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How to convert a JSON into a TimeSpan c#

I’m having trouble converting a json into a timeSpan in C#, I have different json. Here are a few examples:

{
  ‘seconds’: 60
}
{
  ‘hours’: 11
}
{
  ‘years: 5
}

If you have any ideas I’d be grateful
Thanks

I’m looking to dynamically create timeSpans based on the returned Json.
For example :
As input:

{
  ‘seconds’: 60
}

=> Output:

new TimeSpan( 0, 0, 0, 60, 0 )
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  1. 0

    Create your own class do deserialize to. Then convert that to a TimeSpan.

    internal class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var options = new JsonSerializerOptions { PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true };
        var json =
            """
            { "seconds": 60, "days": 5 }
            """;

        var timeSpan = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<MyTimeSpan>(json, options)?.ToTimeSpan();
    }

    public class MyTimeSpan
    {
        public int Seconds { get; set; }
        public int Minutes { get; set; }
        public int Hours { get; set; }
        public int Days { get; set; }

        public TimeSpan ToTimeSpan() => new(Days, Hours, Minutes, Seconds);
    }
}
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  2. 0 
    using System;
using System.Text.Json;
public class JsonTimeSpanConverter
{
public TimeSpan ConvertJsonToTimeSpan(string json)
{
    var jsonDocument = JsonDocument.Parse(json);
    var root = jsonDocument.RootElement;

    int days = root.TryGetProperty("days", out var daysElement) ? daysElement.GetInt32() : 0;
    int hours = root.TryGetProperty("hours", out var hoursElement) ? hoursElement.GetInt32() : 0;
    int minutes = root.TryGetProperty("minutes", out var minutesElement) ? minutesElement.GetInt32() : 0;
    int seconds = root.TryGetProperty("seconds", out var secondsElement) ? secondsElement.GetInt32() : 0;
    int milliseconds = root.TryGetProperty("milliseconds", out var millisecondsElement) ? millisecondsElement.GetInt32() : 0;

    return new TimeSpan(days, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds);
}
}

    The JsonTimeSpanConverter class contains a method ConvertJsonToTimeSpan that takes a JSON string as input and extracts the relevant time components (days, hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds) to create a TimeSpan object. The code uses the System.Text.Json namespace for parsing JSON data.

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