# Convert time interval to seconds?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convert-time-interval-to-seconds/3806>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [May 19, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convert-time-interval-to-seconds/3806 "2017-05-19T11:53:15Z")\
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Perhaps `tosecond{T}(t::T) = t / convert(T, Base.Dates.Second(1))`?

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