Time Format entered as a decimal

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I'm looking for a way to enter time (meaning hours, minutes and seconds) as a decimal
:03 entered as 3 or
25:03 entered as 25.3 or
1:25:03 entered as 1.25.3

Then find the difference between the two cells, but I want the format to show the time without any leading zeros

1.25.3 - 1.24.23 = :40
or
1.25.3 - 44.23 = 40:40
or
1.25.3 - 24.23 = 1:00:40

Hope this make sense.
Wilbur
 

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Try

=SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",":")-SUBSTITUTE(B1,".",":")

Format the result as hh:mm:ss

Note : you would need to enter 44.23 as 00.44.23
 
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gaz_chops said:
Try
=SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",":")-SUBSTITUTE(B1,".",":")
Format the result as hh:mm:ss
Note : you would need to enter 44.23 as 00.44.23
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I'm trying to eliminate the input of any "0's" and I still get "0's" in the final results
below is a sample of your results
​
​
000:00:00
3.5703:57:00
0.8.323.57#########
10.260.8.3210:17:28
11.3310.261:07:00
1.26.4111.33#########
1.35.221.26.410:08:41
1.50.351.35.220:15:13
1.50.451.50.350:00:10

<colgroup><col span="2"><col><col></colgroup><tbody>
</tbody>
 
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This will allow you to not input the leading 0.

=IF(LEN(B22)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B22,".",""))<2,SUBSTITUTE(A22,".",":")-SUBSTITUTE(0&"."&B22,".",":"),SUBSTITUTE(A22,".",":")-SUBSTITUTE(B22,".",":"))

But the results will show 0


 
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gaz_chops said:
This will allow you to not input the leading 0.
=IF(LEN(B22)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B22,".",""))<2,SUBSTITUTE(A22,".",":")-SUBSTITUTE(0&"."&B22,".",":"),SUBSTITUTE(A22,".",":")-SUBSTITUTE(B22,".",":"))
But the results will show 0
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It's close but, if I input minutes . seconds it comes out as hours . minutes (see below)

0 0:00:00
3.57 03:57:00
8.32 3.578:28:03
10.26 8.3210:17:28
11.33 10.2611:22:34
1.26.41 11.331:15:08
1.35.22 1.26.410:08:41
1.50.35 1.35.220:15:13
1.50.45 1.50.350:00:10

<colgroup><col><col><col><col><col></colgroup><tbody>
</tbody>
 
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=if(and(len(b22)-len(substitute(b22,".",""))=1,len(a22)-len(substitute(a22,".",""))=1),substitute(0&":"&a22,".",":")-substitute(0&":"&b22,".",":"),if(len(b22)-len(substitute(b22,".",""))=1,substitute(a22,".",":")-substitute(0&":"&b22,".",":"),if(len(a22)-len(substitute(a22,".",""))=1,substitute(a22,".",":")-substitute(0&":"&b22,".",":"),substitute(a22,".",":")-substitute(b22,".",":"))))
 
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Ignore last one.........

=IF(AND(LEN(B22)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B22,".",""))<=1,LEN(A22)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A22,".",""))<=1),SUBSTITUTE(0&":"&A22,".",":")-SUBSTITUTE(0&":"&B22,".",":"),IF(LEN(A22)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A22,".",""))<=1,SUBSTITUTE(A22,".",":")-SUBSTITUTE(0&":"&B22,".",":"),IF(LEN(B22)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B22,".",""))<=1,SUBSTITUTE(A22,".",":")-SUBSTITUTE(0&":"&B22,".",":"),SUBSTITUTE(A22,".",":")-SUBSTITUTE(B22,".",":"))))
 
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We're really close!! Is there any way to eliminate the zero's? Would it help if the final output looks like time, because it doesn't have to function like time. It's just for informational purpose.

3 would be seen as 3 seconds
45 would be seen as 45 seconds
3:02 would be seen as three minutes and two seconds
 
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Try this as a custom format

[<0.0006944];[<0.0415][m]:ss;[h]:mm:ss
Code: 
[TABLE="width: 260"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="width: 65"]1.25.3[/TD]
[TD="width: 65"]1.24.23[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 65, align: right"]0:00:40[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 65, align: right"]40[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1.25.3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]44.23[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, align: right"]0:40:40[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, align: right"]40:40[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1.25.3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]24.23[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, align: right"]1:00:40[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, align: right"]1:00:40[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]1.8[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, align: right"]0:01:08[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, align: right"]1:08[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]3.57[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, align: right"]0:03:57[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, align: right"]3:57[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]0.8.32[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3.57[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, align: right"]0:04:35[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, align: right"]4:35[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]10.26[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8.32[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, align: right"]0:01:54[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, align: right"]1:54[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]11.33[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]10.26[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, align: right"]0:01:07[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, align: right"]1:07[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1.26.41[/TD]
[TD]0.11.33[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, align: right"]1:15:08[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, align: right"]1:15:08[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1.35.22[/TD]
[TD]1.26.41[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, align: right"]0:08:41[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, align: right"]8:41[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1.50.35[/TD]
[TD]1.35.22[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, align: right"]0:15:13[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, align: right"]15:13[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

 
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gaz_chops said:
try this as a custom format

[<0.0006944];[<0.0415][m]:ss;[h]:mm:ss
Code: 
[table="width: 260"]
<tbody>[tr]
[td="width: 65"]1.25.3[/td]
[td="width: 65"]1.24.23[/td]
[td="class: Xl63, width: 65, align: Right"]0:00:40[/td]
[td="class: Xl64, width: 65, align: Right"]40[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]1.25.3[/td]
[td="align: Right"]44.23[/td]
[td="class: Xl63, align: Right"]0:40:40[/td]
[td="class: Xl64, align: Right"]40:40[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]1.25.3[/td]
[td="align: Right"]24.23[/td]
[td="class: Xl63, align: Right"]1:00:40[/td]
[td="class: Xl64, align: Right"]1:00:40[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td="align: Right"]1.8[/td]
[td="align: Right"]0[/td]
[td="class: Xl63, align: Right"]0:01:08[/td]
[td="class: Xl64, align: Right"]1:08[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td="align: Right"]3.57[/td]
[td="align: Right"]0[/td]
[td="class: Xl63, align: Right"]0:03:57[/td]
[td="class: Xl64, align: Right"]3:57[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]0.8.32[/td]
[td="align: Right"]3.57[/td]
[td="class: Xl63, align: Right"]0:04:35[/td]
[td="class: Xl64, align: Right"]4:35[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td="align: Right"]10.26[/td]
[td="align: Right"]8.32[/td]
[td="class: Xl63, align: Right"]0:01:54[/td]
[td="class: Xl64, align: Right"]1:54[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td="align: Right"]11.33[/td]
[td="align: Right"]10.26[/td]
[td="class: Xl63, align: Right"]0:01:07[/td]
[td="class: Xl64, align: Right"]1:07[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]1.26.41[/td]
[td]0.11.33[/td]
[td="class: Xl63, align: Right"]1:15:08[/td]
[td="class: Xl64, align: Right"]1:15:08[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]1.35.22[/td]
[td]1.26.41[/td]
[td="class: Xl63, align: Right"]0:08:41[/td]
[td="class: Xl64, align: Right"]8:41[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]1.50.35[/td]
[td]1.35.22[/td]
[td="class: Xl63, align: Right"]0:15:13[/td]
[td="class: Xl64, align: Right"]15:13[/td]
[/tr]
</tbody>[/table]
Click to expand...



perfect! Thanks so much
 
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