In my sheets for work i have basic formulaes to work out a basic time such as

=SUM(F140/7+H140+J140-60)
Which is this the amount of packs per hour (f140) divided by how many packs
per minute (7) plus how much downtime (h140) plus the change over product
time (j140) take away 60.

Which gives a result of something like 13.85
Obvioulsy this is not in a time formatt.
At the end of the week it could look like 1363.99
How can i set the formulae to give me an actuall time so each one would not
need someone to look at it a go "oh thats so many hours and minutes", so that
it does it by use of a formulae.

Cheers James.

Hello James,

I don't really understand why you divide the number of packs per hour by the
number of packs per minute, shouldn't that always give a result of 60?

However, if your result of 13.85 is supposed to represent 13.85 minutes then
to convert to a time format multiply by 1440 [the number of mnutes in a day].
Given your formula that would be

=SUM(F140/7+H140+J140-60)*1440

make sure you format the result cell as [h]:mm to correctly show any totals
over 24 hours

"James" wrote:

In my sheets for work i have basic formulaes to work out a basic time such as

=SUM(F140/7+H140+J140-60)
Which is this the amount of packs per hour (f140) divided by how many packs
per minute (7) plus how much downtime (h140) plus the change over product
time (j140) take away 60.

Which gives a result of something like 13.85
Obvioulsy this is not in a time formatt.
At the end of the week it could look like 1363.99
How can i set the formulae to give me an actuall time so each one would not
need someone to look at it a go "oh thats so many hours and minutes", so that
it does it by use of a formulae.

Cheers James.

Apologies....

of course I meant to say DIVIDE by 1440 so formula would be

=SUM(F140/7+H140+J140-60)/1440

"daddylonglegs" wrote:

Hello James,

I don't really understand why you divide the number of packs per hour by the
number of packs per minute, shouldn't that always give a result of 60?

However, if your result of 13.85 is supposed to represent 13.85 minutes then
to convert to a time format multiply by 1440 [the number of mnutes in a day].
Given your formula that would be

=SUM(F140/7+H140+J140-60)*1440

make sure you format the result cell as [h]:mm to correctly show any totals
over 24 hours

"James" wrote:

In my sheets for work i have basic formulaes to work out a basic time such as

=SUM(F140/7+H140+J140-60)
Which is this the amount of packs per hour (f140) divided by how many packs
per minute (7) plus how much downtime (h140) plus the change over product
time (j140) take away 60.

Which gives a result of something like 13.85
Obvioulsy this is not in a time formatt.
At the end of the week it could look like 1363.99
How can i set the formulae to give me an actuall time so each one would not
need someone to look at it a go "oh thats so many hours and minutes", so that
it does it by use of a formulae.

Cheers James.

Hi and thaks for the reply.
I'm trying to work ou th unaccounted for downtime.
=SUM(F140/7+H140+J140-60)
This is (f140) is how many packs they have packed per hour, lets say 150
divided by 7 which how many packs the machine can do Plus (H140) which is
downtime, lets say in this case is 10minutes plus how long it took to change
over products, lets say 2minutes, then take away the 60minutes for the hour.
So we have this 150/7+10+2-60 = -26.57.
Which is (or should be) how long the machine was down due to unaccounted
downtime e.g. stopping the machine for 30secs to do this etc etc.
I need a formulae that would turn the end figure into a time figure of hours
minutes and seconds.

Thank again.

"daddylonglegs" wrote:

Hello James,

I don't really understand why you divide the number of packs per hour by the
number of packs per minute, shouldn't that always give a result of 60?

However, if your result of 13.85 is supposed to represent 13.85 minutes then
to convert to a time format multiply by 1440 [the number of mnutes in a day].
Given your formula that would be

=SUM(F140/7+H140+J140-60)*1440

make sure you format the result cell as [h]:mm to correctly show any totals
over 24 hours

"James" wrote:

In my sheets for work i have basic formulaes to work out a basic time such as

=SUM(F140/7+H140+J140-60)
Which is this the amount of packs per hour (f140) divided by how many packs
per minute (7) plus how much downtime (h140) plus the change over product
time (j140) take away 60.

Which gives a result of something like 13.85
Obvioulsy this is not in a time formatt.
At the end of the week it could look like 1363.99
How can i set the formulae to give me an actuall time so each one would not
need someone to look at it a go "oh thats so many hours and minutes", so that
it does it by use of a formulae.

