Convert HH:MM:SS string to number of minutes

Question

I have the below query.

select cast(dateadd(minute, datediff(minute, TimeIn, TimeOut), 0) as time(0) )

I get the results from two columns in th

Answer 1

Expanding on Justin's answer. This allows for situations where hours is larger than 2 digits.

declare @time varchar(50) = '102:47:05'

SELECT cast(right(@time,2) AS int)+
       cast(left(right(@time,5),2) AS int)*60+ 
       cast(left(@time,len(@time)-6) AS int)*3600 AS seconds,
       (cast(right(@time,2) AS int)+
       cast(left(right(@time,5),2) AS int)*60+ 
       cast(left(@time,len(@time)-6) AS int)*3600)/60.0 AS minutes

Result:

seconds     minutes
----------- ---------------------------------------
370025      6167.083333