MySQL convert timediff output to day, hour, minute, second format

Question

This is my query:

SELECT TIMEDIFF(end_time,start_time) AS \"total\" FROM `metrics`;

which gives me:

116:12:10

Answer 1

SELECT 
CONCAT(
TIMESTAMPDIFF(day,'2001-01-01 00:00:00','2001-01-02 23:10:00') , ' dagen ',
MOD( TIMESTAMPDIFF(hour,'2001-01-01 00:00:00','2001-01-02 23:10:00'), 24), ' uren ',
MOD( TIMESTAMPDIFF(minute,'2001-01-01 00:00:00','2001-01-02 23:10:00'), 60), ' minuten '
)