Comments on: Show time over 24 hours, 60 minutes, 60 seconds in Excel

When subtracting and adding time in Excel, you may sometimes want to display the resulting time intervals over 24 hours in the hh:mm format, over 60 minutes in the mm:ss format, and over 60 seconds in the ss format. The task is a lot easier than it may sound, and you will know the solution in a moment. Continue reading →

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  1. I have a spread sheet one cell has employee’s dispatch time (military time) example 23:59 (11:59 pm) the next cell has employee’s arrival time example 00:20 (12:20 am).
    Dispatch on one day, arrives a few minutes later (21 minutes) the following day.
    I have figured out the rest of the spread sheet with your help, however these two cells, as soon as I calculated them I get the death formula symbol of ####### any help would be appreciated.
    Thanks for your valuable time. Pat

  2. Good evening sir,
    I have downloaded a file from online and the time is in the format of 000:56:30, 0101:34:66, 132:43:00, 000:34:32, 0345:56:34, 0056:12:35 and so on in this format. While selecting the columns the task bar is showing count of numbers only but not sum of the time and the average. I have used TEXT(Value,"[H]:MM:SS") and after that used TIMEVALUE of that function and it is showing as #Value. I have tried using TIME(HOUR,MINUTES,SECOND) it is showing as #value. Please solve the above problem. I will post u file to Email also if you provide email. Pls solve it.Sir,
    I want to get total sum and sorting of these column in ascending or descending order sir.

    Hi,
    To convert the text 0345: 56: 34 to time, convert the text to a number. For example, if this text is written in cell A1, use the formula

    =--A1 you have given this reply sir.

    Sir I have used the formula it is giving the result #Value. Please provide your email I'd so that I can send file to you sir. Or please send me an email so as to send the file to you sir.

  3. I was able to come up with this formula however now I cannot find my duplicate. I think I've been looking at this for too long. Any suggestions??

    I'm coming up with: 2 months 18 daysG 18daysJ 22 hrs 18 min

    IF(L76936<60,TEXT(MOD(L76936,2592000)/86400,CHOOSE(MATCH(L76936,{60,3600,86400},1),"[m] ""min""","[h] ""hrs"" m ""min""", "d ""daysA ""h ""hrs"" m ""min""")),IF(L76936<3600, TEXT(MOD(L76936,2592000)/86400,CHOOSE(MATCH(L76936,{60,3600,86400},1),"[m] ""min""","[h] ""hrs"" m ""min""", "d ""daysB ""h ""hrs"" m ""min""")), IF(L76936<86400, TEXT(MOD(L76936,2592000)/86400,CHOOSE(MATCH(L76936,{60,3600,86400},1),"[m] ""min""","[h] ""hrs"" m ""min""", "d ""daysC ""h ""hrs"" m ""min""")), IF(L769361," daysD ", " dayE ") & TEXT(MOD(L76936,2592000)/86400,CHOOSE(MATCH(L76936,{60,3600,86400},1),"[m] ""min""","[h] ""hrs"" m ""min""", "d ""daysF ""h ""hrs"" m ""min""")), ROUNDDOWN(L76936/2592000,0) & IF(ROUNDDOWN(L76936/2592000,0)>1, " months ", " month ") & ROUNDDOWN(MOD(L76936,2592000)/86400,0) & IF(ROUNDDOWN(L76936/86400,0)>1," daysG ", " dayH ") & TEXT(MOD(L76936,2592000)/86400,CHOOSE(MATCH(L76936,{60,3600,86400},1),"[m] ""min""","[h] ""hrs"" m ""min""", "d ""daysJ ""h ""hrs"" m ""min"""))))))

    Thank you

    1. Did come up with this formula but now get a preceding 0 in days when I have 685984 seconds. I would like to eliminate the 0.