Cheers James.

And of course you don't need the SUM function.

=(F140/7+H140+J140-60)/1440 is enough.
--
David Biddulph

"daddylonglegs" wrote in message
...
Apologies....

of course I meant to say DIVIDE by 1440 so formula would be

=SUM(F140/7+H140+J140-60)/1440

"daddylonglegs" wrote:

Hello James,

I don't really understand why you divide the number of packs per hour by
the
number of packs per minute, shouldn't that always give a result of 60?

However, if your result of 13.85 is supposed to represent 13.85 minutes
then
to convert to a time format multiply by 1440 [the number of mnutes in a
day].
Given your formula that would be

=SUM(F140/7+H140+J140-60)*1440

make sure you format the result cell as [h]:mm to correctly show any
totals
over 24 hours

"James" wrote:

In my sheets for work i have basic formulaes to work out a basic time
such as

=SUM(F140/7+H140+J140-60)
Which is this the amount of packs per hour (f140) divided by how many
packs
per minute (7) plus how much downtime (h140) plus the change over
product
time (j140) take away 60.

Which gives a result of something like 13.85
Obvioulsy this is not in a time formatt.
At the end of the week it could look like 1363.99
How can i set the formulae to give me an actuall time so each one would
not
need someone to look at it a go "oh thats so many hours and minutes",
so that
it does it by use of a formulae.

Cheers James.

Hi guy's

I think i have found a work around by just changing it to 0 decimal places.
This makes sense in the hourly figures. As it's easy to see that -3 would be
3minutes and -23 would be 23minutes.
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. Purely just for more people
to be able to just glance at it and understand it! I cant just divide it by
the 60 minutes (107/60) as it gives a return of 1.78.

Any help is very much apprecciated.

Cheers,

James

"James" wrote:

Hi and thaks for the reply.
I'm trying to work ou th unaccounted for downtime.
=SUM(F140/7+H140+J140-60)
This is (f140) is how many packs they have packed per hour, lets say 150
divided by 7 which how many packs the machine can do Plus (H140) which is
downtime, lets say in this case is 10minutes plus how long it took to change
over products, lets say 2minutes, then take away the 60minutes for the hour.
So we have this 150/7+10+2-60 = -26.57.
Which is (or should be) how long the machine was down due to unaccounted
downtime e.g. stopping the machine for 30secs to do this etc etc.
I need a formulae that would turn the end figure into a time figure of hours
minutes and seconds.

Thank again.

"daddylonglegs" wrote:

Hello James,

I don't really understand why you divide the number of packs per hour by the
number of packs per minute, shouldn't that always give a result of 60?

However, if your result of 13.85 is supposed to represent 13.85 minutes then
to convert to a time format multiply by 1440 [the number of mnutes in a day].
Given your formula that would be

=SUM(F140/7+H140+J140-60)*1440

make sure you format the result cell as [h]:mm to correctly show any totals
over 24 hours

"James" wrote:

In my sheets for work i have basic formulaes to work out a basic time such as

=SUM(F140/7+H140+J140-60)
Which is this the amount of packs per hour (f140) divided by how many packs
per minute (7) plus how much downtime (h140) plus the change over product
time (j140) take away 60.

Which gives a result of something like 13.85
Obvioulsy this is not in a time formatt.
At the end of the week it could look like 1363.99
How can i set the formulae to give me an actuall time so each one would not
need someone to look at it a go "oh thats so many hours and minutes", so that
it does it by use of a formulae.

Cheers James.

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

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

It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead contains some form
of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
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

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
...
It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead contains some
form of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
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

Yes, so the text would have to contain more than just the number.
--
David Biddulph

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote in
message ...
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
...
It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead contains some
form of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
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

Whatever i try doesn't give me what i want.
"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

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
...
It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead contains some
form of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
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

So what does =A1/1440 give, and exactly what does A1 contain, and (question
from earlier) what does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
Whatever i try doesn't give me what i want.

