Working With Time

[Joneye]

I hope this is simple? I wish to take the now time away from a finish, both cells are formatted to time, just need to know what forumla works best and why.


<b>Excel 2003</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;">23</td><td style=";">NOW</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2:33:18 PM</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">24</td><td style=";">Finish</td><td style="text-align: right;;">4:30:00 PM</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">B23</th><td style="text-align:left">=NOW(<font color="Blue"></font>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />

 

[Ruddles]

Which formula works best:-

=B24-B23

Why? Because you want to subtract B23 from B24!

 

[T. Valko]

I hope this is simple? I wish to take the now time away from a finish, both cells are formatted to time, just need to know what forumla works best and why.


Excel 2003<TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: #a6aab6 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #a6aab6 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #a6aab6 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #a6aab6 1px solid; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" cellPadding=2 rules=all><COLGROUP><COL style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e0e0f0" width=25><COL><COL></COLGROUP><THEAD><TR style="COLOR: #161120; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e0e0f0; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><TH></TH><TH>A</TH><TH>B</TH></TR></THEAD><TBODY><TR><TD style="COLOR: #161120; TEXT-ALIGN: center">23</TD><TD>NOW</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">2:33:18 PM</TD></TR><TR><TD style="COLOR: #161120; TEXT-ALIGN: center">24</TD><TD>Finish</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">4:30:00 PM</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Sheet1​

<TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.4em; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0.4em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.4em; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" cellPadding=2 rules=all width="85%"><TBODY><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 6px; PADDING-LEFT: 6px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 6px; PADDING-TOP: 6px">Worksheet Formulas<TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: #a6aab6 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #a6aab6 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #a6aab6 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #a6aab6 1px solid; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-ALIGN: center" cellPadding=2 rules=all width="100%"><THEAD><TR style="COLOR: #161120; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e0e0f0"><TH width=10>Cell</TH><TH style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Formula</TH></TR></THEAD><TBODY><TR><TH style="COLOR: #161120; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e0e0f0" width=10>B23</TH><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">=NOW()</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

The NOW() function also returns the date.

So, you probably need:

=MOD(B24-B23,1)

Format as h:mm

 

[Joneye]

Which formula works best:-

=B24-B23

Why? Because you want to subtract B23 from B24!

Sadly I tried this first Ruddles, gave me the evils as you can see.

<b>Excel 2003</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 /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>C</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">23</td><td style=";">NOW</td><td style="text-align: right;;">3:12:36 PM</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">24</td><td style=";">Finish</td><td style="text-align: right;;">4:30:00 PM</td><td style="text-align: right;;">#######</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">B23</th><td style="text-align:left">=NOW(<font color="Blue"></font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C24</th><td style="text-align:left">=B24-B23</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />

 

[Joneye]

Biff


Many thanks worked a treat, what does the MOD function ?

 

[Ruddles]

Sadly I tried this first Ruddles

Gah, of course - I hang my head in shame.

MOD discards the day part of the calculation, leaving just the time.

 

[Joneye]

No shame Ruddles, its Friday and always you have all helped.

 

[T. Valko]

Biff


Many thanks worked a treat, what does the MOD function ?

MOD returns the remainder after a division operation.

We use MOD to strip off the the date portion of NOW().