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Hi, I am a new user… can someone help how to get the amount of the time duration?


Thanks,


Welcome to the community, @Takashi_Takiguchi!


If you’d like to return your result in minutes, this is the formula you would use:


IF(
AND({End Time}, {Start time}),
DATETIME_DIFF({End Time}, {Start time}, 'minutes')
)

Welcome to the community, @Takashi_Takiguchi!


If you’d like to return your result in minutes, this is the formula you would use:


IF(
AND({End Time}, {Start time}),
DATETIME_DIFF({End Time}, {Start time}, 'minutes')
)


Thank you for your helping hand @ScottWorld.


Unfortunately, it’s not working… how I cut and pasted the formula is wrong?



Thank you for your helping hand @ScottWorld.


Unfortunately, it’s not working… how I cut and pasted the formula is wrong?


Change the ‘minutes’ to ‘seconds’. It’s because you have the format in a time format. This formula is built well for a field with a format of Intiger. You’re looking for an output in duration so switching it to seconds will make the difference. So your formula would now read;


IF(
AND({End Time}, {Start time}),
DATETIME_DIFF({End Time}, {Start time}, 'seconds')
)

hth,

Nathalie@VAcePro.com


Change the ‘minutes’ to ‘seconds’. It’s because you have the format in a time format. This formula is built well for a field with a format of Intiger. You’re looking for an output in duration so switching it to seconds will make the difference. So your formula would now read;


IF(
AND({End Time}, {Start time}),
DATETIME_DIFF({End Time}, {Start time}, 'seconds')
)

hth,

Nathalie@VAcePro.com


Thank you very much for your help, Nathalie!


Yes, it calculated it correctly now! 🙂


Cheers,

Taka


Thank you very much for your help, Nathalie!


Yes, it calculated it correctly now! 🙂


Cheers,

Taka


Thanks, @Nathalie_Collins!


Yes, to summarize what Nathalie said above:



  • Use ‘minutes’ if you are looking for an integer result.

  • Use ‘seconds’ if you are looking for a duration result, because duration formatting is based on number of seconds. (You can also multiply any minute integers by 60 to yield seconds, too.)


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