Emacs Org Mode: How To Stop Total in Column View Showing Number of Days?

emacs, formatting, org-mode

Solution

See the var org-time-clocksum-format:

;; format string used when creating CLOCKSUM lines and when generating a
;; time duration (avoid showing days)
(setq org-time-clocksum-format
      '(:hours "%d" :require-hours t :minutes ":%02d" :require-minutes t))

Problem

I'm using Emacs 23.4.1 and Org-Mode 8.0.6 In my org file I have the estimated number of hours that a task will take using the `Effort` property of the associated heading. For example: ``` * My Tasks ** TODO Read a book... ** TODO Watch a film... ** TODO Learn org-mode :PROPERTIES: :Effort: 2:00 :END: ``` Then I can switch to column view and view the total time estimated for all of "my tasks". I do this by adding the following line to my org file: ``` #+COLUMNS: %55ITEM(Details) %5Effort(Time){:} ``` When the total number of hours is greater than 24, then the total is displayed in terms of days and hours, e.g. `3d 14`. How can I format the display so that it tells me the total number of hours (and minutes), rather than breaking it into days? (In short, I want the total effort of "My Tasks" to display `86:00`, rather than `3d 14`.)

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