Networkdays function not working?
I'm trying to calculate the number of weekdays between 1-27-2013 (cell h3) and 6-11-2013 (cell L3). I have the formula =networkdays(H3,L3) with no holidays. the problem is when I format the result cell as a number it gives me 97. When I try to format as dd:hh:mm it gives me 06:00:00. Can someone please explain this and how I can correct it so the format reads 97:00:00?
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It won't work as you want.
The dd format will only work up to the number of days in a specific month.
The reason you're getting 6:00:00 is because the number 97 is the date serial number for Apr 6 1900.
The best you can do is have the formula return the TEXT string 97:00:00.
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I've tried =text(NETWORKDAYS(H3,L3), dd:hh:mm), but this doesn't seem to work either. Is it not right?
welcome to the forum. as Tony mentioned, using dd wouldn't work at all. have you tried formatting dates to a custom format before? say you have 1jan2013
d-mmm-yy
will show
1-Jan-13
dd-mmm-yy
will show
01-Jan-13
so the furthest it can go to is 31. and like what Tony mentioned, the number 97 actually represents a Date if you format as such. 1 is 1 Jan 1900. 2 is 2 Jan 1900. so when it reaches 97, it is 6 Apr 1900. so dd-mmm-yy will give you
06-Apr-00
NETWORKDAYS is not going to give you hours & minutes, so your last 2 sets of 0s are always 0s. so maybe just:
=TEXT(NETWORKDAYS(H3,L3),"00")&":00:00"
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Thanks for your responses. Neither worked. also I'm guessing that since I'm trying to format text that I won't be able to perform math functions. I may just have to deal with formatting as a number.
Again thank you for your help.
benishiryo's formula returns a TEXT string so yes, you are correct.Originally Posted by sherringtonjr
Good luck!
You can continue to use the standard networkdays function to return 97
Apply a custom format of
##":00:00"
you could multiply it by 10000 then custom format as
00\:00\:00 remembering to divide again by 10000 in subsequent calculations
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