpan object.

// The following throws an OverflowException at runtime
TimeSpan maxSpan = TimeSpan.FromHours(TimeSpan.MaxValue.TotalHours);

// The following throws an OverflowException at runtime
let maxSpan = TimeSpan.FromHours TimeSpan.MaxValue.TotalHours

' The following throws an OverflowException at runtime
Dim maxSpan As TimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromHours(TimeSpan.MaxValue.TotalHours)

See also

• Double
• FromTicks(Int64)
• FromMilliseconds(Double)
• FromSeconds(Double)
• FromMinutes(Double)
• FromDays(Double)