How to convert Seconds to HH:MM:SS using T-SQL

You want to multiply out to milliseconds as the fractional part is discarded.

SELECT DATEADD(ms, 121.25 * 1000, 0)

If you want it without the date portion you can use CONVERT, with style 114

SELECT CONVERT(varchar, DATEADD(ms, 121.25 * 1000, 0), 114)

If your time amount exceeds 24 hours it won't be handled correctly with the DATEADD and CONVERT methods.

SELECT CONVERT(varchar, DATEADD(ms, 24*60*60 * 1000, 0), 114)
00:00:00:000

The following function will handle times exceeding 24 hours (~max 35,791,394 hours).

create function [dbo].[ConvertTimeToHHMMSS]
(
    @time decimal(28,3), 
    @unit varchar(20)
)
returns varchar(20)
as
begin

    declare @seconds decimal(18,3), @minutes int, @hours int;

    if(@unit = 'hour' or @unit = 'hh' )
        set @seconds = @time * 60 * 60;
    else if(@unit = 'minute' or @unit = 'mi' or @unit = 'n')
        set @seconds = @time * 60;
    else if(@unit = 'second' or @unit = 'ss' or @unit = 's')
        set @seconds = @time;
    else set @seconds = 0; -- unknown time units

    set @hours = convert(int, @seconds /60 / 60);
    set @minutes = convert(int, (@seconds / 60) - (@hours * 60 ));
    set @seconds = @seconds % 60;

    return 
        convert(varchar(9), convert(int, @hours)) + ':' +
        right('00' + convert(varchar(2), convert(int, @minutes)), 2) + ':' +
        right('00' + convert(varchar(6), @seconds), 6)

end

Usage:

select dbo.ConvertTimeToHHMMSS(123, 's')
select dbo.ConvertTimeToHHMMSS(96.999, 'mi')
select dbo.ConvertTimeToHHMMSS(35791394.999, 'hh')
0:02:03.000
1:36:59.940
35791394:59:56.400

For those having issues with using DATEADD and CONVERT for seconds exceeding 24 hours, we can use modulus to get around that:

SELECT CONVERT(varchar, @seconds / 86400 ) + ':' + -- Days
CONVERT(varchar, DATEADD(ms, ( @seconds % 86400 ) * 1000, 0), 114)
as "Converted to D:HH:MM:SS.MS"

DECLARE @seconds AS int = 896434;
SELECT
    CONVERT(varchar, (@seconds / 86400))                --Days
    + ':' +
    CONVERT(varchar, DATEADD(ss, @seconds, 0), 108);    --Hours, Minutes, Seconds

Outputs:

10:09:00:34

Using SQL Server 2008

declare @Seconds as int = 3600;
SELECT CONVERT(time(0), DATEADD(SECOND, @Seconds, 0)) as 'hh:mm:ss'

How to convert Seconds to HH:MM:SS using T-SQL

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