Calculate the number of minutes.

[abidoss]

Hello friends, is there a way to calculate the number of minutes and hours between two dates and display it in a field?


For example, in the capture, the number of minutes is: 03 min.

[shalmaxb]

yes possible with datetime Diff

minutes = datetime\diff(end, start, 'minutes');

where end is in your case 10:10 and start 10:07

I use this formula to calculate the time I need for a task. I put in start and end time and the minutes are calculated. In another field I convert the minutes to hours (float) and multiply with my hour rate to calculate the fee, my client has to pay for my work.
Furthermore I reversed the calculation, e.g. I put in the start time and the minutes, from which then the end time is calculated. I did that for fun, because it is possible.

[abidoss]

Thank you, it works well for me too. However, if the time is more than 60 minutes, for example, 75 minutes, how do we display 1h15min?

[ThomasB]

I'm using this formular to calculate the duration of an incident. Start and end time the incident.

$totalMinutes = datetime\diff(incidentEndtime, incidentstarttime, 'minutes');
$hours = number\format(number\floor(($totalMinutes / 60), 0));
$minutes = number\format(number\floor(($totalMinutes - ($hours * 60)), 0));

impactDuration = string\concatenate($hours,' Hours ', $minutes, ' Minutes');​​

[abidoss]

So, the "impactDuration" field is a text field, not a float.

[ThomasB]

In my examples I used this:

impactDuration     Duration          Varchar
incidentstarttime  Start of impact   Date-Time​​
incidentEndtime    End of impact     Date-Time

[BigBoss]

You can also add the days if necessary

$totalMinutes = datetime\diff(dateFin, dateStart, 'minutes');
$days = number\format(number\floor(($totalMinutes / (24 * 60)), 0));
$remainingMinutes = $totalMinutes - ($days * 24 * 60);
$hours = number\format(number\floor(($remainingMinutes / 60), 0));
$minutes = number\format(number\floor(($remainingMinutes - ($hours * 60)), 0));

Duration = string\concatenate($days, ' Days ', $hours, ' Hours ', $minutes, ' Minutes');

[abidoss]

Thank you,