Hi -

I run a query in oracle and import the results into excel. What I'm
looking to do is create a column in excel with the avg of the
timestamps. For example:

CRAT_TSP RESOL_DTE
05/27/2007 07:50:19 05/27/2007 07:50:34
05/27/2007 07:50:19 05/27/2007 07:50:38
05/27/2007 07:53:24 05/27/2007 07:53:38

I want to subtract the resolved minus created timestamp and create a
column with the average it took for it to complete. Can someone point
me in the right direction?

THANKS!!

=B2-A2

and format as time, then copy to match your values.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


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Hi -

I run a query in oracle and import the results into excel. What I'm
looking to do is create a column in excel with the avg of the
timestamps. For example:

CRAT_TSP RESOL_DTE
05/27/2007 07:50:19 05/27/2007 07:50:34
05/27/2007 07:50:19 05/27/2007 07:50:38
05/27/2007 07:53:24 05/27/2007 07:53:38

I want to subtract the resolved minus created timestamp and create a
column with the average it took for it to complete. Can someone point
me in the right direction?

THANKS!!

With creation time in column A and resolved in column B, enter a
formula in column C that looks like this:
=(C1-B1)*(24*60*60)
.... where (24*60*60) is the number of seconds in a day. The reason for
this requires a discussion of how Excel treats dates and times: a date
is an integer and a time is a portion of a day. Multiplying (resolved
- created) by 86400 converts the difference in timestamps to seconds.
Copy and paste this formula for other rows.

At the bottom of the range, you can use the AVERAGE(range) function to
determine the simple average.

Dave O