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JR Hester - 18 Aug 2006 20:50 GMT

Is there a simple way change teh hour: minute separator in time formatted
cells(columns) to accept the decimal instead of the:? Data entry would be so
much simpler and quicker using the decimal point.
Suggestions appreciated

Thanks

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David McRitchie - 18 Aug 2006 21:50 GMT

That would really mess things up, don't do it.
If you must do something along those lines see Chip Pearson's page.
Time quick entry in
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DateTimeEntry.htm

You should also know that time represents a fraction of a day and
you can read about that more on Chip's site, or on mine
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datetime.htm
and at (there isn't really much overlap)
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/datetime.htm
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
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> Is there a simple way change teh hour: minute separator in time formatted
> cells(columns) to accept the decimal instead of the:? Data entry would be so
> much simpler and quicker using the decimal point.
> Suggestions appreciated
>
> Thanks

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Pete_UK - 18 Aug 2006 23:49 GMT

One way of doing this is to enter the decimal number in one column,
then have another column convert your number to a time. Assuming you
want to enter HH.MM in column C, beginning with cell C2, put this
formula in D2:

=VALUE(INT(C2)&":"&MOD(C2,1)*100&":0))

Format the cell as hh:mm and copy the formula down column D. Now you
can enter your times as hours-point-minutes in column C and these will
appear in Excel time format in column D.

Hope this helps.

Pete

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JR Hester - 21 Aug 2006 23:32 GMT

Thanks pete, this is the best method proposed thus far. I am going to
implement this my spreadsheet. Thanks again.

> One way of doing this is to enter the decimal number in one column,
> then have another column convert your number to a time. Assuming you
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Pete_UK - 22 Aug 2006 01:03 GMT

You're welcome - I hope you spotted the mistake in the formula - it
should be:

=VALUE(INT(C2)&":"&MOD(C2,1)*100&":0")

Pete

> Thanks pete, this is the best method proposed thus far. I am going to
> implement this my spreadsheet. Thanks again.
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Gord Dibben - 19 Aug 2006 00:13 GMT

Change it in Windows Regional Language and Settings.

Delete the : and enter a .

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

>Is there a simple way change teh hour: minute separator in time formatted
>cells(columns) to accept the decimal instead of the:? Data entry would be so
>much simpler and quicker using the decimal point.
>Suggestions appreciated
>
>Thanks

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Gord Dibben - 19 Aug 2006 00:16 GMT

An amendment to my first post.

If you do change the time separator......................

You must always enter time as hh.mm.ss or Excel will interpret as a decimal
number if entered as hh.mm

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

>Is there a simple way change teh hour: minute separator in time formatted
>cells(columns) to accept the decimal instead of the:? Data entry would be so
>much simpler and quicker using the decimal point.
>Suggestions appreciated
>
>Thanks

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JR Hester - 21 Aug 2006 23:33 GMT

Your suggetstion is by far teh most straight forward. It will fit my stated
plan exactly. Thanks also for the second notice; with that tidbit of data, I
think I will stich with Pete's suggested formula approach. Admittedly I was
looking for a setting, which is exactly where you directed.

As with medicinal drugs sometimes the side-effects outwiegh the benefits. I
think that woul dbe the case in this scenario. This second post certainly
saved me quite a bit of frustration, had I went proceeded.

Thansk for sharing your knowledge!

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