How do I convert a TimeSpan to a formatted string?

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Published on 2009-05-08T22:18:55Z Indexed on 2010/03/31 11:33 UTC
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Timespan formatting

First question here:

I have two DateTime vars, beginTime and endTime. I have gotten the difference of them by doing the following:

TimeSpan dateDifference = endTime.Subtract(beginTime);

How can I now return a string of this in hh hrs, mm mins, ss secs format using C#.

If the difference was 00:06:32.4458750

It should return this 00 hrs, 06 mins, 32 secs

Thanks for the help

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