Displaying seconds in hh:mm:ss format

I've got a cell with the total number of seconds in it.

A1 contains the number: 3,157

This number represents seconds. Is there a format or function that will
display this in hours-minutes-seconds (hh:mm:ss)?

Thanks,
Paul

Paul,
you need to divide by 86400. The format you seek can be found in
Format|Cells..., under the Number tab. Choose a Time format.

HTH
Kostis Vezerides

One way:

XL stores times as fractional days, so to get an XL time, divide seconds
by the number of seconds in a day:

=A1/86400

Format as [h]:mm:ss

In article <u1MDuA57FHA.632@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>,
"PCLIVE" <pclive@livenet.net> wrote:

> I've got a cell with the total number of seconds in it.
>
> A1 contains the number: 3,157
>
> This number represents seconds. Is there a format or function that will
> display this in hours-minutes-seconds (hh:mm:ss)?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul

Try

=A1/24/60/60

or

=A1/86400

formats as hh:mm:ss


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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"PCLIVE" <pclive@livenet.net> wrote in message
news:u1MDuA57FHA.632@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I've got a cell with the total number of seconds in it.
>
> A1 contains the number: 3,157
>
> This number represents seconds. Is there a format or function that will
> display this in hours-minutes-seconds (hh:mm:ss)?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
>

In B2 enter =A1/(24*60*60) and you should see 0.036539352
format as hh:mm:ss and you will see 00:52:37
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Gary's Student


"PCLIVE" wrote:

> I've got a cell with the total number of seconds in it.
>
> A1 contains the number: 3,157
>
> This number represents seconds. Is there a format or function that will
> display this in hours-minutes-seconds (hh:mm:ss)?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
>
>

Thank you all.
It works great!

Paul

"JE McGimpsey" <jemcgimpsey@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:jemcgimpsey-97024F.11245922112005@msnews.microsoft.com...
> One way:
>
> XL stores times as fractional days, so to get an XL time, divide seconds
> by the number of seconds in a day:
>
> =A1/86400
>
> Format as [h]:mm:ss
>
> In article <u1MDuA57FHA.632@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>,
> "PCLIVE" <pclive@livenet.net> wrote:
>
>> I've got a cell with the total number of seconds in it.
>>
>> A1 contains the number: 3,157
>>
>> This number represents seconds. Is there a format or function that will
>> display this in hours-minutes-seconds (hh:mm:ss)?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Paul