by This tutorial focuses on various ways to calculate times in Excel. You will find a few useful formulas to add and subtract times, calculate time difference, or elapsed time, and more.
In the last week's article, we had a close look at the specificities of Excel time format and capabilities of basic time functions. Today, we are going to dive deeper into Excel time calculations and you will learn a few more formulas to efficiently manipulate times in your worksheets.
How to calculate time difference in Excel (elapsed time)
To begin with, let's see how you can quickly calculate elapsed time in Excel, i.e. find the difference between a beginning time and an ending time. And as is often the case, there is more than one formula to perform time calculations. Which one to choose depends on your dataset and exactly what result you are trying to achieve. So, let's run through all methods, one at a time.
Formula 1. Subtract one time from the other
As you probably know, times in Excel are usual decimal numbers formatted to look like times. And because they are numbers, you can add and subtract times just as any other numerical values.
The simplest and most obvious Excel formula to calculate time difference is this:
Depending on you data structure, the actual time difference formula may take various shapes, for example:
| Formula | Explanation |
=A2-B2 |
Calculates the difference between the time values in cells A2 and B2. |
=TIMEVALUE("8:30 PM") - TIMEVALUE("6:40 AM") |
Calculates the difference between the specified times. |
=TIME(HOUR(A2), MINUTE(A2), SECOND(A2)) - TIME(HOUR(B2), MINUTE(B2), SECOND(B2)) |
Calculates the time difference between values in cells A2 and B2 ignoring the date difference, when the cells contain both the date and time values. |
Remembering that in the internal Excel system, times are represented by fractional parts of decimal numbers, you are likely to get the results similar to this:
The decimals in column D are perfectly true but not very meaningful. To make them more informative, you can apply custom time formatting with one of the following codes:
| Time code | Explanation |
| h | Elapsed hours, display as 4. |
| h:mm | Elapsed hours and minutes, display as 4:10. |
| h:mm:ss | Elapsed hours, minutes and seconds, display as 4:10:20. |
To apply the custom time format, click Ctrl + 1 to open the Format Cells dialog, select Custom from the Category list and type the time codes in the Type box. Please see Creating a custom time format in Excel for the detailed steps.
And now, let's see how our time difference formula and time codes work in real worksheets. With Start times residing in column A and End times in column B, you can copy the following formula in columns C though E:
=$B2-$A2
The elapsed time is displayed differently depending on the time format applied to the column:
Note. If the elapsed time is displayed as hash marks (#####), then either a cell with the formula is not wide enough to fit the time or the result of your time calculations is a negative value.
Formula 2. Calculating time difference with the TEXT function
Another simple technique to calculate the duration between two times in Excel is using the TEXT function:
- Calculate hours between two times:
=TEXT(B2-A2, "h") - Return hours and minutes between 2 times:
=TEXT(B2-A2, "h:mm") - Return hours, minutes and seconds between 2 times:
=TEXT(B2-A2, "h:mm:ss")
Notes:
- The value returned by the TEXT function is always text. Please notice the left alignment of text values in columns C:E in the screenshot above. In certain scenarios, this might be a significant limitation because you won't be able to use the returned "text times" in other calculations.
- If the result is a negative number, the TEXT formula returns the #VALUE! error.
Formula 3. Count hours, minutes or seconds between two times
To get the time difference in a single time unit (hours ,minutes or seconds), you can perform the following calculations.
Calculate hours between two times:
To present the difference between two times as a decimal number, use this formula:
Supposing that your start time is in A2 and end time in B2, you can use a simple equation B2-A2 to calculate the difference between two times, and then multiply it by 24, which is the number of hours in one day:
=(B2-A2) * 24
To get the number of complete hours, use the INT function to round the result down to the nearest integer:
=INT((B2-A2) * 24)
Total minutes between two times:
To calculate the minutes between two times, multiply the time difference by 1440, which is the number of minutes in one day (24 hours * 60 minutes = 1440).
