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Extracting number of hours as decimal...
I have a list of start and finish times.
I've subtracted the finish time from the start time to get the number of hours an employee has worked. This number of hours is given as 6:15 or 7:30, from this, how can I extract 6.25 or 7.5? thank you for your help! -- Dan Walters |
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Extracting number of hours as decimal...
Hi Dan,
Multiply by 24 and format as General or Number, not as Time (which is what Excel does automatically) -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "DanielWalters6" wrote in message ... |I have a list of start and finish times. | | I've subtracted the finish time from the start time to get the number of | hours an employee has worked. | | This number of hours is given as 6:15 or 7:30, from this, how can I extract | 6.25 or 7.5? | | thank you for your help! | | | -- | Dan Walters |
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Extracting number of hours as decimal...
thank you for your help.
I knew it was something simple! What is time saved as, before you multiply it? Please explain what multiplying it does to the value - Im a little confused... -- Dan Walters "Niek Otten" wrote: Hi Dan, Multiply by 24 and format as General or Number, not as Time (which is what Excel does automatically) -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "DanielWalters6" wrote in message ... |I have a list of start and finish times. | | I've subtracted the finish time from the start time to get the number of | hours an employee has worked. | | This number of hours is given as 6:15 or 7:30, from this, how can I extract | 6.25 or 7.5? | | thank you for your help! | | | -- | Dan Walters |
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Extracting number of hours as decimal...
What is time saved as, before you multiply it?
Please explain what multiplying it does to the value - Im a little confused... Times are stored as a fraction of a 24-hour day. E.g., 6:00 = 0.25, 12:00 = 0.5, 18:00 = 0.75, 24:00 = 1.0. By multiplying by 24, you get the decimal number of hours, as in, 6:00 * 24 = 0.25 * 24 = 6.0. See http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datetime.htm for much more about dates and times in Excel. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel, 10 Years Pearson Software Consulting www.cpearson.com (email on the web site) "DanielWalters6" wrote in message ... thank you for your help. I knew it was something simple! What is time saved as, before you multiply it? Please explain what multiplying it does to the value - Im a little confused... -- Dan Walters "Niek Otten" wrote: Hi Dan, Multiply by 24 and format as General or Number, not as Time (which is what Excel does automatically) -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "DanielWalters6" wrote in message ... |I have a list of start and finish times. | | I've subtracted the finish time from the start time to get the number of | hours an employee has worked. | | This number of hours is given as 6:15 or 7:30, from this, how can I extract | 6.25 or 7.5? | | thank you for your help! | | | -- | Dan Walters |
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Extracting number of hours as decimal...
Thank you, your explanation was great, even I understood it! :)
-- Dan Walters "Chip Pearson" wrote: What is time saved as, before you multiply it? Please explain what multiplying it does to the value - Im a little ; confused... Times are stored as a fraction of a 24-hour day. E.g., 6:00 = 0.25, 12:00 = 0.5, 18:00 = 0.75, 24:00 = 1.0. By multiplying by 24, you get the decimal number of hours, as in, 6:00 * 24 = 0.25 * 24 = 6.0. See http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datetime.htm for much more about dates and times in Excel. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel, 10 Years Pearson Software Consulting www.cpearson.com (email on the web site) "DanielWalters6" wrote in message ... thank you for your help. I knew it was something simple! What is time saved as, before you multiply it? Please explain what multiplying it does to the value - Im a little confused... -- Dan Walters "Niek Otten" wrote: Hi Dan, Multiply by 24 and format as General or Number, not as Time (which is what Excel does automatically) -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "DanielWalters6" wrote in message ... |I have a list of start and finish times. | | I've subtracted the finish time from the start time to get the number of | hours an employee has worked. | | This number of hours is given as 6:15 or 7:30, from this, how can I extract | 6.25 or 7.5? | | thank you for your help! | | | -- | Dan Walters |
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