MySQL SEC_TO_TIME() function

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SEC_TO_TIME() function

MySQL SEC_TO_TIME() returns a time value by converting the seconds specified in the argument. The return value is in hours, minutes and seconds. The range of the result is in the time data type.

Syntax:

SEC_TO_TIME(secnd);

Where secnd is seconds.

Syntax Diagram:

MySQL Version: 5.6

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Example: MySQL SEC_TO_TIME() function

The following statement will return a time value after converting the second's value 3610.

Code:

SELECT SEC_TO_TIME(3610);

Sample Output:

mysql> SELECT SEC_TO_TIME(3610);
+-------------------+
| SEC_TO_TIME(3610) |
+-------------------+
| 01:00:10          | 
+-------------------+
1 row in set (0.02 sec)

PHP script:

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>example-SEC_TO_TIME-function - php mysql examples | w3resource</title>
<meta name="description" content="example-SEC_TO_TIME-function - php mysql examples | w3resource">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<h2>Calculate time from 3610 seconds:</h2>
<table class='table table-bordered'>
<tr>
<th>Time from seconds</th>
</tr>
<?php
$hostname="your_hostname";
$username="your_username";
$password="your_password";
$db = "your_dbname";
$dbh = new PDO("mysql:host=$hostname;dbname=$db", $username, $password);
foreach($dbh->query('SELECT SEC_TO_TIME(3610)') as $row) {
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['SEC_TO_TIME(3610)'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
?>
</tbody></table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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JSP script:

<%@page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<%@ page import="java.sql.*" %>
<%@ page import="java.io.*" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>example-sec_to_time-function</title>
</head>
<body>
<%
try {
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
String Host = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/w3resour_bookinfo";
Connection connection = null;
Statement statement = null;
ResultSet rs = null;
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(Host, "root", "datasoft123");
statement = connection.createStatement();
String Data ="SELECT SEC_TO_TIME(3610)";
rs = statement.executeQuery(Data);
%>
<TABLE border="1">
<tr width="10" bgcolor="#9979">
<td>Time from seconds</td>
</tr>
<%
while (rs.next()) {
%>
<TR>
<TD><%=rs.getString("SEC_TO_TIME(3610)")%></TD>
</TR>
<%   }    %>
</table>
<%
rs.close();
statement.close();
connection.close();
} catch (Exception ex) {
out.println("Can’t connect to database.");
}
%>
</body>
</html>

Example: SEC_TO_TIME() function in numeric format

The following statement will return the time value after converting the seconds value specified in the argument to hours, minutes and seconds in numeric format.

Code:

SELECT SEC_TO_TIME(3610)+0;

Sample Output:

mysql> SELECT SEC_TO_TIME(3610); +-------------------+ | SEC_TO_TIME(3610) | +-------------------+ | 01:00:10 | +-------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)

PHP script

<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>example1-SEC_TO_TIME-function - php mysql examples | w3resource</title> <meta name="description" content="example1-SEC_TO_TIME-function - php mysql examples | w3resource"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css"> </head> <body> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <h2>Calculate time from seconds:</h2> <table class='table table-bordered'> <tr> <th>Time from seconds</th> </tr> <?php $hostname="your_hostname"; $username="your_username"; $password="your_password"; $db = "your_dbname"; $dbh = new PDO("mysql:host=$hostname;dbname=$db", $username, $password); foreach($dbh->query('SELECT SEC_TO_TIME(3610)+0') as $row) { echo "<tr>"; echo "<td>" . $row['SEC_TO_TIME(3610)+0'] . "</td>"; echo "</tr>"; } ?> </tbody></table> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>

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