I'm trying to subtract to sets of dates to figure out the time between but I
need my formula to exclude all weekends and any hours before 8:30AM and after
5:00PM. I have a formula that seems to work most of the time, but gives me an
incorrect result sometimes. Here's what I'm using:

=NETWORKDAYS(a2,b2)-2+((WEEKDAY(a2,2)<6)*(MAX(0,TIME(17,0,0)-MOD(a2,1))))
-((WEEKDAY(a2,2)<6)*(MAX(0,TIME(8,30,0)-MOD(a2,1))))+((WEEKDAY(b2,2)<6)
*(MAX(0,MOD(b2,1)-TIME(8,30,0))))-((WEEKDAY(b2,2)<6)*(MAX(0,MOD(b2,1)
-TIME(17,0,0))))

Here's what it's giving me as an example:
correct result:
Start Time: 1/18/08 4:59 PM
End Time: 1/21/08 8:30 AM
Correct Result: 0:01:00 (HH:MM:SS format, 1/18 is a Fri so there's been only
1 minute of work time elapsing between the two times)

Incorrect result:
Start Time: 1/15/08 4:59 PM
End Time: 1/21/08 8:30 AM
Incorrect Result: 72:01:00 (I should see 25:31:00 for work on 1/16, 1/17,
and 1/18 plus one minute on 1/15.

The formula seems to work in hundreds of rows of my data but misses others.
Anyone know why? Thanks for all the help!

Jon

I think the reason is that it is calculating whole days as 24 hours, whereas
you seem to be saying that it should be 8.5 hours. If that is the case, how
can hundreds of your cases work, it only works where you have no whole days
in between (and I am not referring here to days that end after 5PM say, but
whole working days such as Mon-Wed).

If my reasoniung is correct, try

=(NETWORKDAYS(A4,B4)-2)*8.5/24+((WEEKDAY(A4,2)<6)*(MAX(0,TIME(17,0,0)-MOD(A4,1))))
-((WEEKDAY(A4,2)<6)*(MAX(0,TIME(8,30,0)-MOD(A4,1))))+((WEEKDAY(B4,2)<6)
*(MAX(0,MOD(B4,1)-TIME(8,30,0))))-((WEEKDAY(B4,2)<6)*(MAX(0,MOD(B4,1)-TIME(17,0,0))))

--
---
HTH

Bob


(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)



"Jon Ratzel" wrote in message
...
I'm trying to subtract to sets of dates to figure out the time between but
I
need my formula to exclude all weekends and any hours before 8:30AM and
after
5:00PM. I have a formula that seems to work most of the time, but gives me
an
incorrect result sometimes. Here's what I'm using:

=NETWORKDAYS(a2,b2)-2+((WEEKDAY(a2,2)<6)*(MAX(0,TIME(17,0,0)-MOD(a2,1))))
-((WEEKDAY(a2,2)<6)*(MAX(0,TIME(8,30,0)-MOD(a2,1))))+((WEEKDAY(b2,2)<6)
*(MAX(0,MOD(b2,1)-TIME(8,30,0))))-((WEEKDAY(b2,2)<6)*(MAX(0,MOD(b2,1)
-TIME(17,0,0))))

Here's what it's giving me as an example:
correct result:
Start Time: 1/18/08 4:59 PM
End Time: 1/21/08 8:30 AM
Correct Result: 0:01:00 (HH:MM:SS format, 1/18 is a Fri so there's been
only
1 minute of work time elapsing between the two times)

Incorrect result:
Start Time: 1/15/08 4:59 PM
End Time: 1/21/08 8:30 AM
Incorrect Result: 72:01:00 (I should see 25:31:00 for work on 1/16, 1/17,
and 1/18 plus one minute on 1/15.

The formula seems to work in hundreds of rows of my data but misses
others.
Anyone know why? Thanks for all the help!

Jon

This seems to work! Thank you so much!




"Bob Phillips" wrote:

I think the reason is that it is calculating whole days as 24 hours, whereas
you seem to be saying that it should be 8.5 hours. If that is the case, how
can hundreds of your cases work, it only works where you have no whole days
in between (and I am not referring here to days that end after 5PM say, but
whole working days such as Mon-Wed).

If my reasoniung is correct, try

=(NETWORKDAYS(A4,B4)-2)*8.5/24+((WEEKDAY(A4,2)<6)*(MAX(0,TIME(17,0,0)-MOD(A4,1))))
-((WEEKDAY(A4,2)<6)*(MAX(0,TIME(8,30,0)-MOD(A4,1))))+((WEEKDAY(B4,2)<6)
*(MAX(0,MOD(B4,1)-TIME(8,30,0))))-((WEEKDAY(B4,2)<6)*(MAX(0,MOD(B4,1)-TIME(17,0,0))))

--
---
HTH

Bob


(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)



"Jon Ratzel" wrote in message
...
I'm trying to subtract to sets of dates to figure out the time between but
I
need my formula to exclude all weekends and any hours before 8:30AM and
after
5:00PM. I have a formula that seems to work most of the time, but gives me
an
incorrect result sometimes. Here's what I'm using:

=NETWORKDAYS(a2,b2)-2+((WEEKDAY(a2,2)<6)*(MAX(0,TIME(17,0,0)-MOD(a2,1))))
-((WEEKDAY(a2,2)<6)*(MAX(0,TIME(8,30,0)-MOD(a2,1))))+((WEEKDAY(b2,2)<6)
*(MAX(0,MOD(b2,1)-TIME(8,30,0))))-((WEEKDAY(b2,2)<6)*(MAX(0,MOD(b2,1)
-TIME(17,0,0))))

Here's what it's giving me as an example:
correct result:
Start Time: 1/18/08 4:59 PM
End Time: 1/21/08 8:30 AM
Correct Result: 0:01:00 (HH:MM:SS format, 1/18 is a Fri so there's been
only
1 minute of work time elapsing between the two times)

Incorrect result:
Start Time: 1/15/08 4:59 PM
End Time: 1/21/08 8:30 AM
Incorrect Result: 72:01:00 (I should see 25:31:00 for work on 1/16, 1/17,
and 1/18 plus one minute on 1/15.

The formula seems to work in hundreds of rows of my data but misses
others.
Anyone know why? Thanks for all the help!

Jon