As demonstrated in the following screenshot, the formula can return both positive and negative values, the latter occur when the end time is less than the start time, like in row 5:
=(B2-A2)*1440
Total seconds between times:
To get the total seconds between two times, you multiply the time difference by 86400, which is the number of seconds in one day (24 hours * 60 minutes * 60 seconds = 86400).
In our example, the formula is as follows:
=(B2-A2)* 86400
Note. For the results to display correctly, the General format should be applied to the cells with your time difference formula.
Formula 4. Calculate difference in one time unit ignoring others
To find the difference between 2 times in a certain time unit, ignoring the others, use one of the following functions.
- Difference in hours, ignoring minutes and seconds:
=HOUR(B2-A2) - Difference in minutes, ignoring hours and seconds:
=MINUTE(B2-A2) - Difference in seconds, ignoring hours and minutes:
=SECOND(B2-A2)
When using Excel's HOUR, MINUTE and SECOND functions, please remember that the result cannot exceed 24 for hours and 60 for minutes and seconds.
Note. If the end time is less than the start time (i.e. the result of the formula is a negative number), the #NUM! error is returned.
Formula 5. Calculate elapsed time from a start time to now
In order to calculate how much time has elapsed since the start time to now, you simply use the NOW function to return today's date and the current time, and then subtract the start date and time from it.
Supposing that the beginning date and time is in call A2, the formula below returns the following results, provided you've applied an appropriate time format to column B, h:mm in this example:
=NOW()-A2
In case the elapsed time exceeds 24 hours, use one of these time formats, for example d "days" h:mm:ss like in the following screenshot:
If your starting points contain only time values without dates, you need to use the TIME function to calculate the elapsed time correctly. For example, the following formula returns the time elapsed since the time value in cell A2 up to now:
=TIME(HOUR(NOW()), MINUTE(NOW()), SECOND(NOW())) - A2
Note. The elapsed time is not updated in real-time, it refreshes only when the workbook is reopened or recalculated. To force the formula to update, press either Shift + F9 to recalculate the active spreadsheet or hit F9 to recalculate all open workbooks.
Formula 5. Display time difference as "XX days, XX hours, XX minutes and XX seconds"
This is probably the most user-friendly formula to calculate time difference in Excel. You use the HOUR, MINUTE and SECOND functions to return corresponding time units and the INT function to compute the difference in days. And then, you concatenate all these functions in a single formula along with the text labels:
=INT(B2-A2) & " days, " & HOUR(B2-A2) & " hours, " & MINUTE(B2-A2) & " minutes and " & SECOND(B2-A2) & " seconds"
To instruct your Excel time difference formula to hide zero values, embed four IF functions into it:
=IF(INT(B2-A2)>0, INT(B2-A2) & " days, ","") & IF(HOUR(B2-A2)>0, HOUR(B2-A2) & " hours, ","") & IF(MINUTE(B2-A2)>0, MINUTE(B2-A2) & " minutes and ","") & IF(SECOND(B2-A2)>0, SECOND(B2-A2) & " seconds","")
The syntax may seem excessively complicated, but it works :)
Alternatively, you can calculate time difference by simply subtracting the start time from the end time (e.g. =B2-A2), and then apply the following time format to the cell:
d "days," h "hours," m "minutes and" s "seconds"
An advantage of this approach is that your result would be a normal time value that you could use in other time calculations, while the result of the complex formula discussed above is a text value. A drawback is that the custom time format cannot distinguish between zero and non-zero values and ignore the latter. To display the result in other formats, please see How to show time over 24 hours, 60 minutes, 60 seconds.
How to calculate and display negative times in Excel
When calculating the time difference in Excel, you may sometimes get the result as ###### error because the difference is a negative time. But is there a way to show negative times properly in Excel? Of course, there is a way, and even more than one :)
Method 1. Change Excel Date System to 1904 date system
The fastest and easiest way to display negative time normally (with a minus sign) is switching to the 1904 date system. To do this, click File > Options > Advanced, scroll down to the When calculating this workbook section and put a tick in the Use 1904 date system box.