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

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
...
It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead contains some
form of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
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

I think you are going to have to give us some additional information. If
there is a formula in the cell with the 107 in it, copy/paste it into a
response to us. Also, tell us exactly what is displayed in the cell (and
what side of the cell it is on... left or right side). If there is a formula
in the cell, tell us what is in any referenced cells (that is, if your
formula uses C5 in it, tell us what is in C5). Right-click the cell and
select Format Cells from the popup menu... what item in the Category list
(on the Number tab) is selected? If Custom, tell us what custom format
string is shown in the Type field. Oh, and is this cell part of a merged set
of cells? You could also tell us anything else you might have done "out of
the ordinary" to the cell.

Better yet would be if you could put the spreadsheet up on a webpage
somewhere so that we could download it and look at it directly (of course,
if you do this, tell us what cell or cells we should be looking at).

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
Whatever i try doesn't give me what i want.
"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

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
...
It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead contains some
form of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
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

The cell that gives the 107 which is (k109) has the following formulae in it
=SUM(K99:K108) its a bisic number cell with no decimal places.

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

I think you are going to have to give us some additional information. If
there is a formula in the cell with the 107 in it, copy/paste it into a
response to us. Also, tell us exactly what is displayed in the cell (and
what side of the cell it is on... left or right side). If there is a formula
in the cell, tell us what is in any referenced cells (that is, if your
formula uses C5 in it, tell us what is in C5). Right-click the cell and
select Format Cells from the popup menu... what item in the Category list
(on the Number tab) is selected? If Custom, tell us what custom format
string is shown in the Type field. Oh, and is this cell part of a merged set
of cells? You could also tell us anything else you might have done "out of
the ordinary" to the cell.

Better yet would be if you could put the spreadsheet up on a webpage
somewhere so that we could download it and look at it directly (of course,
if you do this, tell us what cell or cells we should be looking at).

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
Whatever i try doesn't give me what i want.
"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

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
...
It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead contains some
form of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
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

I've got no where to post them to have a look but i' happily email them to
some-one to have a gander! I can do basic formulaes but i'm stuggling with
this one!

"James" wrote:

The cell that gives the 107 which is (k109) has the following formulae in it
=SUM(K99:K108) its a bisic number cell with no decimal places.

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

I think you are going to have to give us some additional information. If
there is a formula in the cell with the 107 in it, copy/paste it into a
response to us. Also, tell us exactly what is displayed in the cell (and
what side of the cell it is on... left or right side). If there is a formula
in the cell, tell us what is in any referenced cells (that is, if your
formula uses C5 in it, tell us what is in C5). Right-click the cell and
select Format Cells from the popup menu... what item in the Category list
(on the Number tab) is selected? If Custom, tell us what custom format
string is shown in the Type field. Oh, and is this cell part of a merged set
of cells? You could also tell us anything else you might have done "out of
the ordinary" to the cell.

Better yet would be if you could put the spreadsheet up on a webpage
somewhere so that we could download it and look at it directly (of course,
if you do this, tell us what cell or cells we should be looking at).

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
Whatever i try doesn't give me what i want.
"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

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
...
It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead contains some
form of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
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

Hi
=A1/1440
gives me 0.74444
the other one gives me true.

"David Biddulph" wrote:

So what does =A1/1440 give, and exactly what does A1 contain, and (question
from earlier) what does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
Whatever i try doesn't give me what i want.

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

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
...
It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead contains some
form of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
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

You can send it to me... just remove the NOSPAM stuff out of my email
address.

By the way, I don't remember if you posted this or not... what version of
Excel are you using?

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
I've got no where to post them to have a look but i' happily email them to
some-one to have a gander! I can do basic formulaes but i'm stuggling
with
this one!

"James" wrote:

The cell that gives the 107 which is (k109) has the following formulae in
it
=SUM(K99:K108) its a bisic number cell with no decimal places.

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

I think you are going to have to give us some additional information.
If
there is a formula in the cell with the 107 in it, copy/paste it into a
response to us. Also, tell us exactly what is displayed in the cell
(and
what side of the cell it is on... left or right side). If there is a
formula
in the cell, tell us what is in any referenced cells (that is, if your
formula uses C5 in it, tell us what is in C5). Right-click the cell and
select Format Cells from the popup menu... what item in the Category
list
(on the Number tab) is selected? If Custom, tell us what custom format
string is shown in the Type field. Oh, and is this cell part of a
merged set
of cells? You could also tell us anything else you might have done "out
of
the ordinary" to the cell.

