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SeanJohnsonv2
Nov 17, 2023Copper Contributor
can't read date format
I have a spreadsheet with imported data with date format like: 2023-11-9 12:16:38:609 I can change cell format to time but istext still says yes. timevalue and datevalue functions don't work. ...
SeanJohnsonv2
Nov 17, 2023Copper Contributor
Thank you! That is certainly getting closer! My problem is needing to subtract two times. Using your suggestion I was able to see my two times as dates, but when I subtracted one from the other the answer was like 1.7e-6. Here's my values; what to do to get the proper answer of .147 s?
2023-11-9 12:16:38:609
2023-11-9 12:16:38:756
2023-11-9 12:16:38:609
2023-11-9 12:16:38:756
HansVogelaar
Nov 18, 2023MVP
Set the number format of the cell with the difference formula to hh:mm:ss.000 or to s.000 if you only want to see the seconds.
- SeanJohnsonv2Nov 20, 2023Copper Contributor
HansVogelaar That did it! Thanks for the learning!