On Wednesday 11 December 2002 12:44, Tom Roos wrote: > i want to build a query in which i have 2 datetime fields which i subtract > from one another. what is the result set? is it in (milli)seconds, is it a > unix timestamp? > what type of convertion do i have to apply to report the difference in minutes?
You can't apply arithmetics on datetime fields directly. You can do it like UNIX_TIMESTAMP(column1)-UNIX_TIMESTAMP(column2) and you get difference in seconds (UNIX_TIMESTAMP(column1)-UNIX_TIMESTAMP(column2))/60 - in minutes -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
