Convert Seconds to hh:mm in SQL

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Convert Seconds to hh:mm in SQL

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AlanPBates
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Posted - 2010-05-07 : 15:48:48

How do I convert seconds obtained from a table to hh:mm format in a query ?

Thanks,

Alan

tkizer
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Posted - 2010-05-07 : 16:08:51

Divide by 3600 to get hours, and then use modulus function (%) to get the remainder which is minutes.

Here's an example with 7201 seconds:
declare @s int
set @s = 7201
select RIGHT('00' + CONVERT(varchar(2), @s/3600), 2) + ':' + RIGHT('00' + CONVERT(varchar(2), @s%3600), 2)

Tara Kizer
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AlanPBates
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Posted - 2010-05-07 : 16:11:03

Thanks Tara ..

tkizer
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Posted - 2010-05-07 : 16:14:59

You're welcome, glad to help.

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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

7020 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-07 : 18:05:51

[code]declare @seconds int
set @seconds = 18422
select [HH:MM] = convert(varchar(5),dateadd(ss,@seconds,0),108)[/code]
Results:[code]HH:MM
-----
05:07[/code]

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tkizer
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Posted - 2010-05-07 : 18:08:17

I didn't realize you could do that with data being in seconds. It makes sense now that I see it though.

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Michael Valentine Jones
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Posted - 2010-05-07 : 19:13:04

The OP didn't really say what they wanted to do with leftover seconds. The solution I posted just discards them, but you could do regular rounding by adding 30 to the total number of seconds.

I assumed the time will not be >= 86400 (24 hours). If it is, there would have to be some adjustment.

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