Format DateTIme String in DrawText for min and seconds

[Taddypole]

I'm trying to format a DateTime string in a DrawText object. It compiles but doesn't do any special formatting.

DrawText("BarTimeDn", String.Format("{0:m mm}",ElapsedTime),-2,Volume[0]/2,Color.Black); // Write BatTime to chart

In the attached picture you can see the output is of the form: 00:00:00 - or hh:mm:ss. I actually want mm:ss.

The variable "ElapsedTime" is a TImeSpan variable. Is that the problem? Does the String.Format() only work on DateTime variables?

regards,

taddypole...

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Yes Taddypole, I believe you would need to convert the Timespan first to DateTime and then could apply your String.Format customizations for display.