      Result: 07 days 22 hrs 33 min

      IF(ISERROR(IF(L76953<60,TEXT(MOD(L76953,2592000)/86400,CHOOSE(MATCH(L76953,{60,3600,86400},1),"[m] ""min""","[h] ""hrs"" m ""min""","d ""days ""h ""hrs"" m ""min""")))),0,IF(L76953<60,TEXT(MOD(L76953,2592000)/86400,CHOOSE(MATCH(L76953,{60,3600,86400},1),"[m] ""min""","[h] ""hrs"" m ""min""","d ""days ""h ""hrs"" m ""min""")),IF(L76953<3600,TEXT(MOD(L76953,2592000)/86400,CHOOSE(MATCH(L76953,{60,3600,86400},1),"[m] ""min""","[h] ""hrs"" m ""min""","d ""days ""h ""hrs"" m ""min""")),IF(L76953<86400,TEXT(MOD(L76953,2592000)/86400,CHOOSE(MATCH(L76953,{60,3600,86400},1),"[m] ""min""","[h] ""hrs"" m ""min""","d ""days ""h ""hrs"" m ""min""")),IF(L769531," months "," month ")&TEXT(MOD(L76953,2592000)/86400,CHOOSE(MATCH(L76953,{60,3600,86400},1),"[m] ""min""","[h] ""hrs"" m ""min""","d ""days ""h ""hrs"" m ""min""")))))))

      1. And 2424119 seconds displays as 028 days 1 hrs 21 min

  4. Could you please assist? I am trying to convert seconds to months, days, hours and mins however if it cannot be converted to months then days hours and mins will do. Currently, I have 6819518 seconds which comes to 2months 18days 22hours 18min or 78days 22hours 18min. This is the formula I have currently am using however it becomes an issue when there is more than 30 days. I tried changing 86400 to 2592000 but not yielding the results I need. Any help is greatly, greatly appreciated!!

    IF(ISERROR(TEXT(A1/86400,CHOOSE(MATCH(A1,{60,3600,86400},1),"[m] ""min""","[h] ""hrs"" m ""min""", "d ""days ""h ""hrs"" m ""min"""))), 0, TEXT(A1/86400,CHOOSE(MATCH(A1,{60,3600,86400},1),"[m] ""min""","[h] ""hrs"" m ""min""", "d ""days ""h ""hrs"" m ""min""")))

    1. Hello!
      To convert seconds to days, hours, minutes and seconds, use these formulas:
      days (in G3)
      =INT(E2/(60*60*24))

      hours (in H3)
      =INT(E2/(60*60))-G3*24

      minutes (in I3)
      =INT(E2/60)-G3*24*60-H3*60

      seconds (in J3)
      =--RIGHT(E2,2)

      I hope it’ll be helpful.

  5. Good evening sir,
    I have downloaded a file from online and the time is in the format of 000:56:30, 0101:34:66, 132:43:00, 000:34:32, 0345:56:34, 0056:12:35 and so on in this format. While selecting the columns the task bar is showing count of numbers only but not sum of the time and the average. I have used TEXT(Value,"[H]:MM:SS") and after that used TIMEVALUE of that function and it is showing as #Value. I have tried using TIME(HOUR,MINUTES,SECOND) it is showing as #value. Please solve the above problem. I will post u file to Email also if you provide email. Pls solve it.
    Thank you.

    1. Hello!
      Explain what result you would like to get from these text values - 0101:34:66, 132:43:00, 0345:56:34 ?

      1. Sir
        I want to have the sum of those column in time format and want to have sort in ascending or descending order

      2. Sir,
        I want to get total sum and sorting of these column in ascending or descending order sir.

        1. Hi,
          To convert the text 0345: 56: 34 to time, convert the text to a number. For example, if this text is written in cell A1, use the formula

          =--A1

          Please check out this article to learn how to convert text to number with formula and other ways.

          1. Sir I have used the formula it is giving the result #Value. Please provide your email I'd so that I can send file to you sir. Or please send me an email so as to send the file to you sir.

            1. Hello!
              Use the following formula:

              =IF(LEFT(A1,2)="00",--MID(A1,3,20),--A1)

              Please note that 0101:34:66 is not the time. There are no 66 seconds.

  6. I am looking to identify the total minutes for the following that has been split into days, hours, minutes, seconds: in the format of 01:04:56:05
    01 - in theory 24 hours
    04 - 4 hours
    56 - minutes
    05 - seconds
    I should be able to see: 1736 minutes

    1. Hello!
      To convert hours into minutes, you must first multiply the specified time by 60 (the number of minutes in one hour), then by 24 (the number of hours in one day). In other words, we need to multiply time by 1440.
      I believe the following formula will help you solve your task:

      =TIMEVALUE(MID(A1,4,20))*1440+60*24*(--LEFT(A1,2))

      Hope this is what you need.

  7. How to add 6 hour 24 min 40 secs + 2 hours 39 min 30 secs

  8. How easy was that...?! Beautifully explained and so easy to follow. Thank you for the first rate help.

  9. Hi guys,

    I have a start time of 18:00 and end time is 01:00 the next day, when I calculate = End time - Start time I get a negative value of -17 instead of 7 hours . Which formula to use to to get the correct positive value of 6?

