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Duration.Seconds

The seconds part of a duration, beyond its whole minutes, with any fraction of a second.

Group: Dates and times. Power Query M has it too: a query that uses it is written as in Power BI.

Syntax

Duration.Seconds(duration as nullable duration) as nullable number
ParameterTypeDescription
durationnullable durationThe duration; null gives null.

Returns

nullable number. The seconds left over after the whole minutes; it can have decimals.

Remarks

  • This is a part, not a total: 1 minute and 30.5 seconds give 30.5. Duration.TotalSeconds gives 90.5.
  • A negative duration gives negative parts.

Examples

A checkout that took 90.5 seconds

Duration.Seconds(#duration(0, 0, 0, 90.5))
30.5

Between two scans at a till

Duration.Seconds(#datetime(2024, 3, 15, 14, 31, 12) - #datetime(2024, 3, 15, 14, 30, 50))
22

Duration.TotalSeconds, Duration.Minutes, Time.Second.

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