Without knowing more about this other method you're using for when shift is
more than 5 hrs:

=IF(E16<D16,IF(E16+1-D16TIMEVALUE("5:00"),H16-$G$1,E16+1-D16),IF(E16-D16TIMEVALUE("5:00"),H16-$G$1,E16-D16))

Presumes no one works more than 24 hrs. To adjust for overnight, formula
adds a day (the +1) to end time.

Note that your previous formula actually compared a text value with text,
and ALWAYS returned a false. Also, rather than using the TEXT function to
control final output format, just format the cell to a time format.


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"candros" wrote:

I'm working on a time card and have three shifts. The start and end time are
formated to time, the cell with the formula is formated as [h]:mm, the
formula I'm using is
IF(TEXT(E16-D16,"h:mm")"5:00",H16-$G$1,TEXT(E16-D16,"h:mm"))
this works for day's and afternoon shifts but will not work for the midnight
shift from 10:30pm to 7:00am. I'm also calculating two different way's
depending on if the shift is over 5 hours. What formula do I need to use to
cover the midnight shift.