calculating total time
 

I have two fields "start time" and "end time" for tracking my time on
projects. on each line next to those fields i'd like to add a "total"
field that automatically calculates the total time in hours and
minutes. I thought there might be a function for this already, but i'm
not finding it in the help files...any suggestions?


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hi!

in C1:

=B1-A1

where endtime & start time in B1 & A1 respectively
and format C1 Custom [hh]:mm

-via135



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I have two fields "start time" and "end time" for tracking my time on
projects. on each line next to those fields i'd like to add a "total"
field that automatically calculates the total time in hours and
minutes. I thought there might be a function for this already, but i'm
not finding it in the help files...any suggestions?


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Hi!

Just subtract the start time from the end time:

A1 = start time = 7:30 AM
B1 = end time = 5:45 PM

Format the cell as [h]:mm

=B1-A1

Returns 10:15

If the times might span past midnight use this formula:

A1 = start time = 10:00 PM
B1 = end time = 3:20 AM

=B1-A1+(B1<A1)

Returns 5:20

Biff

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I have two fields "start time" and "end time" for tracking my time on
projects. on each line next to those fields i'd like to add a "total"
field that automatically calculates the total time in hours and
minutes. I thought there might be a function for this already, but i'm
not finding it in the help files...any suggestions?


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Times in excel is just numbers so to get total time jus subtract

=B1-A1

where A1 is start and B1 end, if more than 24 hours use a custom format of

[hh]:mm


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I have two fields "start time" and "end time" for tracking my time on
projects. on each line next to those fields i'd like to add a "total"
field that automatically calculates the total time in hours and
minutes. I thought there might be a function for this already, but i'm
not finding it in the help files...any suggestions?


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Perfect, thanks everyone!


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