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Multiplying times
Hello,
I need to multiply a time written in the format (m:ss) times a number for instance 4:02 by 20. What would be the best way of doing this? Thank You, David |
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If your time is in a1, use:
=a1*20 Regards, Fred. "dpwicz" wrote in message ... Hello, I need to multiply a time written in the format (m:ss) times a number for instance 4:02 by 20. What would be the best way of doing this? Thank You, David |
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Excel maintains times as fractions of 24 hours. 1 hour is 1/24, 1 minute is
1/(24*60) and 1 second is 1/(24*60*60). So if you enter 00:00:10 which is 10 seconds, Excel will store that as 1/(24*60*60) * 10 - i.e. 0.000115740740740741. If you display that with a format of hh:mm:ss you will see 0:00:10 in the cell and 12:00:10 AM in the formula bar. 12 midnight is 0.0 Time is just a number so, simply multiply and display the time as hh:mm:ss or [h]:mm:ss if the time is greater than 24 hours. Formatting is for human consumption. So, to multiply 10 seconds by 20, simply enter the time 0:00:10 and multiply by 20 to get 200 seconds which is 0.00231481481481482 and format that as hh:mm:ss to see 0:03:20 - 3 minutes and 20 seconds. Tyro dpwicz" wrote in message ... Hello, I need to multiply a time written in the format (m:ss) times a number for instance 4:02 by 20. What would be the best way of doing this? Thank You, David |
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Hi,
With your time in A1, put =A1*20 in B1 Couple of things to watch. Format both cells to [mm]:ss (not mm:ss) Input your time as 00:04:02 If you input it as 4:02 it will be 4 hours and 2 minutes HTH Martin "dpwicz" wrote in message ... Hello, I need to multiply a time written in the format (m:ss) times a number for instance 4:02 by 20. What would be the best way of doing this? Thank You, David |
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I tried that using my example of 4:02 by 20 it returns 8:20
"Fred Smith" wrote: If your time is in a1, use: =a1*20 Regards, Fred. "dpwicz" wrote in message ... Hello, I need to multiply a time written in the format (m:ss) times a number for instance 4:02 by 20. What would be the best way of doing this? Thank You, David |
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The times are being taken from anothere program and are already entered in
the 4:02 format, so I really don't want to reenter them. "MartinW" wrote: Hi, With your time in A1, put =A1*20 in B1 Couple of things to watch. Format both cells to [mm]:ss (not mm:ss) Input your time as 00:04:02 If you input it as 4:02 it will be 4 hours and 2 minutes HTH Martin "dpwicz" wrote in message ... Hello, I need to multiply a time written in the format (m:ss) times a number for instance 4:02 by 20. What would be the best way of doing this? Thank You, David |
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Did you enter your time as 0:04:02? That is 0 hours, 4 minutes and 2
seconds. That time when multiplied by 20 returns 1:26:40 - ie. 4 minutes and 2 seconds multiplied by 20 is 1 hour, 26 minutes and 40 seconds. If you enter 4:02 that is 4 hours and 2 minutes and if you multiply that by 2, you get 8:04 - ie 8 hours and 4 minutes. If you multiply by 20 you get 80:40:00 when formatted as [h]:mm:ss - that is 80 hours and 40 minutes. Tyro "dpwicz" wrote in message ... I tried that using my example of 4:02 by 20 it returns 8:20 "Fred Smith" wrote: If your time is in a1, use: =a1*20 Regards, Fred. "dpwicz" wrote in message ... Hello, I need to multiply a time written in the format (m:ss) times a number for instance 4:02 by 20. What would be the best way of doing this? Thank You, David |
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Does the "other" program provide Excel times??? Formatting is for human
consumption. You have to provide numbers to Excel that represent Excel's times - ie. fractions of 24 hours. Tyro "dpwicz" wrote in message ... The times are being taken from anothere program and are already entered in the 4:02 format, so I really don't want to reenter them. "MartinW" wrote: Hi, With your time in A1, put =A1*20 in B1 Couple of things to watch. Format both cells to [mm]:ss (not mm:ss) Input your time as 00:04:02 If you input it as 4:02 it will be 4 hours and 2 minutes HTH Martin "dpwicz" wrote in message ... Hello, I need to multiply a time written in the format (m:ss) times a number for instance 4:02 by 20. What would be the best way of doing this? Thank You, David |
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Ok so Excel will interpret them as 4 hours and 2 minutes.
