time_to_seconds

Extracts seconds from TIME value (returns DECIMAL to preserve fractional seconds).

Syntax

Python

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.time_to_seconds(col=<col>)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
col	pyspark.sql.Column or column name	TIME value to convert.

Parameter	Type	Description
col	pyspark.sql.Column or column name	TIME value to convert.

Examples

Python

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
df = spark.sql("SELECT TIME'14:30:00.5' as time")
df.select(dbf.time_to_seconds('time')).show()

Output

+---------------------+
|time_to_seconds(time)|
+---------------------+
|         52200.500000|
+---------------------+