Initialize a time span to zero

   
 

using System;

public class ToString
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      TimeSpan span;

      // Initialize a time span to zero.
      span = TimeSpan.Zero;
      Console.WriteLine(FormatTimeSpan(span, true));

   }

   private static string FormatTimeSpan(TimeSpan span, bool showSign)
   {
      string sign = String.Empty;
      if (showSign && (span > TimeSpan.Zero)) 
         sign = "+";  

      return sign + span.Days.ToString("00") + "." + 
             span.Hours.ToString("00") + ":" + 
             span.Minutes.ToString("00") + ":" + 
             span.Seconds.ToString("00") + "." + 
             span.Milliseconds.ToString("000");
   }
}

   
     


TimeSpan.TicksPerDay

   
  

using System;
using System.Globalization;

class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        // Create some date/time objects
        DateTime dt = new DateTime();
        DateTime dt1 = new DateTime(2001, 12, 31);
        DateTime dt2 = new DateTime(2000, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59);

        // Do some date time math
        DateTime today = DateTime.Today;
        today = today + new TimeSpan(TimeSpan.TicksPerDay);
        Console.WriteLine("Tomorrow is: {0}", today.ToString());
        today = DateTime.Today - new TimeSpan(7 * TimeSpan.TicksPerDay);
        Console.WriteLine("Last Week on this day it was: {0}",today.ToString());
    }
}

   
     


new TimeSpan(2, 12, 0, 0)

   
  

using System;
    class MainClass
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            TimeSpan timespan1 = new TimeSpan(2, 12, 0, 0);
            TimeSpan timespan2 = new TimeSpan(4, 12, 0, 0);

            TimeSpan oneWeek = timespan1 + timespan2;

            DateTime now = DateTime.Now;

            DateTime past = now - oneWeek;

            DateTime future = now + oneWeek;

            Console.WriteLine("Now   : {0}", now);
            Console.WriteLine("Past  : {0}", past);
            Console.WriteLine("Future: {0}", future); 

       }
    }