Please help! I have used the 00:\00:\00 format to input times without having
to press the colon every time. Now though, when Excel tries to minus one time
from another, because of the custom format it only recognizes times as
numbers...

e.g. 12:15:30 - 12:14:50

Excel thinks this equals 00:00:80!!

Can anybody help? How do I get it to recognise that the answer is 00:01:20 ?
Thank you

See previous post .misc

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HTH

RP
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"Lexicon" wrote in message
...
Please help! I have used the 00:\00:\00 format to input times without
having
to press the colon every time. Now though, when Excel tries to minus one
time
from another, because of the custom format it only recognizes times as
numbers...

e.g. 12:15:30 - 12:14:50

Excel thinks this equals 00:00:80!!

Can anybody help? How do I get it to recognise that the answer is 00:01:20
?
Thank you

I have a question for you! How do you format a cell with :00:\00:\00? I tried
creating this custom number format myself, but excel wouldn't allow it.

"Lexicon" wrote:

Please help! I have used the 00:\00:\00 format to input times without having
to press the colon every time. Now though, when Excel tries to minus one time
from another, because of the custom format it only recognizes times as
numbers...

e.g. 12:15:30 - 12:14:50

Excel thinks this equals 00:00:80!!

Can anybody help? How do I get it to recognise that the answer is 00:01:20 ?
Thank you

It should be 00\:00\:00

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HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Brett" wrote in message
...
I have a question for you! How do you format a cell with :00:\00:\00? I
tried
creating this custom number format myself, but excel wouldn't allow it.

"Lexicon" wrote:

Please help! I have used the 00:\00:\00 format to input times without
having
to press the colon every time. Now though, when Excel tries to minus one
time
from another, because of the custom format it only recognizes times as
numbers...

e.g. 12:15:30 - 12:14:50

Excel thinks this equals 00:00:80!!

Can anybody help? How do I get it to recognise that the answer is
00:01:20 ?
Thank you

Brett - You just typed the numbers in wrong on your posting - that's probably
why it didn't work for you!

In formatting, in custom, type in 00:\00:\00 and this should enable you to
input for example 123245 and it will convert automatically to 12:32:45

Niki



"Brett" wrote:

I have a question for you! How do you format a cell with :00:\00:\00? I tried
creating this custom number format myself, but excel wouldn't allow it.

"Lexicon" wrote:

Please help! I have used the 00:\00:\00 format to input times without having
to press the colon every time. Now though, when Excel tries to minus one time
from another, because of the custom format it only recognizes times as
numbers...

e.g. 12:15:30 - 12:14:50

Excel thinks this equals 00:00:80!!

Can anybody help? How do I get it to recognise that the answer is 00:01:20 ?
Thank you

Thanks! I had no idea it was this simple. I've been looking for this solution
for a long time, but the closest I got was some really complicated VBA code I
found on some Excel website a while ago. I never did bother with the VBA
code, but this is great. Thanks again!

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

It should be 00\:00\:00

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Brett" wrote in message
...
I have a question for you! How do you format a cell with :00:\00:\00? I
tried
creating this custom number format myself, but excel wouldn't allow it.

"Lexicon" wrote:

Please help! I have used the 00:\00:\00 format to input times without
having
to press the colon every time. Now though, when Excel tries to minus one
time
from another, because of the custom format it only recognizes times as
numbers...

e.g. 12:15:30 - 12:14:50

Excel thinks this equals 00:00:80!!

Can anybody help? How do I get it to recognise that the answer is
00:01:20 ?
Thank you

No actually you typed it wrong, Brett just copied your error, I had the same
problem <g

Bob


"Lexicon" wrote in message
...
Brett - You just typed the numbers in wrong on your posting - that's
probably
why it didn't work for you!

In formatting, in custom, type in 00:\00:\00 and this should enable you to
input for example 123245 and it will convert automatically to 12:32:45

Niki



"Brett" wrote:

I have a question for you! How do you format a cell with :00:\00:\00? I
tried
creating this custom number format myself, but excel wouldn't allow it.

"Lexicon" wrote:

Please help! I have used the 00:\00:\00 format to input times without
having
to press the colon every time. Now though, when Excel tries to minus
one time
from another, because of the custom format it only recognizes times as
numbers...

e.g. 12:15:30 - 12:14:50

Excel thinks this equals 00:00:80!!

Can anybody help? How do I get it to recognise that the answer is
00:01:20 ?
Thank you

Yeah, but the math on times now becomes much more complex as against

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HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Brett" wrote in message
...
Thanks! I had no idea it was this simple. I've been looking for this
solution
for a long time, but the closest I got was some really complicated VBA
code I
found on some Excel website a while ago. I never did bother with the VBA
code, but this is great. Thanks again!

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

It should be 00\:00\:00

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Brett" wrote in message
...
I have a question for you! How do you format a cell with :00:\00:\00?
I
tried
creating this custom number format myself, but excel wouldn't allow
it.

"Lexicon" wrote:

Please help! I have used the 00:\00:\00 format to input times
without
having
to press the colon every time. Now though, when Excel tries to minus
one
time
from another, because of the custom format it only recognizes times
as
numbers...

e.g. 12:15:30 - 12:14:50

Excel thinks this equals 00:00:80!!

Can anybody help? How do I get it to recognise that the answer is
00:01:20 ?
Thank you

How about:

=TIME(($B1-MOD($B1,10000))/10000,(MOD($B1,10000)-MOD($B1,100))/100,MOD($B1,100))-TIME(($A1-MOD($A1,10000))/10000,(MOD($A1,10000)-MOD($A1,100))/100,MOD($A1,100))

OR

=TIME(MID(TEXT($B1,"000000"),1,2),MID(TEXT($B1,"00 0000"),3,2),MID(TEXT($B1,"000000"),5,2))-TIME(MID(TEXT($A1,"000000"),1,2),MID(TEXT($A1,"000 000"),3,2),MID(TEXT($A1,"000000"),5,2))


"Lexicon" wrote:

Please help! I have used the 00:\00:\00 format to input times without having
to press the colon every time. Now though, when Excel tries to minus one time
from another, because of the custom format it only recognizes times as
numbers...

e.g. 12:15:30 - 12:14:50

Excel thinks this equals 00:00:80!!

Can anybody help? How do I get it to recognise that the answer is 00:01:20 ?
Thank you