Format as general and type in 130, then use


=A1+(B1/1440)


make sure you format the cell with formula as hh:mm or [hh]:mm

with 08:00 in A1 and 130 in B1 that would return 10:10

If you just want to display the duration without any other calculation just
format as general and type in 130

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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom

"Kathy" wrote in message
...
I have two columns in my excel spreadsheet. One is start time (A), the
other
is duration time (B).

Start Time Duration
08:00 15
08:16 130
10:27 45

Start Time. I have formatted it to Number, Custom, [h]:mm and the formula
I
have in this column is =sum(F:15:G15)+TIME(0,1,0). This adds the time in
column B to the time in column A, plus one minute. Automatically
populates.
OK.

Duration. I have this column formatted to Number, Custom [mm], as I need
the duration time in minutes only. However, I can not enter 130 minutes
as
130, I have to key it as 2:10 (and it converts it to 130). I want to
actually key it as 130 though.

Not sure what to do next??
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Kathy