Converting decimal to degrees minutes seconds

[cjmcdougall]

Hi,

Can anyone help me use excel to convert the decimal number 17.189 to degrees minutes seconds where 17 is the number of minutes and therefore 11.34 (0.189*60) would be the number of seconds. I then need to round up this figure to the nearest 5 seconds therefore 17.189 should read as 0° 17’ 11.34” and 0° 17’ 11” (to the nearest 5". In the cells below this the figure is then cumulative, adding 17.189 each time.

Thanks

 

[JamesW]

This may help:

http://www.mrexcel.com/archive/Formulas/21098.html

Assuming your number is A1, try the following
=INT(A1)&CHAR(186)&" "&INT((A1-INT(A1))*60)&CHAR(145)&" "&ROUND((((+A1-INT(A1))*60)-INT((+A1-INT(A1))*60)),2)*60&CHAR(145)

 

[Richard Schollar]

Here's a possible alternative using a simpler formula and a custom number format:

<b>Excel 2002</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: #E0E0F0" /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1</td><td style="text-align: right;;">17.189</td><td style="text-align: right;;">0º17'11.34"</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:3.6em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid #A6AAB6;border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">Sheet1</p><br /><br /><table width="85%" cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";border: 2px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0.4em;background-color: #FFFFFF" ><tr><td style="padding:6px" ><b>Worksheet Formulas</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" width="100%" rules="all" style="border: 1px solid;text-align:center;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B1</th><td style="text-align:left">=A1/(<font color="Blue">24*60</font>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />

Number format applied is:

[h]ºmm'ss.00\"