Enter 0:30 in E3, instead of .5

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"Teri" a écrit dans le message de news:
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I know this question has been asked before, but the answers that I have
found
do not seem to work for me for some reason. I am probably doing something
wrong. What I need to do is calculate hours worked for the day. I have
set
up a spreadsheet to include the following:
C3 is the time in
D3 is the time out
E3 is .5 hours (this is lunch)
F3 is the total number hours worked for the day. The formula I have put
in
this cell is: =HOUR(D3-C3)-E3 [this is exactly how the formula is typed
in]

Now, if someone put their time in as 7:30 a.m. and their time out at 4:00
p.m. and they take the .5 hour lunch, I need F3 to reflect an 8 hour day.
If
they put their time in as 7:00 a.m. and time out as 4:00 p.m. with a .5
hour
lunch, I need F3 to reflect an 8.5 hour day, and so on.

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks!!

Teri.