TIME_TO_SEC

Syntax

TIME_TO_SEC(time)

Description

Returns the time argument, converted to seconds.

The value returned by TIME_TO_SEC is of type DOUBLE. Before MariaDB 5.3 (and MySQL 5.6), the type was INT. The returned value preserves microseconds of the argument. See also Microseconds in MariaDB.

Examples

SELECT TIME_TO_SEC('22:23:00');
+-------------------------+
| TIME_TO_SEC('22:23:00') |
+-------------------------+
|                   80580 |
+-------------------------+

SELECT TIME_TO_SEC('00:39:38');
+-------------------------+
| TIME_TO_SEC('00:39:38') |
+-------------------------+
|                    2378 |
+-------------------------+

SELECT TIME_TO_SEC('09:12:55.2355');
+------------------------------+
| TIME_TO_SEC('09:12:55.2355') |
+------------------------------+
|                   33175.2355 |
+------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.000 sec)

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