There is a database with the following structure: var1: unique identifier var2: eventtime var3: activity Each unique identifier can have multiple eventtimes because the unique identifier refers to individual bees in an experiment. Some unique identifiers have 3 eventtimes, others have 400. The goal is to create a calculated field where each subsequent eventtime for a given unique identifier is compared to the first one. Let me show an example of what I mean: 16356 ....... 0 16356 ....... 5 16356 ....... 7 52656 ....... 0 52656 ....... 1 ... etc How would I create this calculated field? Below is my (bad) attempt at getting this solution: select uid, YEAR(eventtime), MONTH(eventtime), DAY(eventtime), HOUR(eventtime), MINUTE(eventtime), uid||eventtime in (select uid||time_to_sec(timediff(eventtime,min(eventtime))) as elapsed from alldata), activity from alldata where activity in ('concentric','radial') group by uid, YEAR(eventtime), MONTH(eventtime), DAY(eventtime), HOUR(eventtime), MINUTE(eventtime) order by uid, eventtime Code (markup): Thanks!