Date Conversion

• tmmutsetse

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  June 6, 2018 at 7:44 am

  #350145

  Good Experts, 
  Please help me to convert and  find the difference in HH:MM:SS format between the two dates and time. Below are the columns
  Step Start Time                                                  Step End Time
  2018-04-01 23:55:00.8257333                           2018-04-01 23:55:02.8569772

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• Luis Cazares

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  June 6, 2018 at 8:06 am

  #1993090

  tmmutsetse - Wednesday, June 6, 2018 7:44 AM

  Good Experts, 
  Please help me to convert and  find the difference in HH:MM:SS format between the two dates and time. Below are the columns
  Step Start Time                                                  Step End Time
  2018-04-01 23:55:00.8257333                           2018-04-01 23:55:02.8569772

  Thanks

  Do you want to keep accuracy in your query? How much would you want? Will the difference be over 24 hours? over 31 days?

  Luis C.
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• Chris Harshman

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  June 6, 2018 at 1:29 pm

  #1993145

  Probably the best approach will be to find the difference in seconds, then convert that to the format you need.  If you know the difference will ALWAYS be less than 24 hours, then maybe something like:
  CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), DATEADD(SECOND, DATEDIFF(SECOND, StepStartTime, StepEndTime), 0), 108)
  otherwise you'll need to build the parts of time in the string, which could get messy.