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    How to Convert a General Number to Time

    Hello All,

    Cell C22 = 325 (seconds)

    Cell C21 should equal =5:25 (5 minutes 25 seconds)

    Dividing C22 by 60 seconds = 5.42 but can't figure out despite using all the different time formats in the Number drop down menu to = 5:25

    Thank you!

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    Re: How to Convert a General Number to Time

    Times are stored in Excel as fractions of a day, so you need to convert your time in seconds to a fraction of a day (t/3600/24) or use the TIME() function (https://support.office.com/en-us/art...e-747d0b8d5457 ). Something like this should help you understand how dates and times are stored in Excel. http://www.cpearson.com/Excel/datetime.htm#SerialDates
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    Re: How to Convert a General Number to Time

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    Re: How to Convert a General Number to Time

    MrShorty,

    Thank you for your input. I tried the formula (time/3600/24) = .00376 then converted it to one of Time formats and it worked! Returning a time of 5:25.

    Appreciate your help!

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    Re: How to Convert a General Number to Time

    MrShorty,

    I guess I was premature in this working on all the cells in this sequence. It worked for 2 more cells, one containing 452 seconds, the other 507 seconds but the next one with 533 seconds didn't work? Not sure what went wrong?

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    Re: How to Convert a General Number to Time

    MrShorty,

    Figured out why those other cells didn't work.....the seconds in those cells were estimated derived by formula that was overwritten.

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