Hello all,

A time card application:
If I enter a start time in a cell and a ending time in another cell,
how to I calculate the minutes in-between?

For example, a cell contains 6:00 AM and another cell contains
2:30PM. I know that is 8 hours worked (with half hour lunch). How
can I have Excel calculate 8.5 hours or 510 minutes?

Thanks kindly.

Dave Kuhn

Hi
try the following:
1. Hours in decimals: (B1-A1)*24
2. Minutes: (B1-A1)*24*60

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Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

David Kuhn wrote:
Hello all,

A time card application:
If I enter a start time in a cell and a ending time in another cell,
how to I calculate the minutes in-between?

For example, a cell contains 6:00 AM and another cell contains
2:30PM. I know that is 8 hours worked (with half hour lunch). How
can I have Excel calculate 8.5 hours or 510 minutes?

Thanks kindly.

Dave Kuhn

David,

Either,

if you want to maintain the answer as time, format the cell as [mm]

if you want a decimal number of minutes, use the formula =(D1-C1)*24*60

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HTH

Bob Phillips
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(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

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Hello all,

A time card application:
If I enter a start time in a cell and a ending time in another cell,
how to I calculate the minutes in-between?

For example, a cell contains 6:00 AM and another cell contains
2:30PM. I know that is 8 hours worked (with half hour lunch). How
can I have Excel calculate 8.5 hours or 510 minutes?

Thanks kindly.

Dave Kuhn

If the earlier time is in A1 and the later time in B1, use
=HOUR(B1-A1)*60+MINUTE(B1-A1).

Note that if the time spans midnight, you need to specify date+time.
Alternatively, and relying on some implicit data conversions, it is
possible to cater to one midnight crossing with the formula =((B1-A1)+
(B1<A1))*24*60

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Regards,

Tushar Mehta
www.tushar-mehta.com
Excel, PowerPoint, and VBA add-ins, tutorials
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Hello all,

A time card application:
If I enter a start time in a cell and a ending time in another cell,
how to I calculate the minutes in-between?

For example, a cell contains 6:00 AM and another cell contains
2:30PM. I know that is 8 hours worked (with half hour lunch). How
can I have Excel calculate 8.5 hours or 510 minutes?

Thanks kindly.

Dave Kuhn