Click OK to save the new settings, and from now on negative times will be displayed correctly, like negative numbers:
Method 2. Calculate negative time in Excel with formulas
Is changing Excel's default Date System is not an option, then you can force negative times to display properly using one of the following formulas:
=IF(A2-B2>0, A2-B2, "-" & TEXT(ABS(A2-B2),"h:mm"))
=IF(A2-B2>0, A2-B2, TEXT(ABS(A2-B2),"-h:mm"))
Both formulas check if the time difference (A2-B2) is greater than 0, and if it is they return that difference. If the time difference is less than zero, the first formula calculates the absolute difference and concatenates the minus sign. The second formula yields exactly the same result by using a negative time format "-h::mm".
Note. Please keep in mind that unlike the first method that treats negative times as negative numeric values, the result of the TEXT function is always a text string that cannot be used in calculations or other formulas.
Adding and subtracting time in Excel
Basically, there are 2 ways to add and subtract time in Excel:
- Using the TIME function
- Using arithmetic calculations based on the number of hours (24), minutes (1440) and seconds (86400) in one day
The TIME(hour, minute, second) function makes Excel time calculations really easy, however it does not allow adding or subtracting more than 23 hours, or 59 minutes, or 59 seconds. If you are working with bigger time intervals, then use one of the arithmetic calculations demonstrated below.
How to add or subtract hours to time in Excel
To add hours to a given time in Excel, you can use one the following formulas.
TIME function to add under 24 hours
For example, if your start time is in cell A2, and you want to add 2 hours to it, the formula is as follows:
=A2 + TIME(2, 0, 0)
Note. If you try adding more than 23 hours with the TIME function, the specified hours will be divided by 24 and the remainder will be added to the start time value. For example, if you try to add 25 hours to "6/2/2015 10:00 AM" (cell A4) using the formula =A4 + TIME(25, 0, 0), the result will be "06/02/2015 11:00", i.e. A4 + 1 hour.
Formula to add any number of hours (under or over 24 hours)
The following formula has no limitations to the number of hours you want to add:
For example, to add 28 hours to the start time in cell A2, enter the following formula:
=A2 + (28/24)
To subtract hours from a given time, you use analogous formulas, and just replace "+" with the minus sign:
For example, to subtract 3 hours from the time in cell A2, either of the following formulas will do:
=A2-(3/24)
=A2-TIME(3,0,0)
To subtract more than 23 hours, use the first one.
How to add / subtract minutes to time in Excel
To add minutes to a given time, employ the same techniques that we've just used for adding hours.
To add or subtract under 60 minutes
Use the TIME function and supply the minutes you want to add or subtract in the second argument:
And here are a couple of real-life formulas to calculate minutes in Excel:
To add 20 minutes to the time in A2: =A2 + TIME(0,20,0)
To subtract 30 minutes from the time in A2: =A2 - TIME(0,30,0)
To add or subtract over 60 minutes
In your calculation, divide the number of minutes by 1440, which is the number of minutes in a day, and add the quotient to the start time:
To subtract minutes from time, simply replace plus with the minus sign. For example:
To add 200 minutes: =A2 + (200/1440)
To subtract 300 minutes: =A2 -(300/1440)
How to add / subtract seconds to a given time
Second calculations in Excel are done in a similar fashion.
To add under 60 seconds to a given time, you can use the TIME function:
To add more than 59 seconds, use the following formula:
To subtract seconds, utilize the same formulas with the minus sign (-) instead of plus (+).
In your Excel worksheets, the formulas may look similar to these:
To add 30 seconds to A2: =A2 + TIME(0,0,31)
To add 1200 seconds to A2: =A2 + (1200/86400)
To subtract 40 seconds from A2: =A2 - TIME(0,0,40)
To subtract 900 seconds from A2: =A2 - (900/86400)
How to sum time in Excel
The Excel sum time formula is the usual SUM function, and applying the proper time format to the result is what does the trick.
Supposing you have a few project times in column B and you want to add them up. You write a simple SUM formula like the one below and get the result in the default format such as hh:mm:ss.
