DateDiff to output hours and minutes

Question

my code gives TOTAL HOURS in hours, but i am trying to output something like

TotalHours 
  8:36

where 8 represents hour part and 36 repres

Answer 1

Try this query

select
    *,
    Days          = datediff(dd,0,DateDif),
    Hours         = datepart(hour,DateDif),
    Minutes       = datepart(minute,DateDif),
    Seconds       = datepart(second,DateDif),
    MS            = datepart(ms,DateDif)
from
    (select
         DateDif = EndDate-StartDate,
         aa.*
     from
         (  -- Test Data
          Select
              StartDate = convert(datetime,'20090213 02:44:37.923'),
              EndDate   = convert(datetime,'20090715 13:24:45.837')) aa
    ) a

Output

DateDif                  StartDate                EndDate                 Days Hours Minutes Seconds MS
-----------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- ---- ----- ------- ------- ---
1900-06-02 10:40:07.913  2009-02-13 02:44:37.923  2009-07-15 13:24:45.837 152  10    40      7       913

(1 row(s) affected)