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twc238

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I'm kinda new to excel and need some help on a formula.
I need to calculate Actual drive time and actual work time in units if 1 unit = 5 minutes.
 

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Format cells as currency
Select range and press Ctrl+Shift+4 to format cells as currency. (Shift 4 is the $ sign).
A1 is date/time start (format as mm/dd/yy hh:mm)
B1 is date/time finish (format as mm/dd/yy hh:mm)
formula is
Code:
=CEILING(24*60*(B1-A1),5)/5
rounds up to the next 5 minute interval, 28 min = 6 units
 
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Thanks Phil, but could you explain where the numbers come from so I can understand it a little better. =ceiling(24(hrs)x60(minutes)x (cells), 5?)/5?
 
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The values in cells A1 & B1 are in days and fractions of days. If you put in 03/11/2009 12:00 (that's noon), Excel preserves that value as 39883.5

B1-A1 is the finish date/time - the start date/time, so if you start at 3/11/2009 12:05 and end at 3/11/2009 12:22 the math works out as
39883.5152777778-39883.5034722222 = 0.01180555555

Multiplying that value by 24*60 gives the number of minutes used (17)

Using the ceiling function with a 5 as the second parameter rounds the first parameter (17) up to the next multiple of 5 (so 17 minutes would be converted to 20)
dividing that by 5 to convert to units results in 4
 
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Thanks Phil.........That actually help me see it in my head....so I have a better understanding of it so I can explain it to others........

appreciate it....
 
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