If you format B1 as [hh]:mm it will show what appears to be the correct answer i.e. 80:40 which hopefully shouldn't bother you, so long as you remember that what you are viewing as minutes and seconds is in reality hours and minutes. With everything based on 60 it should all work the same. Or is there some other reason that you can't work with this little deception. HTH Martin "dpwicz" wrote: The times are being taken from anothere program and are already entered in the 4:02 format, so I really don't want to reenter them. "MartinW" wrote: Hi, With your time in A1, put =A1*20 in B1 Couple of things to watch. Format both cells to [mm]:ss (not mm:ss) Input your time as 00:04:02 If you input it as 4:02 it will be 4 hours and 2 minutes HTH Martin "dpwicz" wrote in message ... Hello, I need to multiply a time written in the format (m:ss) times a number for instance 4:02 by 20. What would be the best way of doing this? Thank You, David |
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unfortunately no
"Tyro" wrote: Does the "other" program provide Excel times??? Formatting is for human consumption. You have to provide numbers to Excel that represent Excel's times - ie. fractions of 24 hours. Tyro "dpwicz" wrote in message ... The times are being taken from anothere program and are already entered in the 4:02 format, so I really don't want to reenter them. "MartinW" wrote: Hi, With your time in A1, put =A1*20 in B1 Couple of things to watch. Format both cells to [mm]:ss (not mm:ss) Input your time as 00:04:02 If you input it as 4:02 it will be 4 hours and 2 minutes HTH Martin "dpwicz" wrote in message ... Hello, I need to multiply a time written in the format (m:ss) times a number for instance 4:02 by 20. What would be the best way of doing this? Thank You, David |
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No, that would work be I figured out all I had to do is devide the 4:02 by 60
and it gave me 0:04:02. Thank you everyone for the help "MartinW" wrote: Ok so Excel will interpret them as 4 hours and 2 minutes. If you format B1 as [hh]:mm it will show what appears to be the correct answer i.e. 80:40 which hopefully shouldn't bother you, so long as you remember that what you are viewing as minutes and seconds is in reality hours and minutes. With everything based on 60 it should all work the same. Or is there some other reason that you can't work with this little deception. HTH Martin "dpwicz" wrote: The times are being taken from anothere program and are already entered in the 4:02 format, so I really don't want to reenter them. "MartinW" wrote: Hi, With your time in A1, put =A1*20 in B1 Couple of things to watch. Format both cells to [mm]:ss (not mm:ss) Input your time as 00:04:02 If you input it as 4:02 it will be 4 hours and 2 minutes HTH Martin "dpwicz" wrote in message ... Hello, I need to multiply a time written in the format (m:ss) times a number for instance 4:02 by 20. What would be the best way of doing this? Thank You, David |
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Glad you got it sorted.
You may already know this but I'll include it just in case. The easiest way to divide all of your data by 60 is to put 60 in a blank cell, then copy it, highlight all of your data to be changed, right click on it and select Paste Special Check divide and then OK out. HTH Martin "dpwicz" wrote: No, that would work be I figured out all I had to do is devide the 4:02 by 60 and it gave me 0:04:02. Thank you everyone for the help "MartinW" wrote: Ok so Excel will interpret them as 4 hours and 2 minutes. If you format B1 as [hh]:mm it will show what appears to be the correct answer i.e. 80:40 which hopefully shouldn't bother you, so long as you remember that what you are viewing as minutes and seconds is in reality hours and minutes. With everything based on 60 it should all work the same. Or is there some other reason that you can't work with this little deception. HTH Martin "dpwicz" wrote: The times are being taken from anothere program and are already entered in the 4:02 format, so I really don't want to reenter them. "MartinW" wrote: Hi, With your time in A1, put =A1*20 in B1 Couple of things to watch. Format both cells to [mm]:ss (not mm:ss) Input your time as 00:04:02 If you input it as 4:02 it will be 4 hours and 2 minutes HTH Martin "dpwicz" wrote in message ... Hello, I need to multiply a time written in the format (m:ss) times a number for instance 4:02 by 20. What would be the best way of doing this? Thank You, David |
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