Format time interval as minutes without the unit 'minutes'

[blom0344]

When subtracting 2 timestamps (Oracle dates) I want to format the outcome in minutes , but without having the unit 'minutes' displayed in reporting tools.
Is this possible (or do I need to code it with native functions?)

[blom0344]

Turns out the customer wanted to have the numeric output for saving as Excel. So we coded it as an Oracle expression.
I'm really impressed with all the pre-formatting that Cognos provides, but sure wish to know how to crack this by a Cognos native solution..

[hittony]

Hello :)

I don't understand how the pattern works either for a time interval. I tried putting in HH:mm into the pattern property, but I got HH:mmHH:mm303059 milliseconds :o

The final format should be mm before the unit abbreviation 'm' instead of 'minutes'. So I reset and defined the Time unit to Minutes, i got 5 minutes.
Rest again and I defined the Time unit to Time, Display minutes to Yes, Display Milliseconds to No, i got here 05 ???

Anyone could help us ?

Thx ;)