On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 05:06:37PM +0000, Joao Ferreira gmail wrote: > I've been searching the docs on a simple way to convert a time > _duration_ in seconds to the format dd:hh:mm:ss, but I can't find it. > > 90061 --> 1d 1h 1m 1s > > (90061=24*3600+3600+60+1) > > any ideas ? > > I've been using to_char and to_timestamp to format dates/timestamps... > but this is diferent... I want to format time intervals, durations.. How about doing: SELECT justify_interval(90061 * '1 second'::INTERVAL); The reason PG makes it a bit difficult is because of things like daylight savings means that a day can be longer, or shorter, than 24 hours. Sam -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general