SQLite time() function

Description

SQLite TIME() extracts the time part of a time or datetime expression as string format.

The time() function returns the time as HH:MM:SS.

Syntax:

time(timestring, modifier, modifier, ...)

Example-1:

If you want to get the current time the following SQL can be used.

SELECT time('now') as "Current Time";

or

SELECT time() as "Current Time";

Here is the result.

Current Time
------------
10:37:30

Example-2:

The following statement will return the time portion from the given date-time value 2014-10-07 15:45:57.005678.

SELECT time('2014-10-07 15:45:57.005678') as "Only time part";

Here is the result.

Only time part
--------------
15:45:57

Example-3:

If you want to get the time after 15 minutes from the current time, the following SQL can be used.

SELECT TIME('now'),TIME('now','+15 minutes');

Here is the result.

TIME('now')  TIME('now','+15 minutes')
-----------  -------------------------
11:22:26     11:37:26

Example-4:

If you want to get the time after 60 seconds from the current time the following SQL can be used.

SELECT TIME('now'),TIME('now','+60 seconds');

Here is the result.

TIME('now')  TIME('now','+60 seconds')
-----------  -------------------------
11:24:14     11:25:14

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