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title: "Duration in Float8 or Double"
id: "duration-in-float8-or-double"
project: "MES User Manual"
url: "https://docs.sepasoft.com/articles/user-manual/duration-in-float8-or-double"
updated: 2026-07-31T14:57:31Z
---

# Duration in Float8 or Double

**Sepasoft MES Module Suite**
 
Duration values in Float8 or Double

| ![Warning](/resources/Storage/user-manual/user-manual/Warning.png) | Duration values of data type [Float8](/articles/user-manual/Data-Types-and-Formats) or [Double](/articles/user-manual/Data-Types-and-Formats) are in minutes plus fractions of minutes (not seconds). <br>Example: **5.40** = 5 minutes and 24 seconds (because 0.40 = 24sec/60sec) |
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