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Change hh:mm to hh.mm
Is there a simple way change teh hour: minute separator in time formatted
cells(columns) to accept the decimal instead of the:? Data entry would be so much simpler and quicker using the decimal point. Suggestions appreciated Thanks |
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Change hh:mm to hh.mm
That would really mess things up, don't do it.
If you must do something along those lines see Chip Pearson's page. Time quick entry in http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DateTimeEntry.htm You should also know that time represents a fraction of a day and you can read about that more on Chip's site, or on mine http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datetime.htm and at (there isn't really much overlap) http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/datetime.htm -- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "JR Hester" wrote in message ... Is there a simple way change teh hour: minute separator in time formatted cells(columns) to accept the decimal instead of the:? Data entry would be so much simpler and quicker using the decimal point. Suggestions appreciated Thanks |
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Change hh:mm to hh.mm
One way of doing this is to enter the decimal number in one column,
then have another column convert your number to a time. Assuming you want to enter HH.MM in column C, beginning with cell C2, put this formula in D2: =VALUE(INT(C2)&":"&MOD(C2,1)*100&":0)) Format the cell as hh:mm and copy the formula down column D. Now you can enter your times as hours-point-minutes in column C and these will appear in Excel time format in column D. Hope this helps. Pete "JR Hester" wrote in message ... Is there a simple way change teh hour: minute separator in time formatted cells(columns) to accept the decimal instead of the:? Data entry would be so much simpler and quicker using the decimal point. Suggestions appreciated Thanks |
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Change hh:mm to hh.mm
Change it in Windows Regional Language and Settings.
Delete the : and enter a . Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:50:02 -0700, JR Hester wrote: Is there a simple way change teh hour: minute separator in time formatted cells(columns) to accept the decimal instead of the:? Data entry would be so much simpler and quicker using the decimal point. Suggestions appreciated Thanks |
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An amendment to my first post.
If you do change the time separator...................... You must always enter time as hh.mm.ss or Excel will interpret as a decimal number if entered as hh.mm Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:50:02 -0700, JR Hester wrote: Is there a simple way change teh hour: minute separator in time formatted cells(columns) to accept the decimal instead of the:? Data entry would be so much simpler and quicker using the decimal point. Suggestions appreciated Thanks |
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Thanks pete, this is the best method proposed thus far. I am going to
implement this my spreadsheet. Thanks again. "Pete_UK" wrote: One way of doing this is to enter the decimal number in one column, then have another column convert your number to a time. Assuming you want to enter HH.MM in column C, beginning with cell C2, put this formula in D2: =VALUE(INT(C2)&":"&MOD(C2,1)*100&":0)) Format the cell as hh:mm and copy the formula down column D. Now you can enter your times as hours-point-minutes in column C and these will appear in Excel time format in column D. Hope this helps. Pete "JR Hester" wrote in message ... Is there a simple way change teh hour: minute separator in time formatted cells(columns) to accept the decimal instead of the:? Data entry would be so much simpler and quicker using the decimal point. Suggestions appreciated Thanks |
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Your suggetstion is by far teh most straight forward. It will fit my stated
plan exactly. Thanks also for the second notice; with that tidbit of data, I think I will stich with Pete's suggested formula approach. Admittedly I was looking for a setting, which is exactly where you directed. As with medicinal drugs sometimes the side-effects outwiegh the benefits. I think that woul dbe the case in this scenario. This second post certainly saved me quite a bit of frustration, had I went proceeded. Thansk for sharing your knowledge! "Gord Dibben" wrote: An amendment to my first post. If you do change the time separator...................... You must always enter time as hh.mm.ss or Excel will interpret as a decimal number if entered as hh.mm Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:50:02 -0700, JR Hester wrote: Is there a simple way change teh hour: minute separator in time formatted cells(columns) to accept the decimal instead of the:? Data entry would be so much simpler and quicker using the decimal point. Suggestions appreciated Thanks |
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Change hh:mm to hh.mm
You're welcome - I hope you spotted the mistake in the formula - it
should be: =VALUE(INT(C2)&":"&MOD(C2,1)*100&":0") Pete JR Hester wrote: Thanks pete, this is the best method proposed thus far. I am going to implement this my spreadsheet. Thanks again. "Pete_UK" wrote: One way of doing this is to enter the decimal number in one column, then have another column convert your number to a time. Assuming you want to enter HH.MM in column C, beginning with cell C2, put this formula in D2: =VALUE(INT(C2)&":"&MOD(C2,1)*100&":0)) Format the cell as hh:mm and copy the formula down column D. Now you can enter your times as hours-point-minutes in column C and these will appear in Excel time format in column D. Hope this helps. Pete "JR Hester" wrote in message ... Is there a simple way change teh hour: minute separator in time formatted cells(columns) to accept the decimal instead of the:? Data entry would be so much simpler and quicker using the decimal point. Suggestions appreciated Thanks |
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