If you did indeed read my reply to Harshawardhan's post then you'll see why
=IF(D14<D13,D14-D13+12+D16-D15,D14-D13+D16-D15) won't work.

Did you try =MOD(D14-D13,0.5)+MOD(D16-D15,0.5) ?

But (to say it one more time in case you are still missing it):
"I would stick to my recommendation of using either the 24 hour clock or
specifically saying 1:30 PM, not just 1:30."
Putting in ambiguous times is asking for trouble.
--
David Biddulph

"Julie Holmberg" wrote in message
...
I did get your posting, thank you. I have tried the formula and it is not
working. I amgoing to try and post it in this message so you can see what
I'm trying. Thank you again...
Mon
9/8/2008
7:00 (cell d13)
11:45 (cell d14)
12:45 (cell d15)
4:00 (cell d16)

Here is the formula I am trying:
=IF(D14<D13,D14-D13+12+D16-D15,D14-D13+D16-D15)



"David Biddulph" wrote:

Yes, that's right. Perhaps my message to in reply to Harshawardhan's post
hasn't got to your news server yet?

You could use =MOD(B2-A2,0.5)+MOD(D2-A2,0.5), but I would stick to my
recommendation of using either the 24 hour clock or specifically saying
1:30
PM, not just 1:30.
--
David Biddulph

"Julie Holmberg" wrote in
message
...
Thank you for the help - I tried this but I think it needs more in the
formula. The problem being if they go to lunch say at 11:45 and come
back
at
12:45, then the last part of the equation needs to take into
consideration
the same 12 hour issue, right?

"HARSHAWARDHAN. S .SHASTRI" wrote:

Hi Julie,

Let A is column for Start Time , B for leave for lunch,C for come
back
from lunch and D for leave at the end then add this formula in column
E
say
in cell E2.
=if(b2<a2,a2-b2+12+d2-c2,b2-a2+d2-c2)

Harshawardhan shastri

================================================== ===========

"Julie Holmberg" wrote:

What I need to do is have people enter the time they start, what
time
they
leave for lunch, come back from lunch and leave at the end of the
day.
I
want Excel to automatically calculate the number of hours and
minutes
for
each of these so that I can then add up the total number of hours
and
minutes
worked each day.
I am having a hard time formatting the cells (do I format them as
time
or
numbers?) and then whenever I try to add or subtract hours, how do
you
deal
with the 12:00 hour, which then seems to mess up any formulas. For
example,
if someone clocks in at 7 and goes to lunch at 1:30 - how can you
create a
formula where Excel will get the correct answer of 6:30 minutes
worked?
HELP!