February 18, 2013 at 4:53 am
Hi guys, I am trying to calculate the diffs between to days as a decimal. The hours will an easier wayybe in decimal.
i can do it in varchar, but i need to be able to agrigate my value.
eg.
datediff(DD, [CreatedOn],getdate()) + CAST(DATEPART(HH, GETDATE())- DATEPART(HH, [CreatedOn]) AS REAL)/10
this gives me the results i need.
is there an easier way?
Ian Cockcroft
MCITP BI Specialist
February 18, 2013 at 5:31 am
Ian C0ckcroft (2/18/2013)
Hi guys, I am trying to calculate the diffs between to days as a decimal. The hours will an easier wayybe in decimal.i can do it in varchar, but i need to be able to agrigate my value.
eg.
datediff(DD, [CreatedOn],getdate()) + CAST(DATEPART(HH, GETDATE())- DATEPART(HH, [CreatedOn]) AS REAL)/10
this gives me the results i need.
is there an easier way?
Why are you dividing the difference in hours by 10? I'm guessing that's supposed to be 24 with a conversation to a float or decimal type.
Either way I think this is what you are looking for
Declare @create_date datetime = '1/1/2013', @execution_date DATETIME = GETDATE();
SELECT CAST(@execution_date - @create_date AS REAL)
February 18, 2013 at 5:37 am
To get the hours as a decimal. else its 6 days + 5 hours = 11 days and should be 6 days + .5 hours = 6.5 days.
Not 100% sure this will work yet.
Ian Cockcroft
MCITP BI Specialist
February 18, 2013 at 5:52 am
This should help you
DECLARE@table TABLE
(
IDINT,
StartDateDATETIME,
EndDateDATETIME
)
INSERT@table( ID, StartDate, EndDate )
SELECT1, '2013-02-17 10:33:10', '2013-02-17 20:14:40' UNION ALL
SELECT1, '2013-02-13 12:42:55', '2013-02-14 14:30:50' UNION ALL
SELECT1, '2013-02-12 15:04:32', '2013-02-15 12:22:25' UNION ALL
SELECT1, '2013-02-16 20:08:18', '2013-02-18 02:10:10'
SELECTT.ID, T.StartDate, T.EndDate,
CASE
WHEN DATEADD( DAY, DATEDIFF( DAY, T.StartDate, T.EndDate ), T.StartDate ) <= T.EndDate
THEN DATEDIFF( DAY, T.StartDate, T.EndDate )
ELSE DATEDIFF( DAY, T.StartDate, T.EndDate ) - 1
END + --====================Gives you the days
(
CASE
WHEN DATEADD( MINUTE, DATEDIFF( MINUTE, T.StartDate, T.EndDate ), T.StartDate ) <= T.EndDate
THEN DATEDIFF( MINUTE, T.StartDate, T.EndDate )
ELSE DATEDIFF( MINUTE, T.StartDate, T.EndDate ) - 1
END % ( 60 * 24 )
) / 1440.00 AS Result --===============Gives you the hours in decimals
FROM@table AS T
Edit: Added some comments and changed the query( "<" condition changed to "<=" )
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February 18, 2013 at 6:00 am
Ian C0ckcroft (2/18/2013)
To get the hours as a decimal. else its 6 days + 5 hours = 11 days and should be 6 days + .5 hours = 6.5 days.Not 100% sure this will work yet.
Unless you know of a timekeeping system I am unfamiliar with, 6 days + 5 hours is not the same as 6.5 days 🙂
February 18, 2013 at 6:17 am
Thanks Kingston, looks much neater, will try that.
Gabriel, its just 6+5 =11 and should be 6 + .5 = 6.5 🙂
Ian Cockcroft
MCITP BI Specialist
February 18, 2013 at 6:38 am
Ian C0ckcroft (2/18/2013)
Thanks Kingston, looks much neater, will try that.Gabriel, its just 6+5 =11 and should be 6 + .5 = 6.5 🙂
I'm sorry I did not make the point clear. I am concerned that your math in your formula is incorrect and if you are using this math to test your code against, your debugging is going to be off. 6 days + 5 hours doesn't equal 6.5 days, it equals 6.208 days.
Please see below:
6 days + 1 hour = 6.041 days
6 days + 2 hour = 6.083 days
6 days + 3 hour = 6.125 days
6 days + 4 hour = 6.166 days
6 days + 5 hour = 6.208 days
6 days + 6 hour = 6.25 days
6 days + 7 hour = 6.291 days
6 days + 8 hour = 6.333 days
6 days + 9 hour = 6.375 days
6 days + 10 hour = 6.416 days
6 days + 11 hour = 6.458 days
6 days + 12 hour = 6.5 days
6 days + 13 hour = 6.541 days
6 days + 14 hour = 6.583 days
6 days + 15 hour = 6.625 days
6 days + 16 hour = 6.666 days
6 days + 17 hour = 6.708 days
6 days + 18 hour = 6.75 days
6 days + 19 hour = 6.791 days
6 days + 20 hour = 6.833 days
6 days + 21 hour = 6.875 days
6 days + 22 hour = 6.916 days
6 days + 23 hour = 6.958 days
6 days + 24 hour = 7 days
February 18, 2013 at 5:16 pm
Gabriel P (2/18/2013)
Ian C0ckcroft (2/18/2013)
Hi guys, I am trying to calculate the diffs between to days as a decimal. The hours will an easier wayybe in decimal.i can do it in varchar, but i need to be able to agrigate my value.
eg.
datediff(DD, [CreatedOn],getdate()) + CAST(DATEPART(HH, GETDATE())- DATEPART(HH, [CreatedOn]) AS REAL)/10
this gives me the results i need.
is there an easier way?
Why are you dividing the difference in hours by 10? I'm guessing that's supposed to be 24 with a conversation to a float or decimal type.
Either way I think this is what you are looking for
Declare @create_date datetime = '1/1/2013', @execution_date DATETIME = GETDATE();SELECT CAST(@execution_date - @create_date AS REAL)
Nice to see a kindred spirit. I normally use FLOAT for the same thing but that's basically the way I do it. Nice and simple.
I wish they had made such simple calculations possible with the new date and time datatypes instead of trying to follow some bloody ANSI/ISO standard for the sake of the myth known as "portability".
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
February 18, 2013 at 11:48 pm
Thanks Gabriel, see what you mean. I did think about that. Not sure how I'm going to handle that.
These time diffs are going into a dimension and the reported on. Anyone looking at the report will wonder what 6.5 or 6.2 is. may be I should keep the fields seperate so it clearer, 6 days and 5 hours, or 6.2 days.
But that has other implications.
Thanks Jeff, will try that as well
Ian Cockcroft
MCITP BI Specialist
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