=SUM(B2:B4)
In some cases the default time format works just fine, but sometimes you may want more, for example to display the total time as minutes and seconds, or seconds only. The good news is that no other calculations are required, all you have to do is apply custom time format to the cell with the SUM formula.
Right click the cell and select Format Cells in the context menu, or press Ctrl + 1 to open the Format Cells dialog box. Select Custom from the Category list and type one of the following time formats in the Type box:
- To display total time as minutes and seconds: [m]:ss
- To display total time as seconds: [ss]
The result will look as follows:
In order to add up more than 24 hours, you use the same SUM formula as discussed above, and apply one of the following time formats to the cell: To see how these custom time formats may look like in your Excel worksheet, please have a look at the screenshot below, where the same SUM formula is entered in cells A9 to A13: Note. The above custom time formats work for positive values only. If the result of your time calculations is a negative number, e.g. when you are subtracting a bigger time from a smaller time, the result will be displayed as #####. To display negative times differently, please see custom format for negative time values.
Also, please keep in mind that the time format applied to a cell changes only the display presentation without changing the cell's value. For example, in the screenshot above, cell A13 looks like text, but in fact it's a usual time value, which is stored as a decimal in the internal Excel system. Meaning, you are free to refer to that cell in other formulas and calculations. For more information, please see How to calculate and show over 24 hours, 60 minutes, 60 seconds.
How to sum over 24 hours in Excel
Format
Displays as
Explanation
[h]:mm
30:10
Hours and minutes
[h]:mm:ss
30:10:20
Hours, minutes and seconds
[h] "hours", mm "minutes", ss "seconds"
30 hours, 10 minutes, 20 seconds
d h:mm:ss
1 06:10:20
Days, hours, minutes and seconds
d "day" h:mm:ss
1 day 06:10:20
d "day," h "hours," m "minutes and" s "seconds"
1 day, 6 hours, 10 minutes and 20 seconds
=SUM($B$2:$B$4)
Date & Time Formula Wizard - quick way to calculate times in Excel
Now that you know a bunch of different formulas to add and subtract times in Excel, let me show you the tool that can do it all. Okay, almost all :)
Here comes Ablebit's Date & Time Formula Wizard for Excel:
In the Date & Time Wizard dialog window, you switch to the Add or Subtract tab, depending on which operation you want to perform, and do the following:
- Click the Show time fields link in the left part of the window.
- Supply values or cell references for the formula arguments. As you fill in the argument boxes, the wizard builds the formula in the selected cell.
- When finished, click the Insert Formula
That's it! For example, this is how you can add the specified number of hours, minutes and seconds to the time in A4:
If you need to copy the formula to other cells, fix all references except the cell containing the original time (A4) with the $ sign like shown in the screenshot below (by default, the wizard always uses relative references). Then double-click the fill handle to copy the formula down the column and you are good to go!
Besides time calculations, the wizard can also add and subtract dates, get the difference between two dates, and calculate age from the birthdate.
If you are curious to try this tool in your own worksheets, you are welcome to download the evaluation version of our Ultimate Suite below.
This is how you calculate time in Excel worksheets. To learn other ways to manipulate dates and times in Excel, I encourage you to check out the resources at the end of this article. I thank you for reading and hope to see you on our blog next week!
Available downloads
Excel Time Calculations - formula examples (.xlsx file)
Ultimate Suite - trial version (.exe file)
1021 comments
I have a list of dates and times and need to total the number of entries that have the same hours:minutes (within a date). I'm having trouble comparing as with different seconds the cells are different even if the view (HH:MM) is the same and comparing the difference doesn't work if one is 8:23:45 and the next is 8:24:12 is there a way to subtract the seconds so there is always comparable minutes? The list is in ascending order.
Hello Steve!
If your data is written in column F, then you can use the formula to count duplicate hours and minutes
=SUMPRODUCT(--(HOUR($F$2:$F$6)=HOUR($F$2)), --(MINUTE($F$2:$F$6)=MINUTE($F$2)))
and then copy it down along the column.