Better yet would be if you could put the spreadsheet up on a webpage
somewhere so that we could download it and look at it directly (of
course,
if you do this, tell us what cell or cells we should be looking at).

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
Whatever i try doesn't give me what i want.
"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

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
...
It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead contains
some
form of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
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

That means that A1 is about 107.2, not 107.0, but there doesn't seem any
sensible reason why you should get #VALUE! from the
=TEXT(A1/1440,"[h] ""hours"" mm ""minutes""") formula.
Are you sure that your formula is referring to the correct cell, on the
correct sheet?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
Hi
=A1/1440
gives me 0.74444
the other one gives me true.

"David Biddulph" wrote:

So what does =A1/1440 give, and exactly what does A1 contain, and
(question
from earlier) what does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
Whatever i try doesn't give me what i want.

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

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
...
It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead contains
some
form of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
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

Excell 2003


"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

You can send it to me... just remove the NOSPAM stuff out of my email
address.

By the way, I don't remember if you posted this or not... what version of
Excel are you using?

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
I've got no where to post them to have a look but i' happily email them to
some-one to have a gander! I can do basic formulaes but i'm stuggling
with
this one!

"James" wrote:

The cell that gives the 107 which is (k109) has the following formulae in
it
=SUM(K99:K108) its a bisic number cell with no decimal places.

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

I think you are going to have to give us some additional information.
If
there is a formula in the cell with the 107 in it, copy/paste it into a
response to us. Also, tell us exactly what is displayed in the cell
(and
what side of the cell it is on... left or right side). If there is a
formula
in the cell, tell us what is in any referenced cells (that is, if your
formula uses C5 in it, tell us what is in C5). Right-click the cell and
select Format Cells from the popup menu... what item in the Category
list
(on the Number tab) is selected? If Custom, tell us what custom format
string is shown in the Type field. Oh, and is this cell part of a
merged set
of cells? You could also tell us anything else you might have done "out
of
the ordinary" to the cell.

Better yet would be if you could put the spreadsheet up on a webpage
somewhere so that we could download it and look at it directly (of
course,
if you do this, tell us what cell or cells we should be looking at).

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
Whatever i try doesn't give me what i want.
"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

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
...
It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead contains
some
form of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
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

Okay, I just got your spreadsheet.... you didn't tell us there was a minus
sign in front of the number 107... you can't have negative times. Use this
formula instead of the one I gave you...

=TEXT(ABS(K109)/1440,"[h] ""hours"" mm ""minutes""")

If you want to show a minus sign in front of the formatted output, use this
formula instead...

=TEXT(ABS(K109)/1440,"-[h] ""hours"" mm ""minutes""")

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
Excell 2003


"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

You can send it to me... just remove the NOSPAM stuff out of my email
address.

By the way, I don't remember if you posted this or not... what version of
Excel are you using?

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
I've got no where to post them to have a look but i' happily email them
to
some-one to have a gander! I can do basic formulaes but i'm stuggling
with
this one!

"James" wrote:

The cell that gives the 107 which is (k109) has the following formulae
in
it
=SUM(K99:K108) its a bisic number cell with no decimal places.

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

I think you are going to have to give us some additional
information.
If
there is a formula in the cell with the 107 in it, copy/paste it
into a
response to us. Also, tell us exactly what is displayed in the cell
(and
what side of the cell it is on... left or right side). If there is a
formula
in the cell, tell us what is in any referenced cells (that is, if
your
formula uses C5 in it, tell us what is in C5). Right-click the cell
and
select Format Cells from the popup menu... what item in the Category
list
(on the Number tab) is selected? If Custom, tell us what custom
format
string is shown in the Type field. Oh, and is this cell part of a
merged set
of cells? You could also tell us anything else you might have done
"out
of
the ordinary" to the cell.

Better yet would be if you could put the spreadsheet up on a webpage
somewhere so that we could download it and look at it directly (of
course,
if you do this, tell us what cell or cells we should be looking at).

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
Whatever i try doesn't give me what i want.
"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

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
...
It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead
contains
some
form of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
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

THANK YOU VERY MUCH THAT DOES THE JOB EXACTLLY AS I WANTED!!!

It alwasy turns out to be something so small doesn't it!! THANK YOU

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

Okay, I just got your spreadsheet.... you didn't tell us there was a minus
sign in front of the number 107... you can't have negative times. Use this
formula instead of the one I gave you...

