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How to display 5.5 hours instead of 5.30 when adding \ subtracting
when adding or subtracting times (13:00-08:30) how do i get the answer
formatted to show answer as 4.5 instead of 04:30 |
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How to display 5.5 hours instead of 5.30 when adding \ subtracting
Try formatting the result as NUMBER, instead of Date or Time.
FormatCellsNumber tab Category: Number Decimal Places: 2 Does that help? *********** Regards, Ron "excel novice" wrote: when adding or subtracting times (13:00-08:30) how do i get the answer formatted to show answer as 4.5 instead of 04:30 |
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How to display 5.5 hours instead of 5.30 when adding \ subtrac
Of course, without converting the time value to a proper decimal value, as
Bernard suggests, my suggestion to only change the number format does absolutely nothing to resolve your issue. *********** Regards, Ron "Ron Coderre" wrote: Try formatting the result as NUMBER, instead of Date or Time. FormatCellsNumber tab Category: Number Decimal Places: 2 Does that help? *********** Regards, Ron "excel novice" wrote: when adding or subtracting times (13:00-08:30) how do i get the answer formatted to show answer as 4.5 instead of 04:30 |
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How to display 5.5 hours instead of 5.30 when adding \ subtracting
If 4:30 is in A1, then use =A1*24 and format the cell as Number with 2
decimals Excel keeps time as a fraction of a day. -- Bernard V Liengme www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email "excel novice" <excel wrote in message ... when adding or subtracting times (13:00-08:30) how do i get the answer formatted to show answer as 4.5 instead of 04:30 |
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How to display 5.5 hours instead of 5.30 when adding \ subtracting
Novice,
=(B2 - A2)*24 Format (Format - Cells - Number) as General, Number, etc (not date). Earl Kiosterud www.smokeylake.com "excel novice" <excel wrote in message ... when adding or subtracting times (13:00-08:30) how do i get the answer formatted to show answer as 4.5 instead of 04:30 |
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