  10. Thank you after struggling to find it in the Excel help. 30 seconds of searching on Google and reading your article fixed it.

  11. Hi excel specialist
    How can I change from excel format from 24-00 to 24.00. what is the formula
    Pls. advise thanks in advance hope to hear from anyone.

  12. Setting up a time card, I have 9 columns, 3 sets of IN time and OUT time. I can get columns to add up using a 24 hour format when it's a low vs a high hour such as IN:0600 / OUT:1600 for a total of 10 hours. However, what I can't figure out is how to formulate In:2000 / OUT:0600 for a total of 10 hours as the amount of time worked was 10 hours.

    I know out how to get it to auto sum hours worked when I format the cell (mm/dd/yyyy h:mm) but that over populates the time card and makes it a lot harder to read. Is there a way to auto calculate the total hours worked using (h:mm) and auto sum the 3 column sets into a single total hours worked regardless of what day and time they clocked in?

    My crews work 24 hour rotating shifts logging between 8 to 14 hours at a time. They also check out between the start and end of the shift and have to clock back in.

    For Example; IN-19:00 (Begin Shift) OUT-24:00 (30 Min Meal) / IN-00-30 OUT-0330 (30 Min Rest) / IN-0400 OUT-0600 (Time to go Home) Total time worked: 10 Hours

    I want to set up a time card they can just put in the time they clock in and the time they clock out to simplify their lives. It'll also help keep from displaying unnecessary data for our finance clerk and speed the processing of payroll up.

    1. Hello Rick!
      If the end time is longer than the start time, then you need to add 1 day to their difference

      =IF(A1 > A2,A2-A1+1,A2-A1)

      If you need the number of hours to be more than 24, use the custom format [h]:mm:ss.
      I hope this will help, otherwise please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.

  13. Kindly help this condition
    my job time 9:00 am and grace time start 9:15 am
    I want to calculate 9:16 am to start late time in minutes

    reply

  14. I want to calculate the attendance sheet but the hours total in not coming right.
    ... .. but when i get the total time it gives wrong answer. i have change formatting using different time format but did not get the right answer.
    Please help me to solve this problem. total weekly hours 8 to 4 pm (wait for your reply)
    regard.
    Maqsood
    time in Time out time in time out
    8:30 3:45 8:00 4:00

    1. Hello!
      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. Please specify what you were trying to find, 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.

  15. Hi,
    I have a data dump from a scheduling system that displays the time in excel as follows:
    1.00:48:34 - I am reading this as 1 day, 48 minutes, 34 seconds.
    1.10:19:09 - 1 day, 10 hours, 19 minutes and 9 seconds.
    When I try to add these cells in Excel, I get nothing. What time format can I convert these to and/or what formula could I use?

    1. Hello Alan!
      If I got you right, the formula below will help you with your task:

      =LEFT(A1,FIND(".",A1,1)-1)+TIMEVALUE(RIGHT(A1,8))

      Please go to Format Cells, choose Number -> Custom Format and set

      d"d."h"h."mm"m."ss"s."

      I hope this will help, otherwise please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.

  16. Hi, I'm trying to subtract 2 hours from 01:30:00. It should give me 23:30:00 but I keep getting an "#########" answer.

    1. Hello Stan!
      If the end time is greater than the start time, the following formula should work for you:

      =IF(B3 > B1,B1-B3+1,B1-B3)

      To the start time you need to add 1 day.
      I hope it’ll be helpful.

  17. How do I get 1 hour to show as 60 minutes in excel? Example: it shows 1:00:00.0 currently but would like it to show 60:00.0 instead.

    1. Hello Adam!
      Please go to Format Cells, choose Number -> Custom Format and set
      [mm]:ss.0;@

      I hope this will help, otherwise please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.

  18. HOW CAN I CONVERT 110.5HRS TO DAYS / HOURS / MINUTES IN EXCEL FORMULA

    PLEASE HELP

    1. Hello Jerry!
      Please use the following formula
      =A1/24
      Then go to Format Cells, choose Number -> Custom Format and set
      dd:hh:mm;@
      or
      dd"d." hh"h."mm"m.";@

  19. Thankyou so much for valuable information. It's working obsolutely fine.

  20. After Computing the formula i got Month 1 Total Extra Hours Worked A1= 17 hours, and computing month 2 total Extra hours Worked A2 = -5 Hours. Now please tell me the formula for getting 17 hrs (-) -5 hrs. How to get 12 hrs as answer.

