Question

I m using a stored procedure and there i m having a column Name timespent which i want to show like HH:MM format only, the procedure is working fine but the only problem is that currently the time spent is coming as hh:mm:ss format. Guide me how i ll get time spent in HH:MM format and correct my procedure if possible.
The procedure is like that:-

CREATE procedure St_Proc_GetUserReportforCurrentDayTask              
@userID int              
as              
Begin              
    set NoCount on;              
    DECLARE @TODAY DATE                
    SET @TODAY = CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 111)              
    select CONVERT(VARCHAR,production.CalendarDate,101) + RIGHT (CONVERT(VARCHAR,production.CalendarDate , 100 ) ,7) as Date,               
    RegionAndProjectInfo.RegionProjectName as Region ,              
    County.CountyName as County,              
    WorkType.WorkTypeName as WorkType,              
    Task.TaskName as Task,  
    Production.VolumeProcessed as 'Volumes Processed',              
    Production.TimeSpent as 'Duration (HH:MM)'              
    from Production               
    inner join RegionAndProjectInfo              
    on              
    RegionAndProjectInfo.RegionProjectID=Production.RegionProjectID              
    inner join County              
    on               
    County.CountyID=Production.CountyID              
    inner join WorkType              
    on              
    WorkType.WorkTypeID=Production.WorkTypeID              
    inner join Task              
    on              
    Task.TaskID=Production.TaskID              
    where Production.UserID=@userID and CalendarDate >= @TODAY              
End 

Answer 1

Try this

select SUBSTRING( convert(varchar, getdate(),108),1,5)

Replace getdate() with your column name.