I am working on a project that needs to get This particular format 1000.25 1000 representing hours and 25 represent minutes 1000 means a full 1000 minutes .25 means a quarter of an hour so essentially in english language we could say a thousand hours and about 15 minutes I need a way in sql or simple programming to take a timpestamp(end time) and a timestamp(beginning time) for instance 12:00:00 is the end time 11:30:44 is the start time from here is where i need a solution that gets me the difference of these two times in a decimal format. Of course once I get that I may need to convert back in english to say there are 30 minutes and 44 seconds. any ideas --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php