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Old Apr 26th, 2002, 03:44 PM   #1
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I want to enter a time value(like 12:30:00) in a cell and have Excel provide me with the value of that time (like .502xx) in another cell. This works in Lotus [as @TIMEVALUE(A5)] for example, but it doesn't work in Excel.

How do you do this?

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Old Apr 26th, 2002, 03:51 PM   #2
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Enter 12:30 into cell A5. Enter =A5 into cell B5 and format as General.

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Old Apr 26th, 2002, 03:51 PM   #3
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You don't need a function. If your time is in A1, you can enter =A1 in C1 and then format C1 as a number.

Edit: TOO SLOW

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Old Apr 26th, 2002, 03:52 PM   #4
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Can you not link to cell A1 ...


=A1 will this not work.....
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Old Apr 26th, 2002, 03:54 PM   #5
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sory guys i was 60 seconds recorded there to slow, i need to go back to school, no good the 1st time, read and type faster i guess..

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Old Apr 26th, 2002, 03:56 PM   #6
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On 2002-04-26 14:44, ed durbin wrote:
I want to enter a time value(like 12:30:00) in a cell and have Excel provide me with the value of that time (like .502xx) in another cell. This works in Lotus [as @TIMEVALUE(A5)] for example, but it doesn't work in Excel.

How do you do this?

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If you enter 12:30:00 in a clen cell, say in A1,

=TIMEVALUE(A1&"")

will return the result you're looking for.

=TIMEVALUE("12:30:00")

will have the same effect.

This function in Excel converts a time in the form of text to a serial number.

Have also a look at the TIME worksheet function under Excel's Help.
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Old Apr 26th, 2002, 03:59 PM   #7
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On 2002-04-26 14:44, ed durbin wrote:
I want to enter a time value(like 12:30:00) in a cell and have Excel provide me with the value of that time (like .502xx) in another cell. This works in Lotus [as @TIMEVALUE(A5)] for example, but it doesn't work in Excel.

How do you do this?

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If you enter 12:30:00 in a clen cell, say in A1,

=TIMEVALUE(A1&"")

will return the result you're looking for.

=TIMEVALUE("12:30:00")

will have the same effect.

This function in Excel converts a time in the form of text to a serial number.

Have also a look at the TIME worksheet function under Excel's Help.
No... you'd have to use =TIMEVALUE(TEXT(A1,"hh:mm")) because A1 contains a serial date value rather than 12:30. TIMEVALUE expects an argument in the form "12:30" rather than "0.520833333333333".

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Old Apr 26th, 2002, 04:01 PM   #8
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On 2002-04-26 14:56, Aladin Akyurek wrote:
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On 2002-04-26 14:44, ed durbin wrote:
I want to enter a time value(like 12:30:00) in a cell and have Excel provide me with the value of that time (like .502xx) in another cell. This works in Lotus [as @TIMEVALUE(A5)] for example, but it doesn't work in Excel.

How do you do this?

Ed
If you enter 12:30:00 in a clen cell, say in A1,

=TIMEVALUE(A1&"")

will return the result you're looking for.

=TIMEVALUE("12:30:00")

will have the same effect.

This function in Excel converts a time in the form of text to a serial number.

Have also a look at the TIME worksheet function under Excel's Help.
No... you'd have to use =TIMEVALUE(TEXT(A1,"hh:mm")) because A1 contains a serial date value rather than "12:30".
No to what?
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On 2002-04-26 14:56, Aladin Akyurek wrote:
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On 2002-04-26 14:44, ed durbin wrote:
I want to enter a time value(like 12:30:00) in a cell and have Excel provide me with the value of that time (like .502xx) in another cell. This works in Lotus [as @TIMEVALUE(A5)] for example, but it doesn't work in Excel.

How do you do this?

Ed
If you enter 12:30:00 in a clen cell, say in A1,

=TIMEVALUE(A1&"")

will return the result you're looking for.

=TIMEVALUE("12:30:00")

will have the same effect.

This function in Excel converts a time in the form of text to a serial number.

Have also a look at the TIME worksheet function under Excel's Help.
No... you'd have to use =TIMEVALUE(TEXT(A1,"hh:mm")) because A1 contains a serial date value rather than "12:30".
No to what?
=TIMEVALUE(A1&"") produces #VALUE!

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=TIMEVALUE(A1&"") produces #VALUE!

I see. I should indeed.
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