Did you try:

[hh]:mm

And did you enter the value as a real time: 24:35

When I entered 24:35 in a cell formatted as General, excel helped me by making
the format [h]:mm:ss

But that was kind of close to what you wanted.

"John E. Golden" wrote:

Hello,

I have been trying to format some cells so that I can insert a simple
elapsed time in minutes and seconds (like 24:35), but when I try to format
the cells, the formatting seems to have a mind of its own.

Help would be appreciated.

Regards,
John E. Golden

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Dave Peterson