# Alarm Active Duration as Associated Data

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-active-duration-as-associated-data/113879>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition81\
**Created:** [February 10, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-active-duration-as-associated-data/113879 "2026-02-10T17:24:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-active-duration-as-associated-data/113879/1 "2026-02-10T17:24:24Z")

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I am setting up alarms in a UDT for errors on a system. I know alarms have pre-described active Duration. I have an associated data property that is the Error Duration. I want to use the Active Duration the alarm collects so that when event is over the duration gets placed into my SQL table. The issue I am having is that the Active Duration comes across as hours/minutes/seconds not as just seconds like i would like to. How can I format the expression so it only saves the time period in seconds every time.

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