When inputing time as above, Excel is thinking it is a Time as AM or PM, but
actually it is a lapsed time. How do I get it to do just hh:mm:ss? Without
placing in the : each time would be a timesaver as well.

Regards,
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Dennis

Hi Dennis,

Choose another date format from the FormatCellsNumber tabTime list.
If there isn't any without AM/PM, use a Custom format and format as hh:mm:ss
(or choose other time settings in Windows International)

Actually Excel doesn't know the difference between elapsed time and a point
in time. Technically there is no difference; a point in time is decribed by
the time passed since some starting point. But that is not easily recognised
in the AM/PM format.

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

"Dennis" wrote in message
...
When inputing time as above, Excel is thinking it is a Time as AM or PM,
but
actually it is a lapsed time. How do I get it to do just hh:mm:ss?
Without
placing in the : each time would be a timesaver as well.

Regards,
--
Dennis

You may also want to consider the custom format below if there are more than
24 hours:

[h]:mm:ss


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Cheers,
Shane Devenshire


"Dennis" wrote:

When inputing time as above, Excel is thinking it is a Time as AM or PM, but
actually it is a lapsed time. How do I get it to do just hh:mm:ss? Without
placing in the : each time would be a timesaver as well.

Regards,
--
Dennis