problem adding

rvnwdr · #1 06-08-2005, 02:01 PM

I am having a problem with adding a column of time values.

Column e has the time called out and is formated as Time 13:00.
Column f has the time in and is formated as Time 13:00.
Column g adds the total time which has a formula of -
=if(f10>e10,f10-e10,1-(e10-f10))

Then I have Column g adding up to give me a total of time. It is formated as Number. The formula is g=sum(g8:g26)*24

This all works great as long as there is actual time entered. However when the cells in e & f as blank it still enters a total as it is taking it as 0:00 which it is counting it as 24:00.

Can anyone tell me how to get around this problem? I would like to display the total as 0 if there are no times entered. My spread sheet has 20 rows in which I can enter information if needed otherwise they sit blank....

Thanks

#2 06-08-2005, 03:05 PM

You are wrong, it is your formula in G that creates this error, if the time
fields are empty your formula returns 1 which is the same as 24 hours, change
the formula in G to (I am using your example in G10)

=MOD(E10-F10,1)

or if I misunderstood you

=MOD(End_time-Start_time)

that is regardless if the end time technically is less than the start time,
another way which maybe makes more sense

=E10-F10+(E10<F10)

having said that I find it odd that you use E as end time and F as start time
I would say 99% of excel users would put IN in E and END in F

regardless, if I misunderstood just reverse the cells but these formulas
will work

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"rvnwdr" wrote:

>
> I am having a problem with adding a column of time values.
>
> Column e has the time called out and is formated as Time 13:00.
> Column f has the time in and is formated as Time 13:00.
> Column g adds the total time which has a formula of -
> =if(f10>e10,f10-e10,1-(e10-f10))
>
> Then I have Column g adding up to give me a total of time. It is
> formated as Number. The formula is g=sum(g8:g26)*24
>
> This all works great as long as there is actual time entered. However
> when the cells in e & f as blank it still enters a total as it is
> taking it as 0:00 which it is counting it as 24:00.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to get around this problem? I would like to
> display the total as 0 if there are no times entered. My spread sheet
> has 20 rows in which I can enter information if needed otherwise they
> sit blank....
>
> Thanks
>
>
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#3 06-08-2005, 03:05 PM

One way, if I understand you correctly:

G10: =IF(COUNT(E10:F10)<2,0,MOD(F10-E10,1))
Gtot: =IF(COUNT(G8:G26)>0,SUM(G8:G26)*24,"")

Format G8:G26 as time.
Format Gtot with Format/Cells/Number/Custom [h]:mm

In article <rvnwdr.1qbhub_1118250304.4176@excelforum-nospam.com>,
rvnwdr <rvnwdr.1qbhub_1118250304.4176@excelforum-nospam.com> wrote:

> I am having a problem with adding a column of time values.
>
> Column e has the time called out and is formated as Time 13:00.
> Column f has the time in and is formated as Time 13:00.
> Column g adds the total time which has a formula of -
> =if(f10>e10,f10-e10,1-(e10-f10))
>
> Then I have Column g adding up to give me a total of time. It is
> formated as Number. The formula is g=sum(g8:g26)*24
>
> This all works great as long as there is actual time entered. However
> when the cells in e & f as blank it still enters a total as it is
> taking it as 0:00 which it is counting it as 24:00.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to get around this problem? I would like to
> display the total as 0 if there are no times entered. My spread sheet
> has 20 rows in which I can enter information if needed otherwise they
> sit blank....
>
> Thanks

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