DB2 SQL Convert Packed Decimal to Time with Formatting
LPSDT and LPFDT are date and time stored as Packed Decimal. I am attempting to extract the information out and put it in time format and calculate Time Spent.
select LPEM as "Employee", LPLC as "LaborCode",
to_date(char(lpsdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') as "Start Date/Time",
to_date(char(lpfdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') as "Finish Date/Time",
to_date(char(lpfdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') - to_date(char(lpsdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') as "Time Spent",
from labor.empmngmnt
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Hi Jeff,
This has the potential to solve just like your previous question. The packed decimal value is 14 digits. Convert them to timestamps, and compute the difference with timestampdiff. It does require a reasonable estimate of what you expect, seconds, days, etc.
That query will return the number of seconds between the two times. Adding the computed number of seconds to time ('00.00.00') will give you an answer as HH:MM:SS. If you're expecting an answer of days or more, what format do you need?
Kent
This has the potential to solve just like your previous question. The packed decimal value is 14 digits. Convert them to timestamps, and compute the difference with timestampdiff. It does require a reasonable estimate of what you expect, seconds, days, etc.
select LPEM as "Employee", LPLC as "LaborCode",
to_date(char(lpsdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') as "Start Date/Time",
to_date(char(lpfdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') as "Finish Date/Time",
timestampdiff (2, to_date(char(lpfdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS'), to_date(char(lpsdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS')) as "Time Spent",
from labor.empmngmnt
That query will return the number of seconds between the two times. Adding the computed number of seconds to time ('00.00.00') will give you an answer as HH:MM:SS. If you're expecting an answer of days or more, what format do you need?
Kent
Sorry. There are too many kinds of DB2. :) Try this one....
select LPEM as "Employee", LPLC as "LaborCode",
to_date(char(lpsdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') as "Start Date/Time",
to_date(char(lpfdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') as "Finish Date/Time",
timestampdiff (2, cast (to_date(char(lpfdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') - to_date(char(lpsdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') as char(22))) as "Time Spent",
from labor.empmngmnt
Sorry for the absence.
While the code produces the result it either isn't correct or represents a value that I'm not expecting.
For a Start of 3/19/2017 1:44:23 PM and a Finish of 3/19/2017 2:06:21 PM
timestampdiff (2, cast (to_date(char(lpfdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') - to_date(char(lpsdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') as char(22))) as "Time Spent",
results in 13:18
For the same Start and Finish
to_date(char(lpfdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') - to_date(char(lpsdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') as "Time Spent",
results in 21:58
21:58 is the result that I expect.
Also with both the result comes out as an integer value instead of time. They are 1318 and 2158 instead of 13:18 and 21:58.
While the code produces the result it either isn't correct or represents a value that I'm not expecting.
For a Start of 3/19/2017 1:44:23 PM and a Finish of 3/19/2017 2:06:21 PM
timestampdiff (2, cast (to_date(char(lpfdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') - to_date(char(lpsdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') as char(22))) as "Time Spent",
results in 13:18
For the same Start and Finish
to_date(char(lpfdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') - to_date(char(lpsdt), 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') as "Time Spent",
results in 21:58
21:58 is the result that I expect.
Also with both the result comes out as an integer value instead of time. They are 1318 and 2158 instead of 13:18 and 21:58.
It's interesting that the first one comes up with a different value that the second. I'll have to look into that.
So let's take an easier path. You can add a decimal(6,0) to a time value and get the expected results. Since (lpfdt-lpsdt) gives a value of 2158.000000, the solution would see to be:
SELECT time('00:00:00') + cast((lpfdt-lpsdt) as dec(6,0)) as "Time Spent"
That should work fine and should be universal within the DB2 family. The path I'd originally taken seems specific to certain flavors/releases of DB2.
Kent
So let's take an easier path. You can add a decimal(6,0) to a time value and get the expected results. Since (lpfdt-lpsdt) gives a value of 2158.000000, the solution would see to be:
SELECT time('00:00:00') + cast((lpfdt-lpsdt) as dec(6,0)) as "Time Spent"
That should work fine and should be universal within the DB2 family. The path I'd originally taken seems specific to certain flavors/releases of DB2.
Kent
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