=TEXT(ABS(K109)/1440,"[h] ""hours"" mm ""minutes""")

If you want to show a minus sign in front of the formatted output, use this
formula instead...

=TEXT(ABS(K109)/1440,"-[h] ""hours"" mm ""minutes""")

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
Excell 2003


"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

You can send it to me... just remove the NOSPAM stuff out of my email
address.

By the way, I don't remember if you posted this or not... what version of
Excel are you using?

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
I've got no where to post them to have a look but i' happily email them
to
some-one to have a gander! I can do basic formulaes but i'm stuggling
with
this one!

"James" wrote:

The cell that gives the 107 which is (k109) has the following formulae
in
it
=SUM(K99:K108) its a bisic number cell with no decimal places.

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

I think you are going to have to give us some additional
information.
If
there is a formula in the cell with the 107 in it, copy/paste it
into a
response to us. Also, tell us exactly what is displayed in the cell
(and
what side of the cell it is on... left or right side). If there is a
formula
in the cell, tell us what is in any referenced cells (that is, if
your
formula uses C5 in it, tell us what is in C5). Right-click the cell
and
select Format Cells from the popup menu... what item in the Category
list
(on the Number tab) is selected? If Custom, tell us what custom
format
string is shown in the Type field. Oh, and is this cell part of a
merged set
of cells? You could also tell us anything else you might have done
"out
of
the ordinary" to the cell.

Better yet would be if you could put the spreadsheet up on a webpage
somewhere so that we could download it and look at it directly (of
course,
if you do this, tell us what cell or cells we should be looking at).

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
Whatever i try doesn't give me what i want.
"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

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
...
It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead
contains
some
form of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
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

Actually, better still, use this formula and it will automatically adjust
for negative values and display the minus sign when necessary...

=IF(K109<0,"-","")&TEXT(ABS(K109)/1440,"[h] ""hours"" mm ""minutes""")

Rick


"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote in
message ...
Okay, I just got your spreadsheet.... you didn't tell us there was a minus
sign in front of the number 107... you can't have negative times. Use this
formula instead of the one I gave you...

=TEXT(ABS(K109)/1440,"[h] ""hours"" mm ""minutes""")

If you want to show a minus sign in front of the formatted output, use
this formula instead...

=TEXT(ABS(K109)/1440,"-[h] ""hours"" mm ""minutes""")

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
Excell 2003


"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

You can send it to me... just remove the NOSPAM stuff out of my email
address.

By the way, I don't remember if you posted this or not... what version
of
Excel are you using?

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
I've got no where to post them to have a look but i' happily email
them to
some-one to have a gander! I can do basic formulaes but i'm stuggling
with
this one!

"James" wrote:

The cell that gives the 107 which is (k109) has the following
formulae in
it
=SUM(K99:K108) its a bisic number cell with no decimal places.

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

I think you are going to have to give us some additional
information.
If
there is a formula in the cell with the 107 in it, copy/paste it
into a
response to us. Also, tell us exactly what is displayed in the cell
(and
what side of the cell it is on... left or right side). If there is
a
formula
in the cell, tell us what is in any referenced cells (that is, if
your
formula uses C5 in it, tell us what is in C5). Right-click the cell
and
select Format Cells from the popup menu... what item in the
Category
list
(on the Number tab) is selected? If Custom, tell us what custom
format
string is shown in the Type field. Oh, and is this cell part of a
merged set
of cells? You could also tell us anything else you might have done
"out
of
the ordinary" to the cell.

Better yet would be if you could put the spreadsheet up on a
webpage
somewhere so that we could download it and look at it directly (of
course,
if you do this, tell us what cell or cells we should be looking
at).

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
Whatever i try doesn't give me what i want.
"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

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
...
It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead
contains
some
form of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
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

You are quite welcome. For future questions you might ask in these
newsgroups... if we ask you what value is display in a cell, and the value
is negative, tell us it is negative... don't refer to it as a positive
number even if that is how you "think" of it (for example, as a deficit
interval).

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THAT DOES THE JOB EXACTLLY AS I WANTED!!!

