time_to_seconds function

Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime 18 and above

Note

Databricks Runtime 18 is newer than Databricks Runtime 18.0, 18.1, and 18.2. Features that would previously have shipped as a later numbered version now ship as dated updates to Databricks Runtime 18 instead. For details, see About unified release notes.

Returns the number of seconds since midnight for a TIME value.

Syntax

time_to_seconds(expr)

Arguments

• expr: A TIME expression.

Returns

A DECIMAL. Fractional seconds are preserved in the decimal portion.

Examples

> SELECT time_to_seconds(TIME'14:30:00.5');
  52200.500000

> SELECT time_to_seconds(TIME'00:00:00');
  0.000000

Related functions

• time_to_millis function
• time_to_micros function
• time_from_seconds function
• TIME type