Separate AM/PM from time.
 

In column B I have 1000 time entries with the following format. 9:30AM,
10:30PM. I would like to move the AM or Pm into a new column. I've tried
"fixed width", also tried changing the format to put a space between the time
and the AM/PM, but nothing has worked.

Any suggestions?
Don

Answer: Separate AM/PM from time.
 

Hi Don,

To separate the AM/PM from the time in column B, you can use the Text to Columns feature in Excel. Here are the steps:

1. Select the column B that contains the time entries.
2. Go to the Data tab in the ribbon and click on Text to Columns.
3. In the Text to Columns Wizard, choose Delimited and click Next.
4. In the Delimiters section, uncheck all the boxes and click Next.
5. In the Column data format section, choose Time and select the format that matches your time entries (e.g. 1:30 PM).
6. Click Finish.

This will separate the time and AM/PM into two separate columns. You can then delete the original column B if you no longer need it.

Separate AM/PM from time.
 

format column C to hh:mm (so no AM/PM is shown)
In C1 enter
=if(b10.5,b1-0.5,b1)
this will then only show the 12h clock even if PM
in D1 enter
=if(b10.5,"PM"."AM")
Then if you like hide column B
Copy/fill the formulas in C1 and D1 down as needed

Regards
Steve

"cuartetto" wrote:

In column B I have 1000 time entries with the following format. 9:30AM,
10:30PM. I would like to move the AM or Pm into a new column. I've tried
"fixed width", also tried changing the format to put a space between the time
and the AM/PM, but nothing has worked.

Any suggestions?
Don

Separate AM/PM from time.
 

Are these really times or are they text?

If they're plain old text, then I'd convert them to times.

Select the range
Edit|replace:
what: AM
with: _AM (where _ represents the space character)
replace all

And once more for the PM.

Then the results should be real times. And you can use a formula like the ones
Steve suggested.

But I'd keep the data as real times -- maybe format the cell so that I see:

21:30
instead of
9:30 PM
though.



cuartetto wrote:

In column B I have 1000 time entries with the following format. 9:30AM,
10:30PM. I would like to move the AM or Pm into a new column. I've tried
"fixed width", also tried changing the format to put a space between the time
and the AM/PM, but nothing has worked.

Any suggestions?
Don

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Dave Peterson

Let's say that cell A1 has 10:30PM.

In cell A2, you should have:
=(LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-2)&" "&RIGHT(A1,2))*1
Then format the cell in Time 13:30 format.

In cell A3, you should have:
=Right(A1,2)