Convert time value to double

Question

1.00/5 (1 vote)

See more:

SSRS-2008

Hi,
I am new to SSRS. I have a time parameter in SSRS report whose value is like "14:07:58". How can I convert it to double?

The data type of this parameter is string(text) and I want to convert this time to double. I tried using

VB

CDble("14:07:58")

but it returns error.

What I have tried:

I tried using CDbl function but it returns error.

Posted 25-Jul-18 23:09pm

Lokesh Zende

Updated 25-Jul-18 23:25pm

Add a Solution

3 solutions

Solution 1

Of course it returns an error, the string is not in a double format. You must first convert it to a time value, then use the number of seconds to convert that to a double. You also need to be sure that a double value will actually be the best option for whatever you are trying to do with this value.

Posted 25-Jul-18 23:15pm

Richard MacCutchan

Solution 3

Quote:
I have a time parameter in SSRS report whose value is like "14:07:58". How can I convert it to double?

A time is made of 3 parts, and can't be directly converted to a double.
You need to define how you want to combine those 3 part.
I usually convert to seconds.

Posted 25-Jul-18 23:26pm

Patrice T

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Jochen Arndt · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-25T23:26:00

Solution 2

You have to extract the hour, minute, and second substrings first (e.g. using MID()) and convert them to double.

How to create the final double value depends on what it should represent:

dblSeconds = hr * 3600 + min * 60 + sec
dblMinutes = hr * 60 + min + sec / 60
dblHours = hr + min / 60 + sec / 3600

Posted 25-Jul-18 23:26pm

Jochen Arndt

Comments

Lokesh Zende 8-Aug-18 11:25am

Yes. This is what I did. Extracted hour, minutes and seconds part from the time string.