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|   | Start date             | End date               | State | Task     | Duration (hours) |
|---+------------------------+------------------------+-------+----------+------------------|
| # | <2018-01-02 Wed 10:30> | <2018-01-02 Tue 14:00> | Taken | some url |         00:00:00 |
| # | <2018-01-02 Wed 14:00> | <2018-01-02 Wed 18:00> | Taken | some url |         00:00:00 |
| # | <2018-01-03 Wed 10:00> | <2018-01-03 Wed 12:00> | Taken | some url |         00:00:00 |
| # | <2018-01-03 Wed 14:00> | <2018-01-03 Wed 18:00> | Taken | some url |         00:00:00 |
|---+------------------------+------------------------+-------+----------+------------------|
|   |                        |                        |       |          |         00:00:00 |

#+TBLFM: $6=60*60*24*date(<$3>)-date(<$2>);T :: @>$6 = vsum(@I..@II);T

But as you can see the last column (Duration) not calculate.

Why?

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The t, T, and U flags expect an input value in the format HH:MM:SS, not a time stamp. Time stamps are an org-mode invention, so org-mode knows how to deal with them without any special flags. Also, you can't have a space between the bottom of your table and the #TBLFM: directive. Finally, if you want to convert a value in days to a value in hours, you only need to multiply it by 24, not by 24*60*60 (which converts days to seconds).

Taken together, I think what you need is:

|   | Start date             | End date               | State | Task     | Duration (hours) |
|---+------------------------+------------------------+-------+----------+------------------|
| # | <2018-01-02 Wed 10:30> | <2018-01-02 Tue 14:00> | Taken | some url |         3.499992 |
| # | <2018-01-02 Wed 14:00> | <2018-01-02 Wed 18:00> | Taken | some url |         4.000008 |
| # | <2018-01-03 Wed 10:00> | <2018-01-03 Wed 12:00> | Taken | some url |         1.999992 |
| # | <2018-01-03 Wed 14:00> | <2018-01-03 Wed 18:00> | Taken | some url |         4.000008 |
|---+------------------------+------------------------+-------+----------+------------------|
|   |                        |                        |       |          |             13.5 |
#+TBLFM: $6=24 * ($3-$2) :: @>$6 = vsum(@I..@II)
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  • I was also thinking about it. I came up with '$6=time($3-$2)' do you have an idea how to show the result as 'HH:MM:SS'?
    – jue
    Jan 16, 2019 at 19:27
  • @jue from calc the format of HMS output is controlled by the function calc-hms-notation. I'm not sure how to apply that to an org-table
    – Tyler
    Jan 16, 2019 at 20:43
  • @jue see emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/46859/…
    – Tyler
    Jan 16, 2019 at 20:46
  • @Tyler I need to show duration in format HH:MM:SS
    – a_subscriber
    Jan 17, 2019 at 8:48
  • you asked why your formula wasn't getting calculated, that's what I answered. you have asked how to get HH:MM:SS in another question, and that question has two good answers already: emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/46859/…
    – Tyler
    Jan 17, 2019 at 12:53

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