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If you need a time difference in Seconds between 2 time values, you have to
use the MIDNIGHT_SECONDS scalar function:
Values(Midnight_Seconds(Current_time) - Midnight_Seconds('06.00.00'));

If you need the difference between to dates in days, you have to use the
DAYS scalar function:
Values(Days(Current_Date) - Days('2017-08-02'));

If you need the difference between 2 timestamps in any time unit, you have
to use the TIMESTAMPDIFF scalar function, which is a little tricky.
The following example calculates the difference between the current
timestamp and 05.00 am today in minutes.

Values(TimestampDiff(4, Char(Current_Timestamp -
Timestamp('2017-09-14-05.00.00.000000'))));

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gad
Miron
Sent: Mittwoch, 13. September 2017 17:40
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: RE: SQL timestamps

Thanks Birgitta,

How do I convert it to Minutes or Seconds or hours ?
divide it by what?

I would like to calculate the time diff between two timestamps without using
the cumbersome TIMESTAMPDIFF function

Gad
.

subject: RE: RE: SQL timestamps

What is the data type of the result of a Timestamp1 - Timestamp2 ?
A numeric value representing the difference in the following format:
YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.msmsms

Mit freundlichen Gr??en / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser
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