Question

MySQL NOOB having issues…

I have a column in my database called TotalTime which stores elapsed time (hh:mm:ss). In the table it is stored as type = time.

When it is displayed it shows hh:mm:ss. Thus, 3:55 displays as 00:03:55.

In my SQL query is there a way to format to show 03:55 (or better yet 3:55)?

Beginning of query looks like:

SELECT
    OverallRank,
    First,
    Last,
    TotalTime,
    AgeGroup...

Many thanks.

Answer 1

Use

i for minutes
s for seconds 

like– i:s

%i  Minutes, numeric (00..59)
%s  Seconds (00..59)

EDIT

SELECT OverallRank, First, Last, DATE_FORMAT(TotalTime, "%i:%s") as TotalTime,...
FROM tbl_name