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Converting hours into numbers

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suddengunfire - 02 May 2008 10:15 GMT
How to convert hours using 00:00 format into standalone numbers, for
example 08:30 = 8.5h so I could sum these numbers at the bottom to
learn how many hours are in total.. Please help
Chris J Dixon - 02 May 2008 10:37 GMT
>How to convert hours using 00:00 format into standalone numbers, for
>example 08:30 = 8.5h so I could sum these numbers at the bottom to
>learn how many hours are in total.. Please help

You don't need to do that.  Just sum the cells as they are and
enter a custom format for the total as [h]:mm

Chris
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suddengunfire - 02 May 2008 10:44 GMT
> enter a custom format for the total as [h]:mm

great tip, thank you very much
Pete_UK - 02 May 2008 10:46 GMT
But if you do want the hours as a decimal number, just multiply by 24
and format the cell as General or Number.

Hope this helps.

Pete

> > enter a custom format for the total as [h]:mm
>
> great tip, thank you very much
 
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