Thanks, Nick--I'll try the formula you've suggested!=20
-----Original Message-----
You can leave the date out of the formatting, but it is still in the =
cell=20
value.

Time is stored as a fraction of a day. So 12:00 is 0.5
In your conditional format, enter the formula:

=3DMOD(A1,1)0.5

For other times it is probably easier to enter them in a cell and use =
that=20
cell to compare with.

--=20

Kind Regards,

Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel

"Michael Link" wrote in message=20
...
I have a cell (call it A1) containing a date/time stamp of the format =
mm/
dd/
yy hh:mm AM/PM. I'm trying to conditionally format a second cell so =
that it
turns yellow when the time in the first cell is after (say) 12 noon. In =
the
conditional formatting box for the second cell I've tried entering the=20
formula

=3DA1"12:00"

but the format never kicks in. I thought maybe there was an issue with =
the
date/time formatting in A1 (you know, that maybe the conditional
formatting formula might work if A1 contained ONLY a time), but
reformatting A1 to show only a time didn't help either. (And in any =
event,=20
A1
really needs to have the format I've mentioned.)

Does anyone know if the usual <,,=3D operators simply don't work with
times? If so, might there be any workarounds? Thanks!=20


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