DateTime.ToShortTimeString() Method in C#

This method is used to convert the value of the current DateTime object to its equivalent short time string representation.

Syntax: public string ToShortTimeString ();

Return Value: This method returns a string that contains the short time string representation of the current DateTime object.

Below programs illustrate the use of DateTime.ToShortTimeString() Method:

Example 1:

// C# program to demonstrate the
// DateTime.ToShortTimeString()
// Method
using System;
using System.Globalization;

class GFG {

    // Main Method
    public static void Main()
    {
        try {

            // creating object of DateTime
            DateTime date = new DateTime(2010, 1,
                                         1, 4, 0, 15);

            // getting ShortTime from DateTime
            // using ToShortTimeString() method;
            string value = date.ToShortTimeString();

            // Display the ShortTime
            Console.WriteLine("ShortTime is {0}", value);
        }

        catch (FormatException e)
        {
            Console.Write("Exception Thrown: ");
            Console.Write("{0}", e.GetType(), e.Message);
        }
    }
}

Output:

ShortTime is 04:00

Example 2:

// C# program to demonstrate the
// DateTime.ToShortTimeString()
// Method
using System;
using System.Globalization;

class GFG {

    // Main Method
    public static void Main()
    {
        // calling check() method
        check(new DateTime(2010, 1,
                     3, 4, 0, 15));

        check(new DateTime(2010, 1,
                     5, 4, 0, 15));
    }

    public static void check(DateTime date)
    {

        // getting ShortTime from DateTime
        // using ToShortTimeString() method;
        string value = date.ToShortTimeString();

        // Display the ShortTime
        Console.WriteLine("ShortTime of {0}"+
                     " is {1}", date, value);
    }
}

Output:

ShortTime of 01/03/2010 04:00:15 is 04:00
ShortTime of 01/05/2010 04:00:15 is 04:00

Reference:

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.datetime.toshorttimestring?view=netframework-4.7.2