I do not know where to get a formula to convert a number into minutes and
have it take a given time and add to it to give me a completion time for a
specific task

Set up the following

A1 = Start time (say 10:00)
A2 = Task Duration (I am presuming you want to enter 20 instead of 00:20)
A3 = formula =A1+((A2/24)/60)

Answer = 10:20 when formatted as hh:mm

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HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
HIS


"dhelmers" wrote in message
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I do not know where to get a formula to convert a number into minutes and
have it take a given time and add to it to give me a completion time for a
specific task

Reading that back was just an answer for the exact question, for a lot more
info on how excel handles dates and times take a look here

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datetime.htm

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HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
HIS


"Nick Hodge" wrote in message
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Set up the following

A1 = Start time (say 10:00)
A2 = Task Duration (I am presuming you want to enter 20 instead of 00:20)
A3 = formula =A1+((A2/24)/60)

Answer = 10:20 when formatted as hh:mm

--
HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
HIS


"dhelmers" wrote in message
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I do not know where to get a formula to convert a number into minutes and
have it take a given time and add to it to give me a completion time for
a
specific task