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timeToDecimal

Convert string time(hh:mm) in decimal

Source

public static Decimal timeToDecimal(this string time)
{
    int Hours = time.Split(':')[0].ToInt();
    decimal Minutes = time.Split(':')[1].ToInt();
    while (Minutes >= 60)
    {
        Minutes = Minutes % 60;
        Hours ++;
    }
    //Minutes = Minutes/60;
    long test = Convert.ToInt64((Minutes/60)/10);
    return Hours + Minutes/60;
}

Example

Convert a time string in decimal format.
decimal time = "19:70".timeToDecimal();

Some examples: 
19:30 to 19.5 
19:70 to 20.166666666666666666666666667
12:45 to 12.75

Author: Andreas Seibel

Submitted on: 26 mei 2015

Language: C#

Type: decimal

Views: 4317