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taddypole
Feb 12, 2024Copper Contributor
Calculate the difference in time between current time and a specific time
I’m trying to find the time difference between an incremented time based on the start time I enter and the real time clock I created. When I try to find the difference value, I get an error and don’...
HansVogelaar
Feb 12, 2024MVP
In F5:
=D5+TIME(0,4,0)
In F6:
=F5+TIME(0,4,0)
Fill down from F5.
Format H5 and down as General or as Number.
taddypole
Feb 18, 2024Copper Contributor
Thanks Hans... that was a better formula for Column F calculations but I'm still having problems with the column H calculation. As you can see in the pics, I'm getting some sort of error using the formulas in column H. I'm guessing it is some form of time formatting issues but don't know how to fix it.
- SnowMan55Feb 19, 2024Bronze Contributor
Simply put, Excel cannot handle negative times (time differences or time intervals).
But there are workarounds. Read the _Info worksheet and the notes on specific cells on Sheet1 of the attached workbook.
- HansVogelaarFeb 18, 2024MVP
Did you format column H as General?