Sum amount of overlapping datetime ranges in MySQL

Question

I have a table of events, each with a StartTime and EndTime (as type DateTime) in a MySQL Table.

I\'m trying to output the sum of overlapping times

Answer 1

Try this:

SELECT `COUNT`, SEC_TO_TIME(SUM(Duration))
FROM (
    SELECT
        COUNT(*) AS `Count`,
        UNIX_TIMESTAMP(Times2.Time) - UNIX_TIMESTAMP(Times1.Time) AS Duration
    FROM (
        SELECT @rownum1 := @rownum1 + 1 AS rownum, `Time`
        FROM (
            SELECT DISTINCT(StartTime) AS `Time` FROM events
            UNION
            SELECT DISTINCT(EndTime) AS `Time` FROM events
        ) AS AllTimes, (SELECT @rownum1 := 0) AS Rownum
        ORDER BY `Time` DESC
    ) As Times1
    JOIN (
        SELECT @rownum2 := @rownum2 + 1 AS rownum, `Time`
        FROM (
            SELECT DISTINCT(StartTime) AS `Time` FROM events
            UNION
            SELECT DISTINCT(EndTime) AS `Time` FROM events
        ) AS AllTimes, (SELECT @rownum2 := 0) AS Rownum
        ORDER BY `Time` DESC
    ) As Times2
    ON Times1.rownum = Times2.rownum + 1
    JOIN events ON Times1.Time >= events.StartTime AND Times2.Time <= events.EndTime
    GROUP BY Times1.rownum
) Totals
GROUP BY `Count`

Result:

1, 03:00:00
2, 02:00:00
3, 02:00:00

If this doesn't do what you want, or you want some explanation, please let me know. It could be made faster by storing the repeated subquery AllTimes in a temporary table, but hopefully it runs fast enough as it is.