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Default hh:mm:ss keeps converting to a date

Brian James wrote:
I am trying to work on a spreadsheet for work where I am keeping
track of time by hours, minutes and seconds. I format the cells for
hh:mm:ss.00 but each time I enter the hours, seconds, minutes, it
converts to a date field and changes to another hh:mm:ss value. The
value I have entered is 42:37:26



Hi Brian,

try to format with Custom format. Menu Format, Cells, Number tab, under
Categories choose Custom, then type this format string in the text box:

[h]:mm:ss.00


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(I'm not sure of names of menus, options and commands, because
translating from the Italian version of Excel...)

Hope I helped you.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Ciao

Franz Verga from Italy