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Des_C2340
Jan 02, 2020Copper Contributor
Calculate difference between two times over multiple days
Hi
I have a generated excel report that shows day and time in this format:
2019/11/30 16:32:06 | 2019/12/01 08:44:15 |
I want to calculate the difference between the two, giving the result in hh:mm:ss
Col B - Col A works when the hours are in the same day (simple enough), but doesn't return the correct number if the dates are different, as I assume it;s looking at the time stamp only.
So I'm looking for a formula that looks at both the date and time stamp and returns the difference between the two.
Any formula suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Des C
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- PeterBartholomew1Silver Contributor
The formula
= periodEnd - periodStart
is perfectly correct and does take the number of days into account (your example is a period of 16hrs so will not illustrate the point). If you apply the number format
[h]:mm:ss
elapsed times will show hours in a format that may exceed 24.
- Des_C2340Copper ContributorHi Peter
Perfect. Thank you so much. Knew it had to be simple. Much appreciated.
Have a good day.
Des