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create table activities (
id INT NOT NULL,
user_id INT NULL,
activity VARCHAR(45),
log_time DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
PRIMARY KEY(id))
ENGINE = InnoDB;
insert into activities (id, user_id, activity, log_time) values
(6,1,'start', '2021-10-12 10:00:00'),
(2,1,'task' , '2021-10-12 10:10:00'),
(7,1,'task' , '2021-10-12 10:40:00'),
(3,1,'start', '2021-10-12 16:00:00'),
(1,1,'task', '2021-10-12 16:10:00'),
(9,1,'task', '2021-10-14 08:00:00'),
(10,1,'start','2021-10-16 09:00:00'),
(4,1,'task', '2021-10-16 09:10:00'),
(8,2,'start', '2021-10-12 10:00:00'),
(5,2,'task', '2021-10-12 10:20:00');
Records: 10 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
SELECT DISTINCT user_id,
SUM(TIMESTAMPDIFF(MINUTE, MIN(log_time), MAX(log_time))) OVER (PARTITION BY user_id) total_time
FROM (
SELECT *, SUM(activity = 'start') OVER (PARTITION BY user_id, DATE(log_time) ORDER BY log_time) grp
FROM activities
) t
WHERE grp > 0
GROUP BY user_id, DATE(log_time), grp;
| user_id | total_time |
|---|---|
| 1 | 60 |
| 2 | 20 |