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Default Changing a number into time

Wouldn't the A1/1440 part of my formula convert a "text number" into a real
number in order to perform the division?

Rick


"David Biddulph" <groups [at] biddulph.org.uk wrote in message
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It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead contains some
form of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
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"James" wrote in message
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Thank but that just gives me a reply of #VALUE
Am i doing something wrong in my formulae?
I copied and paste yours and changed the cell reference but it still
dunna
work!!!
Grrrrr pulling my hair out here!


"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

At the end of the day it becomes a bit more complicated, it could be
107minutes. This is easy to understand in it's self. Yet I need a
formulae
that would convert the 107 (which is a general number with no decimal
places)
into a time which should be 1 Hour 47 minutes

This formula will do that...

=TEXT(A1/1440,"[h] ""hours"" mm ""minutes""")

where A1 is assumed to have your 107 minute result.

Rick







 
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