Hi,
I'm stuck - I have a variable Starttime that I want to
check against Now(). If more than "00::02:30" elapses I
want to do something.

If Now-Starttime "00:02:30" then
do something
end if

What would the proper syntax be?

TIA

Martha

Hi
have a look at:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/ontime.htm

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Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany


Martha wrote:
Hi,
I'm stuck - I have a variable Starttime that I want to
check against Now(). If more than "00::02:30" elapses I
want to do something.

If Now-Starttime "00:02:30" then
do something
end if

What would the proper syntax be?

TIA

Martha

Time is held as a fraction of one days, so 2:30 is 2.5 hours or 2.5/24. So
just use

If Now - StartTime (2.5/24) Then
...

--

HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

"Martha" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I'm stuck - I have a variable Starttime that I want to
check against Now(). If more than "00::02:30" elapses I
want to do something.

If Now-Starttime "00:02:30" then
do something
end if

What would the proper syntax be?

TIA

Martha

Thanks a bunch Bob,

I meant 2 1/2 minutes but the concept works like a
charm!!!
Thanks again,

MArtha
-----Original Message-----
Time is held as a fraction of one days, so 2:30 is 2.5
hours or 2.5/24. So
just use

If Now - StartTime (2.5/24) Then
...

--

HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

"Martha" wrote in
message
...
Hi,
I'm stuck - I have a variable Starttime that I want to
check against Now(). If more than "00::02:30" elapses I
want to do something.

If Now-Starttime "00:02:30" then
do something
end if

What would the proper syntax be?

TIA

Martha


.

And that is what you showed, my mistake. Glad it helped though.

--

HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

"Martha" wrote in message
...
Thanks a bunch Bob,

I meant 2 1/2 minutes but the concept works like a
charm!!!
Thanks again,

MArtha
-----Original Message-----
Time is held as a fraction of one days, so 2:30 is 2.5
hours or 2.5/24. So
just use

If Now - StartTime (2.5/24) Then
...

--

HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

"Martha" wrote in
message
...
Hi,
I'm stuck - I have a variable Starttime that I want to
check against Now(). If more than "00::02:30" elapses I
want to do something.

If Now-Starttime "00:02:30" then
do something
end if

What would the proper syntax be?

TIA

Martha


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