Syntax error Find the difference between two datetime values with MySQL?

Find the difference between two datetime values with MySQL?



To find the difference between two datetime values, you can use TIMESTAMPDIFF(). Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable
   -> (
   -> DueDatetime1 datetime,
   -> DueDatetime2 datetime
   -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.86 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable values('2019-10-26 19:49:00','2019-10-26 17:49:00');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('2019-10-26 08:00:00','2019-10-26 13:00:00');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('2019-10-26 06:50:00','2019-10-26 12:50:00');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.68 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+---------------------+---------------------+
| DueDatetime1        | DueDatetime2        |
+---------------------+---------------------+
| 2019-10-26 19:49:00 | 2019-10-26 17:49:00 |
| 2019-10-26 08:00:00 | 2019-10-26 13:00:00 |
| 2019-10-26 06:50:00 | 2019-10-26 12:50:00 |
+---------------------+---------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to implement timestampdiff() and find the difference between two dates −

mysql> select abs(timestampdiff(minute,DueDatetime1,DueDatetime2)) from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+------------------------------------------------------+
| abs(timestampdiff(minute,DueDatetime1,DueDatetime2)) |
+------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                  120 |
|                                                  300 |
|                                                  360 |
+------------------------------------------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 2019-12-12T07:29:24+05:30

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