Multiply your time value by 24. Excel stores times as a fraction of a
24 hour day (e.g., 6:00 = 0.25, 12:00 = 0.5, 18:00 = 0.75, etc,) so
multiplying by 24 gives you the number of hours.

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
Excel Product Group, 1998 - 2009
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
(email on web site)

On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:47:01 -0800, MRH
wrote:

Hello all....I am trying to calculate a total payroll cost off a cell in
which I have calculated the total time worked during the day by an employee.
I can easily calculate the total time worked, but of course the problem is
Excel sees the calculated time difference as a decimal instead of a real
number, so the total payroll cost is incorrect. Can anyone tell me how to
get Excel to see my calculated time difference as a true number instead of a
decimal so I can multiply it by an hourly rate and receive a payroll cost?
Thank you!