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Hi,
I need to enter times in a column (Excel 2003). For example, "00:40" - meaning 40 secs. I've formatted the column as mm:ss, however when I enter 00:40, it converts the value to 40:00 in the cell, and reads 12:40 AM in the status bar. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks! Theresa |
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Even though you format the cells as mm:ss, when you actually enter the data,
you would need to enter it in hours:minutes:seconds, so, when entering data, you would enter: 00:00:40, then it will display correctly. -- ** John C ** Please remember if your question is answered, to mark it answered :). It helps everyone. "Theresa" wrote: Hi, I need to enter times in a column (Excel 2003). For example, "00:40" - meaning 40 secs. I've formatted the column as mm:ss, however when I enter 00:40, it converts the value to 40:00 in the cell, and reads 12:40 AM in the status bar. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks! Theresa |
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I guess Excel will always read it as time of day though, right? What I'm
really after is elapsed time, so I don't want it referenced from midnight or whatever. Maybe I should just enter it as 40 (secs), so format the column as general number, not time. Besides, entering 40 secs as 00:00:40 is a whole lot of key strokes, which is really time consuming when entering a ton of data! Oh well. Thanks for your thoughts! Theresa "John C" wrote: Even though you format the cells as mm:ss, when you actually enter the data, you would need to enter it in hours:minutes:seconds, so, when entering data, you would enter: 00:00:40, then it will display correctly. -- ** John C ** Please remember if your question is answered, to mark it answered :). It helps everyone. "Theresa" wrote: Hi, I need to enter times in a column (Excel 2003). For example, "00:40" - meaning 40 secs. I've formatted the column as mm:ss, however when I enter 00:40, it converts the value to 40:00 in the cell, and reads 12:40 AM in the status bar. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks! Theresa |
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You could take a look at Chip Pearson's site. It may help you accomplish
what you want it too. http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DateTimeEntry.htm -- ** John C ** "Theresa" wrote: I guess Excel will always read it as time of day though, right? What I'm really after is elapsed time, so I don't want it referenced from midnight or whatever. Maybe I should just enter it as 40 (secs), so format the column as general number, not time. Besides, entering 40 secs as 00:00:40 is a whole lot of key strokes, which is really time consuming when entering a ton of data! Oh well. Thanks for your thoughts! Theresa "John C" wrote: Even though you format the cells as mm:ss, when you actually enter the data, you would need to enter it in hours:minutes:seconds, so, when entering data, you would enter: 00:00:40, then it will display correctly. -- ** John C ** Please remember if your question is answered, to mark it answered :). It helps everyone. "Theresa" wrote: Hi, I need to enter times in a column (Excel 2003). For example, "00:40" - meaning 40 secs. I've formatted the column as mm:ss, however when I enter 00:40, it converts the value to 40:00 in the cell, and reads 12:40 AM in the status bar. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks! Theresa |
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0:0:40 will do, or 0:40.0
When Excel stores a time it makes no distinction between elapsed time intervals and times of day. It is in the formatting of the display that you can choose how to display it. If you wish to work just in a number of seconds you can do so; if you then want to turn the answer into a time, divide by 3600 and by 24 (or divide by 86400), and format in a time format to suit your preference. -- David Biddulph "Theresa" wrote in message ... I guess Excel will always read it as time of day though, right? What I'm really after is elapsed time, so I don't want it referenced from midnight or whatever. Maybe I should just enter it as 40 (secs), so format the column as general number, not time. Besides, entering 40 secs as 00:00:40 is a whole lot of key strokes, which is really time consuming when entering a ton of data! Oh well. Thanks for your thoughts! Theresa "John C" wrote: Even though you format the cells as mm:ss, when you actually enter the data, you would need to enter it in hours:minutes:seconds, so, when entering data, you would enter: 00:00:40, then it will display correctly. -- ** John C ** Please remember if your question is answered, to mark it answered :). It helps everyone. "Theresa" wrote: Hi, I need to enter times in a column (Excel 2003). For example, "00:40" - meaning 40 secs. I've formatted the column as mm:ss, however when I enter 00:40, it converts the value to 40:00 in the cell, and reads 12:40 AM in the status bar. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks! Theresa |
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