You can read about finding duplicates here.
I have a timesheet and I would like to have a calculation that subtracts the end time worked from the start time worked but have it subtract 30 minutes if it is over 6 hours elapsed and also subtract 30 additional minutes if it is over 8 hours elapsed. We have part time and full time staff. There are also some full time staff who work longer hours and get an hour for lunch instead of a half hour. I have tried to modify this:
=IF(ISERR(O28-N28),N28,MOD(O28-N28,1)-(MOD(O28-N28,1)*24>6)/48)
which subtracts the 30 minutes but does not account for the staff that stays longer and takes an hour lunch.
I have this
=TEXT(O28-N28, "h:mm")-("0:30")
but it just assumes the calculation is over 8 hours and subtracts 30 minutes.
I am stuck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hello Jennifer!
I’m sorry but your task is not entirely clear to me. For me to be able to help you better, please describe your task in more detail. What data do you want to use to change your formula? Give an example of the source data and the expected result.
It’ll help me understand it better and find a solution for you. Thank you.
Hi, I just want to simply be able to subtract times in order to get the number of hours worked. For example, in the first column is 10:00 AM (A1), in the second column is is 2:20 PM (B1). I tried doing =B1-A1 to get the total hours, but the resulting cell is showing me 4:20 AM. How do I convert this cell into an actual number of hours, and not formatted in that way?
Go to the cell in question (the one that is showing you 4:20 AM) and then go to Number Format, scroll down to More Number Formats, (alternatively you can just right click, then click Format Cells), on the Number tab click TIME, under "Type" click 13:30. This will give you your answer in the format I think you want: 4:20 meaning 4 hours and 20 minutes worked.
Mr. Trifuntov,
I'm creating an excel file to manage the shifts of a restaurant and I'm having trouble to manage sums. The working shifts in most cases are divided in two (morning - evening). The columns represent the days of the week. For each worker / day I have four cells (morning (entry/exit) - evening (entry/exit). The problem arises when I don't include information in all the cells (because it is a day off/ the restaurant is close or the worker makes a continuous shift. The result in this case gives me as a result 00:00. When I want to calculate the total working hours during the week (sum) computes the 00:00 as 24 hours. What I can do to resolve this issue?.
Many thanks in advance for your time, availability and expertise.
Hello Xabier!
To show time in a cell for more than 24 hours, set the time format to "37:30:55"
For me to be able to help you better, please describe your task in more detail. Please specify what formula you used and what problem or error occurred. Give an example of the source data and the expected result.
It’ll help me understand it better and find a solution for you. Thank you.
Dear sir I am having 80 customer around the world from - india how I can know the time of that cotumer to whome I want to talk, I know if my cutomer is in Totanto a time is GMT -5.30 and Totanto time is -4 how I will calculate in excel. Sheet. And same with other customers.please explain
Hello!
Unfortunately, Excel's time functions cannot calculate time according to time zones.
I want a formula for vehichle down time. The vehicle duty time is 08:am to 07:59pm. Then the vehicle down for continuous 3 days( 4th may 2020 11:35 am to 7th may 2020 06:20 pm). Then how many hours and minutes down in per day calculation.
Hello!
If the first date is written in cell A1, and the second in cell A2, then the formula
=(A2-A1)/number_of_days
Set the time format to "37:30:55" in the cell with the formula
Hi Alex, I need to calculate the hours between two dates but excluding the holidays or weekends.Please help
Hello Malcolm!
You need Excel NETWORKDAYS.INTL function, Read the instruction here
Hi Alexander,
May i know what formula do i use if i want the leftover number of minutes (don't need hours) for the below scenario and what format should i set it to?
START BREAK TIME: 13:15 (IN 24HOURS)
END BREAK TIME: 13:30
TOTAL TAKEN: 0:15 (MINUTES)
LEFTOVER NUMBER OF MINUTES (IF I'M GIVEN 30MIN OF BREAK TIME): ?
