converting Minutes to Seconds

Hi,

How do I convert 1:10 in one cell to 70 seconds or just 70 in another
cell.

Or better yet; is there a way to enter 1:10 into a cell and have it
change to 70 automatically? Can this be done without a macro?

Thanks.

Roger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How do I convert 1:10 in one cell to 70 seconds or just 70 in another
> cell.
>
> Or better yet; is there a way to enter 1:10 into a cell and have it
> change to 70 automatically? Can this be done without a macro?
>
> Thanks.

1:10 is 1 hour and 10 minutes
00:01:10 is 1 minute and 10 seconds

To convert the former to seconds ,multiply it by 86400

Although 1:10 is, in fact hours and minutes you can still display as 70 by custom formatting as [m]

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:43:03 -0000, "Paul Lautman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Roger wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> How do I convert 1:10 in one cell to 70 seconds or just 70 in another
>> cell.
>>
>> Or better yet; is there a way to enter 1:10 into a cell and have it
>> change to 70 automatically? Can this be done without a macro?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>1:10 is 1 hour and 10 minutes
>00:01:10 is 1 minute and 10 seconds
>
>To convert the former to seconds ,multiply it by 86400
>


Thanks I made a mistake. What I want to do is enter one minute and
ten seconds into a cell without having to enter (00:1:10:0) and have
it come out as 70 seconds. I want to enter either 110 or 1:10.

Can that be done?

Thanks.

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:13:04 -0600, daddylonglegs
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>Although 1:10 is, in fact hours and minutes you can still display as 70
>by custom formatting as [m]


I appreciate the help guys, but I still can't get it.

I've fiddled with all the custom layouts, but nothing is working.

I'm open to any and all suggestions.

Thanks

You can do either.

1. To enter 1:10 in one cell (say A1), and have it convert to 70 (seconds) in
another use:

=a1*60*24

2. To enter 110 in A1, and have it convert to 70, use:

=int(a1/100)*60+mod(a1,100)

In both cases, format the cell as a number

--
Regards,
Fred


"Roger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:43:03 -0000, "Paul Lautman"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Roger wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> How do I convert 1:10 in one cell to 70 seconds or just 70 in another
>>> cell.
>>>
>>> Or better yet; is there a way to enter 1:10 into a cell and have it
>>> change to 70 automatically? Can this be done without a macro?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>>1:10 is 1 hour and 10 minutes
>>00:01:10 is 1 minute and 10 seconds
>>
>>To convert the former to seconds ,multiply it by 86400
>>
>
>
> Thanks I made a mistake. What I want to do is enter one minute and
> ten seconds into a cell without having to enter (00:1:10:0) and have
> it come out as 70 seconds. I want to enter either 110 or 1:10.
>
> Can that be done?
>
> Thanks.

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:01:23 -0600, "Fred Smith"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>You can do either.
>
>1. To enter 1:10 in one cell (say A1), and have it convert to 70 (seconds) in
>another use:
>
>=a1*60*24
>
>2. To enter 110 in A1, and have it convert to 70, use:
>
>=int(a1/100)*60+mod(a1,100)
>
>In both cases, format the cell as a number
>
>--
>Regards,
>Fred


Thanks, Fred.

Say that 1:10 is in cell A1 then input this formula in cell B1 BUT format cell b1 as general.

=A1*1440

If I have a lot of times to enter in m:ss format, I find it more
convenient to enter them as m.ss and then have a formula to convert
this format. If you entered 1.1 in cell A1 (meaning 1:10 - you don't
need to enter the zero), then this formula in B1 would give you 70
seconds:

=INT(A1)*60 + MOD(A1,1)*100

The formula can be copied down column B and then the times can be
entered in decimal in column A. You can pre-format column A to 2 dp so
the times look similar.

Hope this helps.

Pete

Originally Posted by Roger

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:13:04 -0600, daddylonglegs
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>Although 1:10 is, in fact hours and minutes you can still display as 70
>by custom formatting as [m]


I appreciate the help guys, but I still can't get it.

I've fiddled with all the custom layouts, but nothing is working.

I'm open to any and all suggestions.

Thanks

use Format > Cells > Custom and type [m] in the box. Now if you enter 1:10 the cell will display 70 - no formula required! Although this is technically minutes, not seconds, it works fine for display and if you need to use the value for calculations any adjustment can take place in the formula for that.