DateTime Format: h \\h m \\m
using System; using System.Globalization; public class Example { public static void Main() { DateTime date = new DateTime(2009, 06, 15, 13, 45, 30, 90); string fmt1 = "h \\h m \\m"; string fmt2 = @"h \h m \m"; Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1}) -> {2}", date, fmt1, date.ToString(fmt1)); Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1}) -> {2}", date, fmt2, date.ToString(fmt2)); } } // 6/15/2009 1:45:30 PM (h \h m \m) -> 1 h 45 m // 6/15/2009 1:45:30 PM (h \h m \m) -> 1 h 45 m