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  1. 04-27-2010, 10:01 AM #1
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    convert word text to excel time

    Hi

    I'm trying to convert an entry copied from word into excel and turn it into time. E.g 28.43 needs to reflect as 28 minutes and 43 seconds (28:43) or 64.45 needs to 1hour 4 mins and 45 seconds (01:04:45) , I then need to identify those individual entries under 5 minutes.

    Any help would be most appreciated

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    Re: convert word text to excel time

    Try:

    =TIME(0,INT(A1),MOD(A1,1))

    Where A1 contains original.
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    Re: convert word text to excel time

    thanks for the quick response,

    no joy i'm afraid, it changed 28.43 to 12:28am

    I formatted the output cell to custom (hh:mm:ss) and it read 00:28:00

    anything else i can try?
    cheers
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    Re: convert word text to excel time

    The formula is correct except that the final part should read MOD(A1,1)*100 - you must simply apply an appropriate time format to your cells, eg: [hh]:mm:ss
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    Re: convert word text to excel time

    Thanks DO, forgot that part of *100.
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    Re: convert word text to excel time

    Thanks,
    I've added the extra info to the formula that now reads =TIME(0,INT(A1),MOD(A1,1))*100

    I've formatted the output cell to [hh]:mm:ss

    The original cell is text A1 = 28.43

    The output is still a little odd - 46:40:00

    Any suggestions on where i'm going wrong?
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    Re: convert word text to excel time

    =time(0, int(a1), mod(a1,1)*100)
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    Re: convert word text to excel time

    That has worked, thanks very much.

    Why was the spacing in the formula so important?

    thanks
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    Re: convert word text to excel time

    It's not the spacing, it's the location of the *100.

    in your formula you are multiplying all of TIME(0,INT(A1),MOD(A1,1)) by 100

    The actual formula multiplies only MOD(A1,1) by 100
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    Re: convert word text to excel time

    It makes sense now, many thanks to you all this will save me so much time...

    cheers
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