  21. Thnaks so much

  22. I need to subtract dates and time where the numerator is MM/DD/YY HH:MM (military time, cell = O8) is in one cell and the denominator is in two separate cells one for date (cell = A8) the other for time (cell = W8).

  23. Very useful and helpful explanation and information.TQ

  24. I have 4 machines, which run for few hours in a shift,I note down the number of hours of breakdown/ idle time (In hours) for each machine individually. At the end i want to calculate run time of "all the machines combined" by subtracting the " SUM of idle times of all machines" from 32 hours.

    Please suggest a suitable formula/ technique for the same

  25. Hi I am trying to create a time sheet that displays elasped time between start time and end time. I have times that cross over 24 hours, where the end time is smaller than the start time. I have been using =mod(end time - start time,1). However this does not work when subtracting a smaller end time from a start time on another date. Is there one formula that I could use for all types of subtraction of time that would also capture the smaller end time - larger start time crossing over 24 hours?

  26. I am trying to show my kid when he improves in his swimming times. It is all good when he improves. Formula works great. But, if he did not improve the formula does not work. For example: last month it took him 00:36.55 (milliseconds) to swim 50 yards. This month it took him 00:35.70. So, he improved 00:00.85.
    But, if the numbers are opposite and he did worse the formula will not give me the negative number I am looking for. 00:35.70 - 00:36.85 = -00:00.85
    All cells are formatted mm:ss.00;@
    Is there a way to show a negative number in time when deducting?

  27. When I use custom format to represent times greater than 24 hours, the [h]:mm:ss displays 575:00:00.
    Why the addition of 551 hours to the total?

    1. Because the [h]:mm actually requires that you convert the total hours to DAYS.fraction. So take (calculated hours)/24. to display with [h]:mm format

  28. this is a time related query.
    when i do 23:59 - 23:30, i get an answer as 29 minutes formula=(b1-a1)*1440
    when i do 00:15 - 23:59, i get a negative with same formula, this is the problem.
    solution required = how do i get the number of minutes? which should be 16 minutes.
    Look forward to getting a solution, thanking everyone for their inputs!
    :)

  29. I have a question, If I have 01:40am and i want to minus 20:55:00pm what is the correct formula I need in order for it to see I have gone into the next day? I have tried and it will give me a -19... I need it to see that it is a 24hr period

  30. Hi, I had a similar problem working with time. For 24 hours Excel stores this as 1 day, 0 hours. My solution was to convert everything to seconds and work from there. If you have formatted as days, multiply by 86400 (seconds in a day), if you have formatted as hours, multiply by 3600 (seconds) in an hour, etc.

  31. Hi, i need help please. I have data that auto loads daily at 5pm. The process is broken into 2 parts (ETL1 and ETL2). ETL1 starts at 5pm till 11pm and ETL2 starts at 11 till 4 am. at 7 am i run a script to check if everything ran. each row has a start and end date time. i would like to flag all data after 5pm yesterday as todays data. Currently when i filter on today, i only see the rows where the date is after 00:00

  32. I got it

  33. Hi, I am trying to produce an hourly blood pressure chart in Excel. How do I enter and how do I display the hourly entry of each observation please?

  34. Hi,
    I am trying to get a series of value for a column with datetime datatype showing seconds over 60 seconds. For Instance, take the example as "23-06-2019 14:30:59". When I am trying to use the custom format as "dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm:[s]" then it is giving error and throwing some decimal number for "23-06-2019 14:30:60" or "23-06-2019 14:30:61". Can anyone please help me out to get the correct logic for the same
    Thanks!

  35. Im really confused because this all seems like it should be easy but I just dont get the correct result.
    Example: Start time is 08:40 (A1)
    Current time is 10:45 (B1)
    Time difference 02:05 (C1)
    in D1 I have =C1*1440 but the result is 62,860,445
    and I know thats not how many minutes are between 8:40 and 10:45
    My Current time cell uses =NOW(), could that be the issue?
    Many thanks

  36. Hi,
    I am trying to get the difference of the total breaks that my agent is taking. Can anyone tell me here the exact formula in google sheets for this pleaseee 60 minutes minus 00:55:00+00:15:23+00:24:56.

    1. Hi Romel,

      if I get it correctly, I believe you can enter these values to your cells (for example, 00:60:00 to A1; 00:55:00 to A2; and so on), apply Duration format to them, and create a simple formula like this: =(A2+A3+A4)-A1
      Then set Duration format to the resulting cell as well and you'll see a difference of 00:35:19.

