Powershell parse duration string into seconds

Question

I have a string like this: "00:02:37.6940000". Is there an easy way to convert/parse that into seconds? Do I have to regex it into pieces and do it that way?

I don't care about the milliseconds.

mjolinor · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-16 19:08:31Z

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Parse is the default method of the [TimeSpan] type, so:

([timespan]"00:02:37.6940000").TotalSeconds

should work, too.

With error trapping:

$input_ts = "00:02:37.6940000" 

if ($input_ts -as [TimeSpan])
  {$time = ([TimeSpan]$input_ts).TotalSeconds}

else {Write-Warning "Input value $input_ts not valid for timespan"}

edited Apr 16, 2013 at 19:08

answered Apr 16, 2013 at 17:20

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user1612851 Over a year ago

Thanks. Worked perfectly.

user1612851 Over a year ago

Is there a way to catch a bad one and not have it blow up? Like if the string was "abc123" or null or something.

mjolinor Over a year ago

Updated posted script with an option for error trapping. You could also use try/catch, but I think that might be overkill.

Nate Hekman Over a year ago

Another alternative is to use [TimeSpan]::TryParse().

rerun · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-16 16:55:34Z

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This is the format of of timespan object you can use

[Timespan]::Parse("00:02:37.6940000")

answered Apr 16, 2013 at 16:55

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