Format the cell as numbers instead of time?

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"Steve MacDonald" <Steve wrote in
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I'm trying to construct a pilot logbook in excel and am having trouble in
converting times. for example, a flight that takes off at 12:00 and lands
at
14:30 is 2.5 hours. Would love to know how to have the answer
automatically
convert the 2 hours and 30 minutes into 2.5 hours. Anybody help??!!

steve