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esthera
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Posted - 08/20/2012 :  15:31:59  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I have 2 datetime fields and when I do a datediff I get the amount in minutes

how can I convert the minutes fields to datetime so that for example 26 minutes will show as 1900-01-01 00:21

Lamprey
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Posted - 08/20/2012 :  15:41:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(16), DATEADD(MINUTE, 26 - 5, '1900-01-01 00:00:00'), 121)
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visakh16
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Posted - 08/20/2012 :  17:11:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by esthera

I have 2 datetime fields and when I do a datediff I get the amount in minutes

how can I convert the minutes fields to datetime so that for example 26 minutes will show as 1900-01-01 00:21


make sure you read this

http://visakhm.blogspot.com/2012/07/generate-datetime-values-from-integers.html

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