On 21/08/2008 10:09, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > I want to find out if there's a method to change this > > select to_char('1 day 09:18:42.37996'::interval,'HH24:MI:SS') > > to something like > > 24+9(hours) = 33:18:42 instead of returning It as 09:19:42 I had to do something like this recently when adding up the durations of music CD tracks (stored as INTERVALs), and I wanted the totals returned in terms of minutes rather than hours: create or replace function format_duration(theDuration interval) returns text as $$ select to_char(extract(hour from $1) * 60 + extract(minute from $1), 'FM9,999') || to_char(extract(second from $1), '":"FM00'); $$ language sql; HTH, Ray. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Raymond O'Donnell, Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Ireland rod@xxxxxx Galway Cathedral Recitals: http://www.galwaycathedral.org/recitals ------------------------------------------------------------------