Thanks in advance :)
in another words, i have recorded the break time used which is 0:15 minutes after subtracting a time from another time. i need a formula to show how much time is left if break time is given for 30 min.
thanks again!
Hello!
Read carefully here
Hello!
To subtract time in Excel, use the usual subtraction formula =A2-A1
You can use other methods of calculating the time difference, which are indicated in the instructions above.
Please go to Format Cells, choose Number -> Custom Format and set
mm:ss
In this case, the number of minutes will not exceed 60
Looking to calualte the duration between today's date and the date something was entered into my system
i.e. created date 06/01/2019 -looking for length of time between whatever inputted date verus todays date, can some one help with the formula please?
Hello!
Use the DATEDIF function to find the difference between dates. Detailed instructions can be found here.
Trying to subtract one time from another ... including milliseconds and microseconds.
Format is HH:MM:SS.mmm µµµ
Example: 15:57:53.529 016 - 15:57:52.896 516 = 0.6325
Any help would be most greatly 'preciated!
If the time difference is negative, add 1 day (24 hours)
=IF(B3 > B1,B1-B3+1,B1-B3)
To the start time you need to add 1 day.
I hope it’ll be helpful.
hello. suppose i want to calculate OT hrs where staff sign in time is 9:00am and signout time is 3:00 pm. total working hrs is 6. after deducting 4 hrs which is compulsary to work, how could i find the exact time when OT starts? what will be the formula.
thank you for the help in advance
Hello!
If A1 is the start time, B1 is the end time, then OT in cell C1
=B1-A1-TIME(4,0,0)
I hope this will help, otherwise please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.
Sir
the start time and end time in single cell how to calculate. i.e.
07:00-19:00
22:00-2:00
i need to reduce 1 hr. where working hors are more then 8 and 30 min where working hours are less then 8.
Hello!
Divide the time into two cells using this instruction: How to split cells in Excel: Text to Columns, Flash Fill and formulas.
You will receive the time as text. You can convert text to time using a math operation like:
=--LEFT(A1,5)
Find the time difference using the recommendations in the article above.
I am trying to figure out how to subtract time in excel. For example, I have to complete 250 hours of course work this summer. I am wanting to subtract the total hours I currently have from 250 hours, to come up with the number of hours I have remaining. I have 13:45 hours right now and can't seem to get the formula right to subtract that from 250 hours.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Hello Erin!
To record time in a cell more than 24:00:00, use the time format "37:30:55". Next apply regular subtraction
=B1-A1
I hope this will help, otherwise please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.
I'm racking my brain trying to figure this one out. I'm running a compliance audit whereby I need to work out how much time is worked before 6 AM and how much time is worked after. In other words, if my candidate worked from 1 AM to 9 AM, I need to be able to return a result that tells me 5 hours were worked before 6 AM. Any help is warmly appreciated.
Hello Adam!
If I understand your task correctly, the following formula should work for you:
=IF(A7 > TIME(6,0,0),TIME(6,0,0)-A7+1, TIME(6,0,0)-A7)
I hope this will help
I want to substract 8:00hrs in cell 1 from 4:00hrs in cell2 and also if cell 2 value is 9:00hrs so result should be zero.
Please help with query.
Hello!
If I understand your task correctly, the following formula should work for you:
=IF(M2 <> TIME(9,0,0),IF(M2 < M1,M2-M1+1,M2-M1),0)
Hope this is what you need.
Hi, I want to calculate the elapsed time students attended my class online. The report shows the time in a format like this:
2020-05-12 15:41:08
When I subtract the value of the two cells, I give #VALUE! error. I need the results in h:mm format. I appreciate it if you could help me with a solution.
Hello Alireza!
Most likely, you have a non-printable character in front of the date. You cannot see him. This often happens when importing data from other programs into Excel.
Try using the CLEAN function:
= CLEAN(C2) -CLEAN(B2)
I hope this will help, otherwise please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.
Dear Alex!
Thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately, it doesn't solve the problem. The same #VALUE! error exists.