  37. Hi,

    I have this two time duration in text format(HH:MM:SS). I am trying to add both and find the total time duration of the activity. However the values are not reflecting correctly. It is showing as 0:00 only.
    01:40:00
    00:05:00
    Can anyone please me in understanding the issue.

  38. how to calculate total running hours
    ex:
    last month running Hrs. xxxx (format cell - [H]:mm)
    but if I enter more then 4 digit total running Hrs. cell show #VALUE!
    Last Month R/HRS 1358:06
    TOTAL R/HRS 1358:06
    TOTAL ACCUMULATED RUNNING HRS 1358:06 [=SUM(B31+B32)]
    But if enter 5 digit show #VALUE!
    Last Month R/HRS 13580:06
    TOTAL R/HRS 13580:06
    TOTAL ACCUMULATED RUNNING HRS #VALUE! [=SUM(B31+B32)]
    Please help me to resoles this error

  39. I am trying to figure out how to add a remainder of time to a total.
    Example: time in 8:00 am, time out 5:00 pm = total time 9:00 hours. Allowed 0:30 minute paid break but went over (0:47). How do I add the 0:17 minutes to the total time if allowed time goes over 0,30,0

    Thank you

  40. Hi, i have a questions,
    Start date 31/1/2019 10:00:00am and End Date 01/02/2019 11:00:00am
    i tried to minus =End date-Start date, but it shows me #value! anyway to solve this?
    The cell i need it formula to be [h]:mm:ss

  41. I searched all over youtube for a formula to show lapsed time from start time and couldn't find the answer. I knew there must be some simple formula, and you had it. Great directions, down to the important details. Many thanks, I took a couple hours trying to find the answer and in five minutes you showed me how. THANK YOU Svetlana for your help. Excel angel!

  42. if i create 1st date column 2nd, 3rd time column and 4th column again date. if we add 2nd and 3rd column times and get less than 24hrs then 4th column should reflect same date as of 1st column if it is more than 24hrs then 4th column date should be one more tha 1st column. please suggest any formula

    thanks in advanvce.

  43. I am trying to subtract talk time from one year over the next to see if there was a reduction or increase. It works fine if the time decreases but if there is an increase I get the below. 15:01-17:32
    give me ######## How do I get it to subtract and give me a negative result

  44. if value of a1 is 2 and value of p1 is 15how to fine vale of b1 c1 d1 e1

  45. This isn't working for me. When the total hits 24 hours it starts over; adding time that totals 28:30 shows a total of 4:30.

    I am certain both the cells I am adding and the cell I am putting the total in are formatted as custom h:mm.

    I am using Excel on an Office 365 subscription; Excel for Mac, version 15.32.

    Do you have any further guidance?

    1. Hi Josh,

      To get an "over 24 hours" custom format, you should enclose the hour code in square brackets. So, the total cell should be formatted [h]:mm

      1. Svetlana,
        i got it, thanks

      2. Hi Svetlana, can you give an exemple please? thanks

  46. Thank you. I figured out how to sum times in Excel, and I've almost figured out how to merge them into a Word document. I say "almost" because Word doesn't seem to be able to handle summed times greater than 24 hours (I'm summing total hours worked).

    I've tried every "switch" I can think of, and once the hours:minutes (32:12) goes beyond 24 hours, it will not longer display properly. Is it possible to merge such information to Word and have them display as they display in Excel? (I've not tried using a DDE link because it seems that Microsoft is moving away from this so I didn't want to get attached to something that will be phased out).

  47. plz solve this problem.
    how to calculate 24hours working format....

    the labours check in 10-09-2018 5:44AM and they check out next morning 11-09-2018 4:58AM....

    BREAK HOUR 2:30Hr
    NORMAL WORKING HOUR 08:00Hr....

  48. When I was doing the formula to add how many hours working in hours:minutes, for example 1.17 one day and next day 0.59 total should be showing 2.26 but formula is showing 1.76. How to make a formula if anything over 60 minutes should become a hour?

  49. Sir,
    I want to add 1 hour 30 minutes + 2 hour 50 min in XL sheet.please help me by the formula.

  50. I'm calculating staff OT for 5PM onward and just wanna show 30minute and above in the cell. Which function can be useful?

    If end time is 8:30 PM, i wanna see in the cell is 3:30 as OT and If the end if only 8:15PM. I wanna see in the cell is 3:00 a OT

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