It alwasy turns out to be something so small doesn't it!! THANK YOU

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

Okay, I just got your spreadsheet.... you didn't tell us there was a
minus
sign in front of the number 107... you can't have negative times. Use
this
formula instead of the one I gave you...

=TEXT(ABS(K109)/1440,"[h] ""hours"" mm ""minutes""")

If you want to show a minus sign in front of the formatted output, use
this
formula instead...

=TEXT(ABS(K109)/1440,"-[h] ""hours"" mm ""minutes""")

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
Excell 2003


"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

You can send it to me... just remove the NOSPAM stuff out of my email
address.

By the way, I don't remember if you posted this or not... what version
of
Excel are you using?

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
I've got no where to post them to have a look but i' happily email
them
to
some-one to have a gander! I can do basic formulaes but i'm
stuggling
with
this one!

"James" wrote:

The cell that gives the 107 which is (k109) has the following
formulae
in
it
=SUM(K99:K108) its a bisic number cell with no decimal places.

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

I think you are going to have to give us some additional
information.
If
there is a formula in the cell with the 107 in it, copy/paste it
into a
response to us. Also, tell us exactly what is displayed in the
cell
(and
what side of the cell it is on... left or right side). If there
is a
formula
in the cell, tell us what is in any referenced cells (that is, if
your
formula uses C5 in it, tell us what is in C5). Right-click the
cell
and
select Format Cells from the popup menu... what item in the
Category
list
(on the Number tab) is selected? If Custom, tell us what custom
format
string is shown in the Type field. Oh, and is this cell part of a
merged set
of cells? You could also tell us anything else you might have
done
"out
of
the ordinary" to the cell.

Better yet would be if you could put the spreadsheet up on a
webpage
somewhere so that we could download it and look at it directly
(of
course,
if you do this, tell us what cell or cells we should be looking
at).

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
Whatever i try doesn't give me what i want.
"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

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
...
It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead
contains
some
form of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
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

I never even thought of that!
Small things bring us down eh.

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

You are quite welcome. For future questions you might ask in these
newsgroups... if we ask you what value is display in a cell, and the value
is negative, tell us it is negative... don't refer to it as a positive
number even if that is how you "think" of it (for example, as a deficit
interval).

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THAT DOES THE JOB EXACTLLY AS I WANTED!!!

It alwasy turns out to be something so small doesn't it!! THANK YOU

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

Okay, I just got your spreadsheet.... you didn't tell us there was a
minus
sign in front of the number 107... you can't have negative times. Use
this
formula instead of the one I gave you...

=TEXT(ABS(K109)/1440,"[h] ""hours"" mm ""minutes""")

If you want to show a minus sign in front of the formatted output, use
this
formula instead...

=TEXT(ABS(K109)/1440,"-[h] ""hours"" mm ""minutes""")

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
Excell 2003


"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

You can send it to me... just remove the NOSPAM stuff out of my email
address.

By the way, I don't remember if you posted this or not... what version
of
Excel are you using?

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
I've got no where to post them to have a look but i' happily email
them
to
some-one to have a gander! I can do basic formulaes but i'm
stuggling
with
this one!

"James" wrote:

The cell that gives the 107 which is (k109) has the following
formulae
in
it
=SUM(K99:K108) its a bisic number cell with no decimal places.

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

I think you are going to have to give us some additional
information.
If
there is a formula in the cell with the 107 in it, copy/paste it
into a
response to us. Also, tell us exactly what is displayed in the
cell
(and
what side of the cell it is on... left or right side). If there
is a
formula
in the cell, tell us what is in any referenced cells (that is, if
your
formula uses C5 in it, tell us what is in C5). Right-click the
cell
and
select Format Cells from the popup menu... what item in the
Category
list
(on the Number tab) is selected? If Custom, tell us what custom
format
string is shown in the Type field. Oh, and is this cell part of a
merged set
of cells? You could also tell us anything else you might have
done
"out
of
the ordinary" to the cell.

Better yet would be if you could put the spreadsheet up on a
webpage
somewhere so that we could download it and look at it directly
(of
course,
if you do this, tell us what cell or cells we should be looking
at).

Rick


"James" wrote in message
...
Whatever i try doesn't give me what i want.
"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

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
...
It sounds as if A1 doesn't contain a number, but instead
contains
some
form of text. What does =ISNUMBER(A1) show?
--
David Biddulph

"James" wrote in message
...
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