How can I calculate time interval between 2date, hour, minute, second in firebird

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i would like calculate

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time interval between 2date,hour,minute,second

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for example i have starttime: 2016-08-26 08:50:05.0 and endtime 2016-08-19 18:01:48.0

i want to get endtime - startime in firebird

What I have tried:

i tried this query :
select datediff(MINUTE,'2010-01-22 15:29:55.090','2010-01-22 15:30:09.153') / 1000.0 as Secs

but i get this error :

Engine Error (code = 335544569):
Dynamic SQL Error.
SQL error code = -104.
Unexpected end of command - line 1, column 89.

SQL Error (code = -104):
Invalid token.

Posted 1-Sep-16 21:04pm

Sake562

Updated 1-Sep-16 21:38pm

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phil.o · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-01T21:38:00

Why don't you follow Firebird's datediff() syntax[^]?

Which would lead you to something like

firebird

SELECT DATEDIFF(MINUTE FROM CAST('2010-01-22 15:29:55.090' AS DATE) TO CAST('2010-01-22 15:30:09.153' AS DATE)) / 1000.0 AS Secs

As a side note, if you divide the number of minutes obtained by 1000, you will not get the number of seconds. If you want to get the number of seconds from the number of minutes, you have to multiply minutes by 60.

Finally, as a general rule, you should always have a look at the reference pages of the database engine you are using (i.e., Firebird). SQL language is not universal across all engines, there are some common words between all but each one also has its tiny specificities. Copy-pasting a SQL code of another engine and expecting it to work is accepting to loose at bunch of time.

Kindly.