I have a cell containing a time with a custom format with type h:mm AM/PM. The cell contents are displayed as: 6:55 PM
When a different cell refers to the above cell, the result is displayed as: 0.788194444444445
How can I get the result to be displayed as: 6:55 PM
Last edited by gcotterl; 07-02-2017 at 03:23 PM.
Copy the original and use Paste Special | Formats
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You neglect to say how the second cell "refers" to the first cell. Does the second cell have a text formula, e.g. ="Time is " & A1?Originally Posted by gcotterl
If so, change the formula to ="Time is " & TEXT(A1,"h:mm AM/PM").
If the second cell has a numeric formula, e.g. =A1, you might need to also format that cell as h:mm AM/PM.
Sometimes Excel is clever enough to "copy" the format of the referenced cell. Sometimes it is not. It might also depend on some Advanced Options settings, e.g. "Extend data range formats" perhaps. In any case, I have not found this behavior ("copying" formats) to be very consistent. So I do not rely on it.
PS.... I presume you understand that 0.788194444444445 is simply the internal representation of 6:55 PM. That is why 6:55 PM appears that way when the cell is formatted as General or Number or referenced in a text formula.
Thank You!
0.78819444444444500 is the decimal fraction representing 6:55 PM when the cell is formatted as General and the number of decimal places is increased.
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