diff --git a/core/functions/printf.rs b/core/functions/printf.rs
index 8074176a2..69d37a5f5 100644
--- a/core/functions/printf.rs
+++ b/core/functions/printf.rs
@@ -66,8 +66,11 @@ pub fn exec_printf(values: &[Register]) -> crate::Result<Value> {
                 }
                 let value = &values[args_index].get_value();
                 match value {
-                    Value::Integer(_) => result.push_str(&format!("{value}")),
-                    Value::Float(_) => result.push_str(&format!("{value}")),
+                    Value::Integer(i) => result.push_str(&i.to_string()),
+                    Value::Float(f) => {
+                        let truncated_val = *f as i64;
+                        result.push_str(&truncated_val.to_string());
+                    }
                     _ => result.push('0'),
                 }
                 args_index += 1;
@@ -323,6 +326,10 @@ mod tests {
                 vec![text("Number: %d"), text("not a number")],
                 text("Number: 0"),
             ),
+            (
+                vec![text("Truncated float: %d"), float(3.9)],
+                text("Truncated float: 3"),
+            ),
             (vec![text("Number: %i"), integer(42)], text("Number: 42")),
         ];
         for (input, output) in test_cases {
diff --git a/testing/agg-functions.test b/testing/agg-functions.test
index 52fc16f51..26088578a 100755
--- a/testing/agg-functions.test
+++ b/testing/agg-functions.test
@@ -220,3 +220,8 @@ do_execsql_test_error_content select-nested-agg-func {
 do_execsql_test_error_content select-nested-agg-func-in-expression {
   SELECT CASE WHEN max(abs(sum(age))) > 0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END, sum(age) FROM users;
 } {"misuse of aggregate function"}
+
+# https://github.com/tursodatabase/turso/issues/3308
+do_execsql_test printf-19029102 {
+   select printf('%d', 3.9);
+} {3}