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» Converting Time to Decimal Values
CATEGORY: Excel Time
To convert time to decimal values:

Use the HOUR and MINUTE formulas to extract the hour and minute numbers from the time.


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Converting Time to Decimal Values
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To convert time to decimal values
Nathan Bain wrote on December 31, 1969 19:00 EST
that is one way but there is another way
=(V4-INT(V4))*24

where v4 is a cell containg a time value
if v4= 12:35 it returns a value of 12.58
Coverting Minutes to Hours and Minutes
John C. Roberts wrote on December 31, 1969 19:00 EST
I would like to take the number of minutes it takes to accomplish a process, then add the minutes total for a week for that particular process, then convert the total minutes to the number of hours and minutes it took to accomplish these processes for the week
Good idea
vba maniac wrote on December 31, 1969 19:00 EST
=(V4-INT(V4))*24 is working also with seconds and fractials
excel's way
ac wrote on December 31, 1969 19:00 EST
((a1)*1440)/60
Converting elapsed time [H:M] to minutes in Excel
jcoffey wrote on December 31, 1969 19:00 EST
The formula =HOUR(H18-F18)*60+MINUTE(H18-F18) works as long as everything is within the same time phase (AM or PM) however when I enter times that span both, such as [11:59 PM and 12:17 AM] I get an overflow error. I know this is because Excel has a problem with negative time values but there must be a way to get the result I need. What am I doing wrong?
Converting elapsed time [H:M] to minutes in Excel
Dan Piercy wrote on December 31, 1969 19:00 EST
Although i am sure there is a better way to solve your problem the solution i use is dependent of using the 24 hour clock, in your above example i would put 23:59 and 24:17 and this will give you the correct result.

This can be extended to what ever time you need for example 4am would be 28:00. Let me know if this helps in your situation.
Coverting Time to decimal Numbers
Ola Adeyemi wrote on December 31, 1969 19:00 EST
The tips above offers the most easy to apply methods in respect of the above problems.

I hve been strugling with these problems within the last 24 hours.

I am very happy to find a solution via your tips.

Thanx for posting your tips online.
Ola
Coverting time to decimal
Jimmy wrote on December 31, 1969 19:00 EST
Hi

This is the quickest that works for me

Using the ratio
1 hour = 0.041666667

thus

time to decimal

=[your time]/0.041666667

format that cell to a number

Analog to Decimal
Harvey Riddle wrote on December 31, 1969 19:00 EST
To convert analog hours and minutes (2:30) to a decimal value (2.5 hours) use the following
=(HOUR(A1)*60+MINUTE(A1))/60
where A1 is the cell containing the analog time



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