Date Difference in SQL Server in Days, Hours, Minutes and Seconds

A lot of users often ask questions related to finding difference between two date. The results are expected in Days, Hours, Minute and Seconds. Here’s a query that shows how to find the difference between two dates in SQL Server

Here’s the query in a readable format to try out

DECLARE @Startdate DATETIME, @Enddate DATETIME
SET @Startdate = '2011-01-02 11:35:26'
SET @Enddate = '2011-01-06 03:15:31'

-- Query by SqlServerCurry.com
-- Total seconds in a day
DECLARE @TotalSec int
SET @TotalSec = 24*60*60;

-- Convert DateDiff into seconds
DECLARE @DiffSecs int
SET @DiffSecs = DATEDIFF(SECOND, @Startdate, @Enddate)

SELECT
CONVERT(char(2), (@DiffSecs/@TotalSec))as [Days],
CONVERT(char(2), ((@DiffSecs%@TotalSec)/3600)) as [Hours],
CONVERT(char(2), (((@DiffSecs%@TotalSec)%3600)/60)) as [Minutes],
CONVERT(char(2), (((@DiffSecs%@TotalSec)%3600)%60)) as [Seconds]

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