Convert float to duration-time string

By Keith Henry, 2013/05/23

This UDF is using in reporting where lots of durations are calculated, stored and then summed up and averaged for reports. By storing the durations as floats (which are similar to the fixed point numbers datetimes are stored as) math functions are simpler.

The problem is that float-times are not human readable, and cast(@floatime as datetime) will produce a date rather than a duration.

This UDF returns "[d days ]hh:mm:ss"

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Convert float to duration-time string

SQL 2005 - Long duration Stored Procedure

Same SQL statement executed with Different duration

Working with SQL Agent Durations

Express 2008 and Access Datatype consideration - time durations

TSQL by Duration(Respone Time)

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