Hi,
summary result is calculated also for DateTime field but it is not shown because it does not make sense to show summary in date format.
Summary of time means that result contains number of days (e.g. 2.5 means 2*24+12 hours.
You can easily define own format for summary by custom code in event OnGetSummaryResult.
Example for hours:minutes format:
procedure TrDBGrid1.gr1GetSummaryResult(Sender: TObject; F: TField; SummaryResults: TSummaryResults; TagStr: string; ForFooter: Boolean;
var DisplayText: string);
begin
if (F = DMData.qEmpHireDate) and (AnsiPos('%SUM', TagStr)>0) then
begin
DisplayText:=Format('%.2d:%.2d',[Trunc(SummaryResults.Sum*24), Round(Frac(SummaryResults.Sum*24)*60)]);
end;
end;