Difference of two date time in sql server

Question

Is there any way to take the difference between two datetime in sql server?

For example, my dates are

1. 2010-01-22 15:29:55.090

Answer 1

There are a number of ways to look at a date difference, and more when comparing date/times. Here's what I use to get the difference between two dates formatted as "HH:MM:SS":

ElapsedTime AS
      RIGHT('0' + CAST(DATEDIFF(S, StartDate, EndDate)        / 3600 AS VARCHAR(2)), 2) + ':'
    + RIGHT('0' + CAST(DATEDIFF(S, StartDate, EndDate) % 3600 /   60 AS VARCHAR(2)), 2) + ':'
    + RIGHT('0' + CAST(DATEDIFF(S, StartDate, EndDate) %   60        AS VARCHAR(2)), 2)

I used this for a calculated column, but you could trivially rewrite it as a UDF or query calculation. Note that this logic rounds down fractional seconds; 00:00.00 to 00:00.999 is considered zero seconds, and displayed as "00:00:00".

If you anticipate that periods may be more than a few days long, this code switches to D:HH:MM:SS format when needed:

ElapsedTime AS
    CASE WHEN DATEDIFF(S, StartDate, EndDate) >= 359999
        THEN
                          CAST(DATEDIFF(S, StartDate, EndDate) / 86400        AS VARCHAR(7)) + ':'
            + RIGHT('0' + CAST(DATEDIFF(S, StartDate, EndDate) % 86400 / 3600 AS VARCHAR(2)), 2) + ':'
            + RIGHT('0' + CAST(DATEDIFF(S, StartDate, EndDate) %  3600 /   60 AS VARCHAR(2)), 2) + ':'
            + RIGHT('0' + CAST(DATEDIFF(S, StartDate, EndDate) %    60        AS VARCHAR(2)), 2)
        ELSE
              RIGHT('0' + CAST(DATEDIFF(S, StartDate, EndDate)        / 3600 AS VARCHAR(2)), 2) + ':'
            + RIGHT('0' + CAST(DATEDIFF(S, StartDate, EndDate) % 3600 /   60 AS VARCHAR(2)), 2) + ':'
            + RIGHT('0' + CAST(DATEDIFF(S, StartDate, EndDate) %   60        AS VARCHAR(2)), 2)
        END

Answer 2

The following query should give the exact stuff you are looking out for.

select datediff(second, '2010-01-22 15:29:55.090' , '2010-01-22 15:30:09.153')

Here is the link from MSDN for what all you can do with datediff function . https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189794.aspx

Answer 3

SELECT  DATEDIFF(day, '2010-01-22 15:29:55.090', '2010-01-22 15:30:09.153')

Replace day with other units you want to get the difference in, like second, minute etc.

Answer 4

declare @dt1 datetime='2012/06/13 08:11:12', @dt2 datetime='2012/06/12 02:11:12'

select CAST((@dt2-@dt1) as time(0))

Answer 5

Sol-1:

select 
  StartTime
  , EndTime
  , CONVERT(NVARCHAR,(EndTime-StartTime), 108) as TimeDiff 
from 
  [YourTable]

Sol-2:

select 
  StartTime
  , EndTime
  , DATEDIFF(hh, StartTime, EndTime)
  , DATEDIFF(mi, StartTime, EndTime) % 60 
from 
  [YourTable]

Sol-3:

select 
  DATEPART(hour,[EndTime]-[StartTime])
  , DATEPART(minute,[EndTime]-[StartTime]) 
from 
  [YourTable]

Datepart works the best

Answer 6

So this isn't my answer but I just found this while searching around online for a question like this as well. This guy set up a procedure to calculate hours, minutes and seconds. The link and the code:

--Creating Function
If OBJECT_ID('UFN_HourMinuteSecond') Is Not Null
Drop Function dbo.UFN_HourMinuteSecond
Go
Exec(
'Create Function dbo.UFN_HourMinuteSecond
(
@StartDateTime DateTime,
@EndDateTime DateTime
) Returns Varchar(10) 
As
Begin

Declare @Seconds Int,
@Minute Int,
@Hour Int,
@Elapsed Varchar(10)

Select @Seconds = ABS(DateDiff(SECOND ,@StartDateTime,@EndDateTime))

If @Seconds >= 60 
Begin
select @Minute = @Seconds/60
select @Seconds = @Seconds%60

If @Minute >= 60
begin
select @hour = @Minute/60
select @Minute = @Minute%60
end

Else
Goto Final 
End

Final:
Select @Hour = Isnull(@Hour,0), @Minute = IsNull(@Minute,0), @Seconds =               IsNull(@Seconds,0)
select @Elapsed = Cast(@Hour as Varchar) + '':'' + Cast(@Minute as Varchar) + '':'' +     Cast(@Seconds as Varchar)

Return (@Elapsed)
End'
)