.NET Framework Class Library
DateTimeFormatInfo..::.TimeSeparator Property

Gets or sets the string that separates the components of time, that is, the hour, minutes, and seconds.

Namespace:  System.Globalization
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Property TimeSeparator As String
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As DateTimeFormatInfo
Dim value As String

value = instance.TimeSeparator

instance.TimeSeparator = value
C#
public string TimeSeparator { get; set; }
Visual C++
public:
property String^ TimeSeparator {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}
JScript
public function get TimeSeparator () : String
public function set TimeSeparator (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The string that separates the components of time. The default for InvariantInfo is ":".
Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

The property is being set to nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

InvalidOperationException

The property is being set and the DateTimeFormatInfo is read-only.

Remarks

If the custom pattern includes the format pattern ":", DateTime..::.ToString displays the value of TimeSeparator in place of the ":" in the format pattern.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
See Also

Reference

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Shawn Steele [MSFT]
TimeSeparator should be avoided
This just gives you the first thing between "h" and "m", so if your pattern is "hh:mm.ss", then you can't figure out the difference between : and .

Similarly more complex formats like "12h 34m 15s" don't work with the separator paradigm.
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