DateTimeOffset format: m
using System; using System.Globalization; public class Test { public static void Main() { DateTimeOffset theTime = new DateTimeOffset(2010, 5, 1, 10, 3, 0, DateTimeOffset.Now.Offset); Console.WriteLine("The minute component of {0} is{1}.", theTime, theTime.ToString(" m")); } } //The minute component of 5/1/2010 10:03:00 AM -08:00 is 3.