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Problems with Match Working on time values 00:00:00. A bug?

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    Problems with Match Working on time values 00:00:00. A bug?

    Afternoon everyone!

    I did post this over on chandoo but just after i did i think the forum got spammed by some kind of bot so i reckon it got buried.

    Anyway, I am no guru, but i'm decent enough with excel and this has me stumped.

    I have a list of times starting at 00:00:00 and increase in ten second increments. In the next column is a value.

    In another table i want to match against various times and return the corresponding value.

    However with match type set to zero, i get n/a

    With match type set to 1 i get values but mostly one row off (too low). I can't do plus one as a workaround because sometimes the match formula gets the right row but only manual checking shows when it does and doesn't get it right...

    If i do an = on the two values that aren't matching i get a TRUE result.

    What's up with MATCH?! I thought it was all powerful but am no disillusioned....

    Sample workbook here - http://dropcanvas.com/eii8l

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    Re: Problems with Match Working on time values 00:00:00. A bug?

    Your issue is probably related to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/78113.
    As for the sample workbook, best post on the forum (see FAQ), external links are potentially dangerous - Thx

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    Re: Problems with Match Working on time values 00:00:00. A bug?

    Seems like a precision anomaly ..see here

    http://www.cpearson.com/excel/rounding.htm

    As an alternative use in I3 (since you have unique values in column A)
    =SUMIF(A:A,H3,B:B)
    or
    =SUMPRODUCT(--($A$3:$A$183=H3),$B$3:$B$183)
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    Re: Problems with Match Working on time values 00:00:00. A bug?

    Thanks guys -

    I've got my workaround in place - i will bear in mind those limitations, thanks for the articles!

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