Date:         Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:47:36 -0500
Reply-To:     "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>"
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From:         "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>"
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Subject:      Re: counting minutes between two times

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:30:22 -0800, Emanuela <MANUP9@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Hello everybody,
>my question is :
>
>How I can get the difference in minutes (or hours) between two
>times ?:
>
>timea       timeb
>12:04       20:12
>10:04       04:20
>
>
>I thought I could use the alignment function, but I am not able to let
>it work.
>
>thank you in advance
>
>Emanuela

Try the INTCK function.