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    Need a formula or another method to change time in a sheet quickly

    Hi,

    I need to add 50mins to the time in the column below. For eaxmple:
    28-03-09 7:44 needs to become 28-03-09 8:34

    What you see below are all in one column. I have hundreds to update. Can someone give me a formula to do this quickly? Thanks

    28-03-09 11:17
    28-03-09 7:44
    26-03-09 15:13
    26-03-09 7:52
    25-03-09 7:36
    24-03-09 15:11
    24-03-09 7:40
    23-03-09 15:08
    23-03-09 7:37
    21-03-09 11:13
    21-03-09 7:49
    20-03-09 15:10
    20-03-09 7:59
    19-03-09 15:10
    19-03-09 7:51
    18-03-09 15:10
    18-03-09 7:46
    17-03-09 15:09
    17-03-09 7:40
    16-03-09 15:11
    16-03-09 7:37

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    Re: Need a formula or another method to change time in a sheet quickly

    in a blank cell enter 0:50

    copy this cell and then highlight all of your datetime values -> edit -> paste special -> operation: Add

    done

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    Re: Need a formula or another method to change time in a sheet quickly

    in a blank cell enter 0:50

    copy this cell and then highlight all of your datetime values -> edit -> paste special -> operation: Add


    Thank you for the quick response. But when I use the method above, the time does change, but the date disappear....Any tip for that?

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    Re: Need a formula or another method to change time in a sheet quickly

    You will have to reformat the column as custom:

    dd-mm-yy h:mm;@
    Where there is a will there are many ways.

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    Re: Need a formula or another method to change time in a sheet quickly

    I managed to do it. Thank you all for your prompt replies. It has been very helpful.

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