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Default figure out why this formula isn't calculating correctly

Hi Dave,

Format your cells as h:mm:ss
You'll probably discover that there were more minutes than you thought

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Niek Otten
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"Dave F" wrote in message ...
| R15: =IF(ISTEXT(R14),"",IF(R148,(R14-8),0))
| R16: =IF(ISTEXT(R15),"",R14-R15)
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| I have R12 & R13 formatted as h:mm which I think is just military time as
| opposed to the AM/PM format.
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| Dave
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| "Toppers" wrote:
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| I calculated it as 106.
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| I put your second formula in R14 and result was 10. I substituted R14 for
| (R15+R16) in your first formula and got 106. How do you calculate R15 & R16?
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| R12 & R13 are formatted as hh:mm, all others as general.
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| "Dave F" wrote:
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| Here's the formula:
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| =IF(OR(ISTEXT(R15),ISTEXT(R16)),0+Q19,(R16+R15)+Q1 9)
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| R15 = 2, R16 = 8, Q19 = 96
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| The calculation should be 2 + 8 + 96 = 106, but it's giving me 107.
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| Here's where I think the error is occurring: the 2 and the 8 are calculated
| based off the amount of time between two points during the day; 8 hours of
| regular and 2 hours of overtime, or 10 hours of labor. That 10 hours is
| calculated as follows:
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| =IF(ISBLANK(R13),"",(R13-R12)*24) where R13 = 6:30PM and R12 = 8:30 AM
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| So, if we go back to the first formula, this is where I get lost.
| Obviously, somewhere, somehow, Excel is rounding but there's nothing to
| round: 8:30AM - 6:30PM is 10 hours, even.
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| Ideas?
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