Custom function to convert wk d m s format

Baelfur

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Hello all. I have a report I am trying to do and the parsed data that I receive has times formatted in wk d h m s currently and I need to convert it to total hours:minutes:seconds in one column and total minutes:seconds in another column as shown below. I would prefer dropping the seconds all together if possible as well.

4wk 5d 20h 55m 15s

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812:55:15
and
48720:15

Is there a function that will do this for me automatically? I have been trying to use text to columns to just split them all but then they are lined up goofy and I cannot figure out how to remove the lettering. Another thing that would work is if there is a way for excel to just go in and remove the wk d h m s lettering on the data and organize the output from right to left as shown below;

weeksdayshoursminutesseconds
45205515
4113853
725
21432328
171500

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If I can strip the letters and text to column and have it output in right to left orientation I can just use =(((A2*7)+B2)*24)+C2 for the hours calculation and =((((A2*7)+B2)*24)+C2)*60 for the minutes respectively (I think).


Either solution would be awesome. I have about 40,000 + entries I have to run this on so doing it by hand is not going to happen :(

Thanks!
 

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4wk 5d
20h
55m
15s
 
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Hours:

=CONCATENATE(MID(A1,1,FIND("wk",A1)-1)*168+MID(MID(A1,FIND("wk ",A1)+3,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("d ",MID(A1,FIND("wk ",A1)+3,LEN(A1)))-1)*24+MID(MID(A1,FIND("d ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("h ",MID(A1,FIND("d ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1),":",MID(MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("m ",MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1))


Minutes:

=CONCATENATE(MID(A1,1,FIND("wk",A1)-1)*168*60+MID(MID(A1,FIND("wk ",A1)+3,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("d ",MID(A1,FIND("wk ",A1)+3,LEN(A1)))-1)*24*60+MID(MID(A1,FIND("d ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("h ",MID(A1,FIND("d ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1)*60+MID(MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("m ",MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1))
 
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anychance you can post a sample of how the data is and a sample of how it should be so I practice on this? I would not be the one to provide a solution but I can try and learn something
 
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Hours:

=CONCATENATE(MID(A1,1,FIND("wk",A1)-1)*168+MID(MID(A1,FIND("wk ",A1)+3,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("d ",MID(A1,FIND("wk ",A1)+3,LEN(A1)))-1)*24+MID(MID(A1,FIND("d ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("h ",MID(A1,FIND("d ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1),":",MID(MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("m ",MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1))


Minutes:

=CONCATENATE(MID(A1,1,FIND("wk",A1)-1)*168*60+MID(MID(A1,FIND("wk ",A1)+3,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("d ",MID(A1,FIND("wk ",A1)+3,LEN(A1)))-1)*24*60+MID(MID(A1,FIND("d ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("h ",MID(A1,FIND("d ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1)*60+MID(MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("m ",MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1))


Here is a sample of the current excel output with Mjbeams solution. It looks like the function has trouble interpreting the data if it is missing some of the wk d h m s values and only calculates the ones with the full string. My apologies I should have clarified that.


7m 48s#VALUE!
1d 2h 9m 56s#VALUE!
22m 58s#VALUE!
7h 9m 59s#VALUE!
2m 49s#VALUE!
12m 17s#VALUE!
10h 46m 20s#VALUE!
2h 19m 51s#VALUE!
1d 3h 4m 15s#VALUE!
1d 12h 20m 23s#VALUE!
1wk 3d 12h 6m 14s252:6

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Below is the requested sample what I have to work with and how I want the output displayed, with the extra column for minutes and in hh:mm converted format and mmmmm format;

Ticket timeConverted Ticket TimeTicket Minutes
7m 4800:077
1d 2h 9m 56s00:26131
22m 58s00:2222
7h 9m 59s07:09429
2m 49s00:022
12m 17s00:1212
10h 46m 20s10:46646
2h 19m 51s02:19139
1d 3h 4m 15s27:041624
1d 12h 20m 23s36:202180
1wk 3d 12h 6m 14s252:0615126

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Hours:

=CONCATENATE(IF(ISERR(FIND("wk",A1)),0,MID(A1,1,FIND("wk",A1)-1)*168)+IF(ISERR(FIND("wk",A1)),IF(ISERR(FIND("d ",A1)),0,MID(A1,1,FIND("d",A1)-1)*24),MID(MID(A1,FIND("wk ",A1)+3,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("d ",MID(A1,FIND("wk ",A1)+3,LEN(A1)))-1)*24)+IF(ISERR(FIND("d ",A1)),IF(ISERR(FIND("h ",A1)),0,MID(A1,1,FIND("h ",A1)-1)),MID(MID(A1,FIND("d ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("h ",MID(A1,FIND("d ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1)),":",IF(ISERR(FIND("h ",A1)),MID(A1,1,FIND("m ",A1)-1),MID(MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("m ",MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1)))


Minutes:

