Just format the total cell as [hh]:mm

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HTH

RP
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"Patrick" wrote in message
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I want to add hours and minutes in Excel but want the result to be
displayed
as hours and minutes. not in decimal form. In other words, if I have
Excel
add 17:30 +17:30+17:30+17:30 I want the total to come out to 70:00,
representing 70 hours and 0 minutes. I am increasing time in 15 minute
increments. I run into the expected problem when I get beyond 23:45 (23
hours
and 59) minutes. Then Excel, seeing this as time (mindnight) starts all
over
again and gives me 0:00. I do understand that Excel sees these type of
entries (17:30) as time and that is why it switches to 0:00 when it hits
24:00. I am just trying to find a way to tell it NOT to do that and to
just
keep increasing in the 15 minute increments I need to use, changing the
total
hours by 1 whenever the minutes reach :60.

Many thanks in advance for any suggestions!