for the first group of 7Days 19 hours 41 minutes, assuming that is an elapsed
time until the current time:

=NOW()-DAY(7)-HOUR(19)-MINUTE(41)

Paste the formula into a cell it will give you the date and time that the
count started.

"Rob" wrote:

How would it be possible to convert the below text into a number that Excel
will recognize as date/time?

Or...

How would it be possible to sum the below numbers given that it is
recognized as text by Excel?

7 days 19 hours 41 minutes
7 days 19 hours 41 minutes
1 days 9 hours 47 minutes
3 days 11 hours 20 minutes
12 days 0 hours 07 minutes


Thank in Advance. TOTALLY!
Rob