Re: MySQL-esque sec_to_time() function

Hello,

I'm converting from MySQL to PostgreSQL (actually flipping/flopping back) and have a question:

MySQL has a cool function sec_to_time() which converts your number of seconds to hh:mm:ss

I've read thru the mailing lists and am basically trying to implement the following:

MySQL:
select sec_to_time(sum(unix_timestamp(enddate) - unix_timestamp(startdate))) from foo;

PostgreSQL:
select XXX(sum(date_part('epoch',enddate) - date_part('epoch',startdate))) from foo;

I just need to know what XXX is/can be. I've tried a lot of combinations of the documented functions and come up with useless conversions.

Thanks,
George Johnson
gjohnson(at)jdsc(dot)com

PS: i can't find documentation on how to load the functions in contrib. I can compile and
install them O.K., but not sure how to make them load.

Hi George,

Difference of two timestamps directly :

dbtest=# select 'now'::timestamp - '2000-12-06 13:47:57+00'::timestamp
as "Time Interval";
Time Interval
---------------
02:49:34
(1 row)

Number of seconds converted to hh:mm:ss :

dbtest=# select '12345 seconds'::interval as "Time Interval";
Time Interval
---------------
03:25:45
(1 row)

Hope this helps

Francis Solomon

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of George Johnson
Sent: 06 December 2000 16:28
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: [GENERAL] MySQL-esque sec_to_time() function

Hello,

I'm converting from MySQL to PostgreSQL (actually flipping/flopping
back) and have a question:

MySQL has a cool function sec_to_time() which converts your number of
seconds to hh:mm:ss

I've read thru the mailing lists and am basically trying to implement
the following:

MySQL:
select sec_to_time(sum(unix_timestamp(enddate) -
unix_timestamp(startdate))) from foo;

PostgreSQL:
select XXX(sum(date_part('epoch',enddate) -
date_part('epoch',startdate))) from foo;

I just need to know what XXX is/can be. I've tried a lot of
combinations of the documented functions and come up with useless
conversions.

Thanks,
George Johnson
gjohnson(at)jdsc(dot)com

PS: i can't find documentation on how to load the functions in contrib.
I can compile and
install them O.K., but not sure how to make them load.

On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 08:27:56AM -0800, George Johnson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm converting from MySQL to PostgreSQL (actually flipping/flopping
> back) and have a question:
>
> MySQL has a cool function sec_to_time() which converts your number
> of seconds to hh:mm:ss
>
> I've read thru the mailing lists and am basically trying to
> implement the following:
>
> MySQL:
> select sec_to_time(sum(unix_timestamp(enddate) - unix_timestamp(startdate))) from foo;
>
> PostgreSQL:
> select XXX(sum(date_part('epoch',enddate) - date_part('epoch',startdate))) from foo;
>
> I just need to know what XXX is/can be. I've tried a lot of
> combinations of the documented functions and come up with useless
> conversions.

You could implement sec_to_time as a SQL function:

create function sec_to_time(int4)
returns text
as '
select(to_char(''today''::timestamp + interval($1), ''HH24:MI:SS''))
' language 'sql';

However, this function would be limited to time spans of 24 hours.

Zach
--
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