Hello! I need to calculate the time between 05-05-2020, 07:16:58 and 05-05-2020, 07:17:02. This is how it is populated on a report I download. I have tried =C11-B11 as a suggestion and also =TEXT(C11-B11,"d:h:mm:ss"), but I think the comma after date is causing issues.
Hello Sheree L!
The formula below will do the trick for you:
=DATEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE(B1,",",""))+TIMEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE(B1,",","")) - DATEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,",",""))-TIMEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,",",""))
or
=SUBSTITUTE(B2,",","")-SUBSTITUTE(A1,",","")
Remember to set the time format in this cell.
I hope it’ll be helpful.
Hi,
I have issue where I am entering time as text as we want to enter 9:00am in it's simplest form as 900 but have set format to 00":"00 which works well until you do calcualtions and sum totals.
I have a spreadsheet with 2 examples on it but not sure if I can send to you:-
!) entering time as text
2) entering time as time
both have there issues. We need to enter start time, end time then set a default for 30 min break which can be over typed with longer break (or if less than 5 hours worked no break) and sum the days paid hours.
Hope you are able to give me some guideance on this.
thanks, Chris
hello Chris!
I'm sorry, it is not very clear what result you want to get. If you enter the number 900 in a cell, then you can convert it to time in another cell. Regardless of the format, a number, not time, will remain in this cell. Could you please describe your task in more detail and send us a small sample workbook with the source data and expected result to support@ablebits.com? Please shorten your tables to 10-20 rows/columns and include the link to your blog comment.
In A1 i have a start time as 21:30:00 and in A2 an end time of 08:55:00 and have the formula of =IF(A2<A1,A1-A2+24,A2-A1)in A3; however A3 calculates as 12:35. Cells A1 and A2 set to [h]:mm:ss. Cells in A3 set to h:mm. I need A3 to calculate the actual time between 21:30 the previous evening to 08:55 the next morning in h:mm as the time of travel is through the night.
Thanks.
Note: A3 should calculate to 11:25 (11 hours and 25 minutes) elapsed time since commecing at 21:30:00, but calculates AS 12:35 (12 hours and 35 minutes).
Thanks for your support.
Hello Austin!
If I understand your task correctly, the following formula should work for you:
=IF(A1 > A2,A2-A1+1,A2-A1)
I hope this will help, otherwise please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.
Hi
I have made a simple work schedule to show when each colleagues shift will be.
I have a single cell displaying their start and end time (eg 10:00-14:00).
the next column is for the number of hours in their shift.
Is there a way I can get it to work out the number of hours in the shift automatically, or would I have to have a start and finish time in separate columns.
I use the same sheet to print and put on the notice board so need it reader friendly.
thanks!
Hello Louise!
Of course, it’s better to record the start time and end time in two different columns. But in your case, you can use the following formula:
=TIMEVALUE(MID(A10,FIND("-",A10,1)+1, LEN(A10)-FIND("-",A10,1))) - TIMEVALUE(LEFT(A10,FIND("-",A10,1)-1))
Remember to apply the time format to the cell with this formula.
I hope it’ll be helpful.
Hy. The formula works. I have the same schedule format. But how do I sum up with this formula for multiple days to get the final time number?
Hello!
You need to find the sum of the cells and the original time (12:10, etc.). Use the guidelines from the "How to sum over 24 hours in Excel" section above.
I hope this will help
How do you calculate the difference of day and time between days into minutes in one cell?
for example:
I have a email that came in last night at 8:30pm and i answered to the email at 10:30am the next day. How many minutes is in between of my response time?
Also if it was during the weekend days how would it calculate the time?
Hello Roxy!
I recommend reading the first part of the above article, 'How to calculate time difference in Excel', to answer your question.
To be able to show more than 24 hours in a cell, please use this time format: "37:30:55". You can find it in the list of Excel time formats.
If Saturday and Sunday are traditionally considered to be days off, it is possible to exclude those 2 days from calculations with the help of this formula:
=IF(WEEKDAY(A3) < WEEKDAY(A2),A3-A2-2,0)