How to get the Average on MySQL time column?

To get average on time column, use the below syntax. It will give the average in time format −

SELECT SEC_TO_TIME(AVG(TIME_TO_SEC(yourColumnName))) as anyVariableName from yourTableName;

To understand the above concept, let us create a table. The following is the query −

mysql> create table AverageOnTime
   −> (
   −> PunchInTime time
   −> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.61 sec)

Insert time values in the table using insert command. The query to insert records is as follows −

mysql> insert into AverageOnTime values('00:00:40');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec)

mysql> insert into AverageOnTime values('00:02:50');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)

mysql> insert into AverageOnTime values('00:03:30');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)

mysql> insert into AverageOnTime values('00:04:55');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)

Display time from the table using select statement. The query is as follows −

mysql> select *from AverageOnTime;

The following is the output −

+-------------+
| PunchInTime |
+-------------+
| 00:00:40    |
| 00:02:50    | 
| 00:03:30    |
| 00:04:55    |
+-------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Now to get the average on time column, use the below query. The query is as follows −

mysql> SELECT SEC_TO_TIME(AVG(TIME_TO_SEC(PunchInTime))) as Average from AverageOnTime;

The following is the output displaying the average -

+---------------+
| Average       |
+---------------+
| 00:02:58.7500 |
+---------------+
1 row in set (0.08 sec)