MySQL TIMEDIFF() Function

Example

Return the difference between two time expressions:

SELECT TIMEDIFF("13:10:11", "13:10:10");
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Definition and Usage

The TIMEDIFF() function returns the difference between two time/datetime expressions.

Note: time1 and time2 should be in the same format, and the calculation is time1 - time2.

Syntax

TIMEDIFF(time1, time2)

Parameter Values

Parameter Description
time1 Required. A time value
time2 Required. Another time value

Technical Details

Works in: From MySQL 4.0

More Examples

Example

Return the difference between two datetime expressions:

SELECT TIMEDIFF("2017-06-25 13:10:11", "2017-06-15 13:10:10");
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