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How to convert duration in seconds to [h]:mm:ss?

auaave
Communicator

Hi,

I have a table with duration in seconds, how can I convert it to [h]:mm:ss? I want it to count the number of hours even if it is more than 1 day. Thanks!

Here is my query.

| dedup IDEVENT
| where _time>relative_time(now(),"-4w@w")
| bin _time span=1w
| stats sum(DURATION) as eventduration by DESCRIPTION _time
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harsmarvania57
Ultra Champion

Hi

Can you please try | eval time=strftime(_time, "%H:%M:%S") or you can try | eval time=tostring(_time,"duration")

So your query will be

 | dedup IDEVENT
 | where _time>relative_time(now(),"-4w@w")
 | bin _time span=1w
 | stats sum(DURATION) as eventduration by DESCRIPTION _time
 | eval time=strftime(_time, "%H:%M:%S")

and with second approach

 | dedup IDEVENT
 | where _time>relative_time(now(),"-4w@w")
 | bin _time span=1w
 | stats sum(DURATION) as eventduration by DESCRIPTION _time
 | eval time=tostring(_time,"duration")

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harsmarvania57
Ultra Champion

Hi

Can you please try | eval time=strftime(_time, "%H:%M:%S") or you can try | eval time=tostring(_time,"duration")

So your query will be

 | dedup IDEVENT
 | where _time>relative_time(now(),"-4w@w")
 | bin _time span=1w
 | stats sum(DURATION) as eventduration by DESCRIPTION _time
 | eval time=strftime(_time, "%H:%M:%S")

and with second approach

 | dedup IDEVENT
 | where _time>relative_time(now(),"-4w@w")
 | bin _time span=1w
 | stats sum(DURATION) as eventduration by DESCRIPTION _time
 | eval time=tostring(_time,"duration")

auaave
Communicator

@harsmarvania57 , thanks! The second approach works! 🙂

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harsmarvania57
Ultra Champion

@auaave, Glad to hear that it worked, please accept my answer and upvote it. 🙂

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p_gurav
Champion

Hi Auaave,

You can use strftime function using eval. For eg.
eval eventduration=strftime(eventduration,"%H:%M:%S")

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auaave
Communicator

@p_gurav, thanks for your reply. 🙂

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