Time Question

[Grimbo2k]

Hi all
Hopefully this is a simple question

I have a date in the future and I need a formula which tells me how many days/hours/mins/secs remain based on current time/date

ie

10 days, 4 hours, 3 mins, 20 seconds remaining

Had a quick play with it and got stuck !

Any thoughts much appreciated

Regards
Grimbo

 

[onlyadrafter]

Hello,

A1 = 28/09/2006 12:00

B1 = 29/09/2006 12:30

D1 = =(B1-A1)*1440*60

E1 (days) = =ROUNDDOWN((D1/86400),0)

F1 (hours) = =ROUNDDOWN((D1-(E1*86400))/3600,0)

G1 (mins) = =ROUNDDOWN((D1-(E1*86400)-(F1*3600))/60,0)

H1 (secs) = =ROUNDDOWN((D1-(E1*86400)-(F1*3600)-(G1*60))/60,0)


you could combine these into one cell, with "days", "mins" etc added - but its nearly lunch.

this is the one cell formula

=ROUNDDOWN(((B1-A1)*1440*60/86400),0)& " days "&ROUNDDOWN(((B1-A1)*1440*60-(ROUNDDOWN(((B1-A1)*1440*60/86400),0)*86400))/3600,0)&" hours "& ROUNDDOWN(((B1-A1)*1440*60-(ROUNDDOWN(((B1-A1)*1440*60/86400),0)*86400)-(ROUNDDOWN(((B1-A1)*1440*60-(ROUNDDOWN(((B1-A1)*1440*60/86400),0)*86400))/3600,0)*3600))/60,0)&" mins "&ROUND((B1-A1)*1440*60-(ROUNDDOWN(((B1-A1)*1440*60/86400),0)*86400)-(ROUNDDOWN(((B1-A1)*1440*60-(ROUNDDOWN(((B1-A1)*1440*60/86400),0)*86400))/3600,0)*3600)-(ROUNDDOWN(((B1-A1)*1440*60-(ROUNDDOWN(((B1-A1)*1440*60/86400),0)*86400)-(ROUNDDOWN(((B1-A1)*1440*60-(ROUNDDOWN(((B1-A1)*1440*60/86400),0)*86400))/3600,0)*3600))/60,0)*60),0) & "secs"

I'm sure thes is an easier way though (is Aladin about) or anyone else?

 

[barry houdini]

With your future date in A1

=INT(A1-NOW())&" days,"&TEXT(A1-NOW(),"h \hour\s, m \mi\n\s, s")&" seconds remaining"

although it won't update automatically, only when worksheet is recalculated (which you can initiate by hitting F9)