=CONCATENATE(IF(ISERR(FIND("wk",A1)),0,MID(A1,1,FIND("wk",A1)-1)*168*60)+IF(ISERR(FIND("wk",A1)),IF(ISERR(FIND("d ",A1)),0,MID(A1,1,FIND("d",A1)-1)*24*60),MID(MID(A1,FIND("wk ",A1)+3,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("d ",MID(A1,FIND("wk ",A1)+3,LEN(A1)))-1)*24*60)+IF(ISERR(FIND("d ",A1)),IF(ISERR(FIND("h ",A1)),0,MID(A1,1,FIND("h ",A1)-1)*60),MID(MID(A1,FIND("d ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("h ",MID(A1,FIND("d ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1)*60)+IF(ISERR(FIND("h ",A1)),MID(A1,1,FIND("m ",A1)-1),MID(MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("m ",MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1)))
 
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Hours with leading zero in minutes:

=CONCATENATE(IF(ISERR(FIND("wk",A1)),0,MID(A1,1,FIND("wk",A1)-1)*168)+IF(ISERR(FIND("wk",A1)),IF(ISERR(FIND("d ",A1)),0,MID(A1,1,FIND("d",A1)-1)*24),MID(MID(A1,FIND("wk ",A1)+3,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("d ",MID(A1,FIND("wk ",A1)+3,LEN(A1)))-1)*24)+IF(ISERR(FIND("d ",A1)),IF(ISERR(FIND("h ",A1)),0,MID(A1,1,FIND("h ",A1)-1)),MID(MID(A1,FIND("d ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("h ",MID(A1,FIND("d ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1)),":",IF(LEN(IF(ISERR(FIND("h ",A1)),MID(A1,1,FIND("m ",A1)-1),MID(MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("m ",MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1)))<2,CONCATENATE("0",IF(ISERR(FIND("h ",A1)),MID(A1,1,FIND("m ",A1)-1),MID(MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("m ",MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1))),IF(ISERR(FIND("h ",A1)),MID(A1,1,FIND("m ",A1)-1),MID(MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("m ",MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1))))
 
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Hours with leading zero in minutes:

=CONCATENATE(IF(ISERR(FIND("wk",A1)),0,MID(A1,1,FIND("wk",A1)-1)*168)+IF(ISERR(FIND("wk",A1)),IF(ISERR(FIND("d ",A1)),0,MID(A1,1,FIND("d",A1)-1)*24),MID(MID(A1,FIND("wk ",A1)+3,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("d ",MID(A1,FIND("wk ",A1)+3,LEN(A1)))-1)*24)+IF(ISERR(FIND("d ",A1)),IF(ISERR(FIND("h ",A1)),0,MID(A1,1,FIND("h ",A1)-1)),MID(MID(A1,FIND("d ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("h ",MID(A1,FIND("d ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1)),":",IF(LEN(IF(ISERR(FIND("h ",A1)),MID(A1,1,FIND("m ",A1)-1),MID(MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("m ",MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1)))<2,CONCATENATE("0",IF(ISERR(FIND("h ",A1)),MID(A1,1,FIND("m ",A1)-1),MID(MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("m ",MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1))),IF(ISERR(FIND("h ",A1)),MID(A1,1,FIND("m ",A1)-1),MID(MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)),1,FIND("m ",MID(A1,FIND("h ",A1)+2,LEN(A1)))-1))))


You just hit pay dirt sir, but its still procs a #VALUE! error exception if the seconds are the only field. From attempting to stumble through this amazing function, I'm guessing that I need to add the IF(ISERR(FIND("s",A1) in there somewhere? Or maybe a few somewheres?
 
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Yeah, that will make the function a lot longer though. Best bet if you are in a hurry would be to filter those entries and just paste a 0 where they are (rather than the formula). If I get some time I'll see if I can add that in but not sure that I will have time.
 
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A short formula for your consideration:

in B2
=SUMPRODUCT(IFERROR(MID(" "&A2,FIND({"wk","d","h","m","s"}," "&A2)-2,2),0)*{604800,86400,3600,60,1})*(1/24/60/60)
Format the result as [h]:mm:ss or [h]:mm per your need.

Note:
It allows you to ignore the order of wk, d, h, m, s. e.g. it works for 1d 2m 10s; or 49s 9m 20h
However, it works for up to two digit numbers in the text string. i.e. in case you have 100wk or 100d, it doesn't work

[h]:mm:ss[h]:mm
7m 48s0:07:480:07
1d 2h 9m 56s26:09:5626:09
22m 58s0:22:580:22
7h 9m 59s7:09:597:09
2m 49s0:02:490:02
12m 17s0:12:170:12
10h 46m 20s10:46:2010:46
2h 19m 51s2:19:512:19
1d 3h 4m 15s27:04:1527:04
1d 12h 20m 23s36:20:2336:20
1wk 3d 12h 6m 14s252:06:14252:06

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